I am just wondering if anyone else has a problem feeding shells into the magazine tube of their Norinco HP9-1. I am referring to having to forcefully push a shell into the magazine tube instead of just gently sliding it in like it was coated with butter.
I am asking cause I have an HP9-1 that I just recently bought and I found it really hard to load. I asked the seller and he said he had non of the sorts, probably just didn't notice it.
Me being an amateur gunsmith had to figure out the problem and then solve it. I thought it was an issue with a burr in the magazine tube but that was not the case. I then thought it was the bolt carrier having a burr or something on it stopping the feeding ramp from fully pressing down. That was not the case either.
However after farting around with it for a couple hours I compared it to my Rem 870 and noticed that there was a lot more metal around the magazine tube mainly beside the slide and shell stop. There was so much more metal there that it was impeding the shell from going into the tube.
So I busted out the trusty dremel and put on one of those cone bit grinders and took off some metal and kept trying it until it would the shell would go in. After taking off the right amount and then fully assembling the rifle I tried it.
Well what a world of difference now, the shells go in like you are dropping them on the ground. Would be even smoother once it actually gets used and worn down a bit.
I am asking cause I have an HP9-1 that I just recently bought and I found it really hard to load. I asked the seller and he said he had non of the sorts, probably just didn't notice it.
Me being an amateur gunsmith had to figure out the problem and then solve it. I thought it was an issue with a burr in the magazine tube but that was not the case. I then thought it was the bolt carrier having a burr or something on it stopping the feeding ramp from fully pressing down. That was not the case either.
However after farting around with it for a couple hours I compared it to my Rem 870 and noticed that there was a lot more metal around the magazine tube mainly beside the slide and shell stop. There was so much more metal there that it was impeding the shell from going into the tube.
So I busted out the trusty dremel and put on one of those cone bit grinders and took off some metal and kept trying it until it would the shell would go in. After taking off the right amount and then fully assembling the rifle I tried it.
Well what a world of difference now, the shells go in like you are dropping them on the ground. Would be even smoother once it actually gets used and worn down a bit.
