Im working on a 1950's era .22lr, thats bolt action and with a tube magazine. Its afrom remington sportsmaster model 512. I am having a feed problem with the rifle. Sometimes a cartridge does'nt come up from were they feed in from the tube, and up after I cycle the bolt. Sometimes, I need to only cycle the bolt once, and it will feed properly and chamber a round, but other times I need to cycle the bolt 3 times before it will feed a round up and in. It also seems to not chamber them smoothly, once they have come up. It seems like I almost have to force them in. After I have unloaded the rifle with unused cartridges, I notice that they are a bit bent.
I recieved this gun from someone that probably never cleaned it ever, so the first thing I have done is thoroughly clean everything. This gun is'nt really smooth cycling, and does require a bit of force to cycle, but I do know that I am fully racking the bolt. It appears that nothing is broken, or bent, but I have not ever scene a properly working rifle of this model as a comparison.
From what I appear is the problem, seems to be a timing or adjustment problem with this rifle. There are several set screws on the reciever that can be adjusted, which I think is the problem, but I am not 100% certain what needs to be adjusted, and was wishing that someone on here has experience with.
I have read from doing a search on the internet, that these guns are finicky, and need to be adjusted just right, to make them cycle properly, but I could'nt find any real explanation of what each screws purpose is, and how a adjustment effects the cycling.
Any person with experience with adjusting these guns, and would like to share the secret of making this gun cycle properly ?......please help ? Any suggestions to point me in the right direction are appreciated ? Thanks.
I recieved this gun from someone that probably never cleaned it ever, so the first thing I have done is thoroughly clean everything. This gun is'nt really smooth cycling, and does require a bit of force to cycle, but I do know that I am fully racking the bolt. It appears that nothing is broken, or bent, but I have not ever scene a properly working rifle of this model as a comparison.
From what I appear is the problem, seems to be a timing or adjustment problem with this rifle. There are several set screws on the reciever that can be adjusted, which I think is the problem, but I am not 100% certain what needs to be adjusted, and was wishing that someone on here has experience with.
I have read from doing a search on the internet, that these guns are finicky, and need to be adjusted just right, to make them cycle properly, but I could'nt find any real explanation of what each screws purpose is, and how a adjustment effects the cycling.
Any person with experience with adjusting these guns, and would like to share the secret of making this gun cycle properly ?......please help ? Any suggestions to point me in the right direction are appreciated ? Thanks.
