P-14 magazine spring sticks

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I've got a Centurion 300 Winchester magnum built on a P-14 Enfield action.

When I try to load more than two cartridges into the magazine, the spring stays compressed and the third cartridge just lays loose in the magazine box.

Could I possible have the wrong follower in there (ie. from a U.S. Model of 1917) so that it jams down in the box? Should I take the follower out and hone the ends?

What else would make it stick?

Also, these rifles shouldn't be single loaded right into the breech should they?

I've tried and found it takes quite hard shove to do it so I always load even a single round from the mag.
 
The P14 mag follower has an edge that keeps the bolt from being closed when the last cartridge is ejected (or like you say, when you load directly into the breech.) One of the items many people do to their M17 or P14 is dress that edge down a little so that the mag follower allows the bolt to be closed. Also, are your cartridges sitting against the rearmost part of the well?
 
I think that edge has been smoothed off.

What I meant about single loading was that once the cartridge is in the breech, it take a hard push to get the extractor around the rim.

Thus I load from the magazine and the controlled feed comes into play.

Yes, my cartridges are flush to the rear of mag box.
 
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THe spring has about 1/4 in of seating play, fore and aft, in both the follower and the floorplate. Try playing around with the position(s) ie both aft, both forward.
 
Mauser98.
I have often thought of your "If It Doesn't Feed, It's Junk" mantra when this happens.
 
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