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Last edited by Merlin266; 04-03-2015 at 04:05 PM.
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04-03-2015 04:01 PM
# ADS
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The small D is actually a combination of E, F & D and is the Enfield manufacture marking (logo)
Mine are not the best, but they are not too bad. I can think of lots of Enfields I'd rather have but instead of constantly striving for more, sometimes it's good to be satisfied with what one has...
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The machining marks in the magazine well seem to be correct for a 7.62 magazine.
The magazine itself looks genuine.
How many rounds do you put in the magazine, before you start trying to work the bolt?
If you are using "snap-caps" to test, which brand?
Does the bolt completely fail to pick up rounds on the left side, or does it miss feed them so that the bullet spears off-centre and jams into the face of the breech?
Last edited by Maxwell Smart; 04-03-2015 at 05:33 PM.
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I have loaded 5 rounds into the magazine, when it comes to loading the 1st round from the left side, the bolt collects the round initially but then after about 10mm of movement the bolt rides over it.
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It seems to me that the issue may be with the left hand magazine lip(s).
The magazine sits up high enough (courtesy of the machining in the well) to allow the bolt face to strip the round off the top of the stack, so that is good.
After about 10mm forward movement, what COULD be happening is that the cartridge case is being caught on the bottom side of either lip, which deflects the round downwards enough that the bolt-face rides over it. Suggest try the feeding again, and see if there is any downwards movement there.
Llikely contact points are the front of the rear lip, or the rear of the forward lip.
Last edited by Maxwell Smart; 04-03-2015 at 09:55 PM.
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Max has the aswer pretty well but it could also be that the magazine is loose at the rear and not being pressed up high enough before the mag catch engages.
Magazines HAVE to be fitted to the rifle. That's why they are numbered to it
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Merlin,
An obvious question, have you ever removed the springs and rested them at all?
'Tonight my men and I have been through hell and back again, but the look on your faces when we let you out of the hall - we'd do it all again tomorrow.' Major Chris Keeble's words to Goose Green villagers on 29th May 1982 - 2 PARA
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Typically springs don't set if they are left compressed or not. It's the(in the case of a steel watch mainspring)winding and unwinding of the spring that causes it to set.
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You're right there Gary. It's a bit like the little wheeze of stretching a tired spring to put a bit more ooooooomph back into it. Great until you load it up again and its soon back to oooooomph-less state again. Fatigue fxxxx springs
We had some old Bren wartime Bren magazines found on the old everleigh DZ. Loaded with .303" ball and pretty well rusted through. When Sgt Taff twisted one, off flew the base plate followed by the retainer and spring and .303 rounds scattered over the workshop floor where strictly speaking there should NEVER, ever be live ammo! The spring was still (just) inside the acceptance length
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Well................I have to say contrary to those views, I have personally found that 7.62 mags fitted to the SLR for long durations on operations filled with 20 rounds did cause issues on feeding. It was SOP to leave the springs out after cleaning the magazines on a very regular basis.
It could have been the mags we were supplied with from where ever were not up to it, but we certainly had some issues.
'Tonight my men and I have been through hell and back again, but the look on your faces when we let you out of the hall - we'd do it all again tomorrow.' Major Chris Keeble's words to Goose Green villagers on 29th May 1982 - 2 PARA
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