.22 Izzy Mauser dry fired too much!
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
Dry Firing with "Snap Caps"
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Originally Posted by
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.
I'm getting "Snap Caps" for dry firing my .22. Has anyone any experience, good or bad.\, with this product?