Caution!
ALWAYS, I repeat, ALWAYS put the safety on before trying anything around and inside the loading port such as when loading the magazine with stripper clips.
When shooting and the last round ejection trips the hold-open latch, make sure (in that order)
1- you put the safety on.
2- you push slightly on the carrier cover until you hear it latch on the carrier block and feel the assembly can slide freely.
Now you can push rounds through the action into the magazine with a loaded stripper clip. If you prefer, you can also get the magazine out of the rifle and close the action. For this, with the magazine out, just push the carrier cover (still latched to the carrier and breechblock assembly) fully to the front.
Now, while keeping a firm grasp of the carrier cover, push with your thumb on the latch you see at the rear of the assembly; you'll feel the spring tension. Just let the carrier cover slowly slide back and abut against the safety block at the rear.
That way is
the only correct way of releasing the mainspring tension in the Ljungman's action. Putting the safety at OFF and letting the bolt slam home without any rounds in the magazine is
plain wrong.
BTW, you can dry fire the Ljungman to release tension on the hammer spring; it is designed for that.
If you always do that, you'll never be a member of the "Ljungman Thumb Select Club" and I can tell you it beats the Garand Thumb. Only the Hakim can be nastier.
PP.
