p.Rundle
CGN frequent flyer
So I got my CSA VZ.58 a few weeks ago, and FINALLY got to fire it today. Awesome. Except....
My gun seems to have reliability issues. Occasionally the bolt would not travel all the way forward after firing a shot, and would stop at the base of the magazine/rounds. I would pull the bolt back and release it and it'd pick up the rounds. I'm shooting Dominion 7.62 HP from Canadaammo. Works great in my SKS, I frequently recommend it. However I only shot 80 rounds today. And within the course of 20 of them, the gun jammed twice. Not cool.
Causes? My (potentially terrible lol) theories:
Well, I only lightly oiled the rails the bolt travels along. But I haven't heard of issues stemming from under oiling the VZ's from other people, and they weren't dry by any means. The guy who was talking to me about it before I bought it (bought it from a different guy) told me it was good to fire right outta the box.
Somehow the magazine is messing with the gun. I was only using and reloading one magazine for a stretch and that's the one all the jams occurred with. Maybe something I couldn't see was preventing the bolt from traveling forwards?
The only disassembly I did of the gun was in the field. I popped off the rear housing thing the bolt retracts into, saw all the springs and realized it would be very stupid to lubricate/reassemble that portion for the first time in a field. Garages or workbenches are the place for that, baby. So I lubed the side tracks the bolt slides on, put the rear housing back on, and put the pin back through. No big deal. Also, I did do a dry fire before trying to disassemble. Not sure what'd happen if I tried without disengaging the striker or whatever.
Could be my fault. I doubt it somehow. Then again, I don't hear about CSA putting out too many lemons. I'm taking the gun to the store I bought it from, Calgary Shooting Center, and I'll keep you guys posted, if anyone cares. I always get good customer service at CSC and have so far only bought guns from them in my short adoption of the hobby. If it is my fault somehow, then I''ll expect the fix isn't cheap but I'll at least have learned a lesson. I'm going to feel pretty dumb if I put this back together improperly (I only touched like 4 parts!!!)
but I'll put on my big boy pants and admit there's a possibility it's my fault. In fact, however slim it may be that it's my fault, I doubt that CSA is at fault significantly less.
I dunno, this is my first semi-expensive gun and I'm a bit freaked out at the results. Love EVERYTHING else about the gun and I know issues in a CSA are pretty flippin rare because the gremlin is fixed from the factory, and they do a good job overall.
My gun seems to have reliability issues. Occasionally the bolt would not travel all the way forward after firing a shot, and would stop at the base of the magazine/rounds. I would pull the bolt back and release it and it'd pick up the rounds. I'm shooting Dominion 7.62 HP from Canadaammo. Works great in my SKS, I frequently recommend it. However I only shot 80 rounds today. And within the course of 20 of them, the gun jammed twice. Not cool.
Causes? My (potentially terrible lol) theories:
Well, I only lightly oiled the rails the bolt travels along. But I haven't heard of issues stemming from under oiling the VZ's from other people, and they weren't dry by any means. The guy who was talking to me about it before I bought it (bought it from a different guy) told me it was good to fire right outta the box.
Somehow the magazine is messing with the gun. I was only using and reloading one magazine for a stretch and that's the one all the jams occurred with. Maybe something I couldn't see was preventing the bolt from traveling forwards?
The only disassembly I did of the gun was in the field. I popped off the rear housing thing the bolt retracts into, saw all the springs and realized it would be very stupid to lubricate/reassemble that portion for the first time in a field. Garages or workbenches are the place for that, baby. So I lubed the side tracks the bolt slides on, put the rear housing back on, and put the pin back through. No big deal. Also, I did do a dry fire before trying to disassemble. Not sure what'd happen if I tried without disengaging the striker or whatever.
Could be my fault. I doubt it somehow. Then again, I don't hear about CSA putting out too many lemons. I'm taking the gun to the store I bought it from, Calgary Shooting Center, and I'll keep you guys posted, if anyone cares. I always get good customer service at CSC and have so far only bought guns from them in my short adoption of the hobby. If it is my fault somehow, then I''ll expect the fix isn't cheap but I'll at least have learned a lesson. I'm going to feel pretty dumb if I put this back together improperly (I only touched like 4 parts!!!)
but I'll put on my big boy pants and admit there's a possibility it's my fault. In fact, however slim it may be that it's my fault, I doubt that CSA is at fault significantly less. I dunno, this is my first semi-expensive gun and I'm a bit freaked out at the results. Love EVERYTHING else about the gun and I know issues in a CSA are pretty flippin rare because the gremlin is fixed from the factory, and they do a good job overall.
