.22 Izzy Mauser dry fired too much!

[Beadwindow]

Hi Folks,

I took out this past weekend an Israeli .22 K98 with a Remington barrel that I purchased about two years ago. I took it out once before and had several misfires for one or two ignitions probably due to excessive dry firing in the past. This time I brought along several types of ammo and was unable to fire any of them.

A friend who was with me suggested that I get a reputable gunsmith in our area to remake a longer version of the rimfire firing pin so as to achieve a sure ignition. Otherwise he suggested that we'd have to cut the barrel, rechamber and rebarrel it........ an unpleasant option that would cost the greater part of what I paid for it in the first place.

Does anyone here know of any other options that I have to play with? Could the issue be with a weak firing spring instead, or some other common problem? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,

Frank

[Claven2]

before you do anything, detail strip the bolt and THROUGHLY clean the inside of the bolt where the firing pin protrudes. These are notorious for lead buildup there and it may be stopping the firing pin from going fully forward.

Alternately, but the one I have on consignment at Ellwood Epps and sell the problem gun - LOL.

[Beadwindow]

Thanks Claven,

While I have been planning to thoroughly take down the bolt, I probably would have missed cleaning that part. That said, it does look like the pin freely extends outside of the bolt face.

[vintovka]

If cleaning the bolt doesn't do it you may have a real problem. Many milsurp .22s have worn out chambers and/or a deformed area where the pin hits the rim. Sometimes it can be "ironed" out with a half shell mandrel but a permanent fix is to sleeve the chamber and recut. Dry firing a .22 is a good way to ruin a rifle.

[Swagman]

If cleaning the bolt doesn't do it you may have a real problem. Many milsurp .22s have worn out chambers and/or a deformed area where the pin hits the rim. Sometimes it can be "ironed" out with a half shell mandrel but a permanent fix is to sleeve the chamber and recut. Dry firing a .22 is a good way to ruin a rifle.

I'm getting "Snap Caps" for dry firing my .22. Has anyone any experience, good or bad.\, with this product?

[Pete04]

I have some and they work great. I don't know what the alturnative might be.
Pete

[wheaty]

The problem you have is very common with the .22 Israeli conversion.. Just strip and clean the bolt. I've done some that you almost had to "drill and blast" to get the accumulated crud and corruption out of the bolt body and components. I'll put the price of a beer there is nothing wrong that a good cleaning will not correct......