Need Help, slide jumping track

[Milwroad]

I have a 1943 Inland that is a nice rifle except the slide jumps the track all the time. I tried a different bolt, a different slide, 3 types of ammo, four different magazines including GI mags that work fine in other rifles, a spring that works well in other carbines but to no avail. It might cycle the first round but inevitably on the second thru fith round the slides disengage the bolt and jump the track. Rifle is clean, well lubed. Any suggestions? Could it be rough chamber? Does not look bad though.

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[vintage hunter]

sounde like the slide track on the receiver itself is worn. Try working the slide manually with outward pressure on the charging handle and see if you can find where it jumps track. What kind of ammo are you using?

[Milwroad]

What happens is the bolt disengaes from the cam area of slide and the front of the slide ends up outside the right side of the receiver. I have tried winchester, remington and aguila ammo. Same result.

[painter777]

What happens is the bolt disengaes from the cam area of slide and the front of the slide ends up outside the right side of the receiver. I have tried winchester, remington and aguila ammo. Same result.

Sounds like a Pain in the A$$,

Help needed...

[Rustship]

Take the slide stop out of the slide, put it back together and try it. Then you can eliminate that.

[LeagleEagle]

I had the same problem with an inland. The receiver track was so worn the slide wouldn't stay engaged. If that's the case there's nothing you can do except replace the receiver.

[Milwroad]

Check these pics out. Do you see a "bulge" in the top side of the track by the arrow or toothpick? I think that is my isue, what do you think?

[ChipS]

Check these pics out. Do you see a "bulge" in the top side of the track by the arrow or toothpick? I think that is my isue, what do you think?https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...arbine02-1.jpg

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...rbine012-1.jpg

It may be paralax in the photo but it sure does looks distorted bad to me. If it's as bad as it looks I would bet that is your problem. Are you sure it's not a re-welded demil? If it looks like that in real life and has not been patched back together, I'm wondering if someone has heated it up to get a barrel off without the proper tools, put some kind of cheater bar through the mag well to put the torque to it and bent the receiver. The deflection is in the right direction. JMHO

[ChipS]

Man, I wrote the above reply before I even saw the second page pic. Sorry. Your receiver is currently unserviceable toast. Who knows how but the metal was fractured and how much the side rail is distorted. I defer to others here more experinced in this kind of repair work but I don't think it will be easy, if possible at all. I would NOT fire the thing anymore if I were you. Semper Fi.

[Milwroad]

You are right, it is toast. I won't fire it. Like I mentioned above, it is either a non-firing museum piece now or I'll rebuild it if I can find an Inland 43 receiver. Perhaps just sell off the parts.