Ishapore No1 MKIII* hard closing bolt

[Peter Laidler]

For the non closing bolt, there's a chance that your bolt head has unscrewed by one complete turn. Correct this problem first. If the cartyridges won't load from the magazine it will only be one problem with a couple of causes. The problem is that they're not high up enough in the magazine well - caused by a defective magazine or that it's not positioned in the magazine well correctly.

If it was all working correctly before, then it's clearly something that you've done since

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[Lucite]

For the non closing bolt, there's a chance that your bolt head has unscrewed by one complete turn. Correct this problem first.

The bolt head is completely screwed in, and I guess to clarify it does close but with some force. The rear portion of the large locking lug doesn't like to slide on that portion of the locking surface where it can best be described as a 45 degree angle to a flat, that's the portion where it locks up at.

The problem is that they're not high up enough in the magazine well - caused by a defective magazine or that it's not positioned in the magazine well correctly

I'm thinking the magazine is "defective" because looking at the locking notch portion it appears that is has been ground or some such thing (prior to rifle purchase) I'm confident that this is the cause because I can push the magazine up about 1/16" of an inch and it will catch the rim of the cartridges and it will chamber.

If it was all working correctly before, then it's clearly something that you've done since

This is the first time I did an actual function test and I only took the rifle down to clean it and put it back together the same at it was so its unlikely I put it back together incorrectly not impossible but unlikely.