I am in the process of bringing a Bubba's 1940 Ishapore back to military trim and I've hit a snag. One of those things that hits after you've spent the $$$ and now it seems you might not be able to shoot the poor thing.

I checked it for head space before starting the project. HS is OK. So I ordered the appropriate pieces from our friend at Springfield Sporters. Typical experience there ... faxed order, no confirmation, package arrived about a week later, all parts are great or better than expected!!!

I cleaned up the DP wood .... I'll have to do more .... and decided to fit all the parts together to make sure all was well. It went together with no serious hitch. Good so far.

Then .... Hey, I'm gonna throw a couple snap cap rounds in the mag and cycle the bolt and ..... The bolt head jumps the rail about an inch and a quarter ahead of the charger bridge!!!

Bad bolt head was my first thought. I have a bunch of heads of various lengths so I tried 3 others. All jump the rail at the same point. If I run my finger along the rail I can feel that the rail is worn there.

Geeeeez!! What do I do about that?? If I run the bolt slowly, with just one round in the magazine, it picks up the round and works fine. Move it briskly and ....JAM. Bolt head jumps and the round slips below and jams. Slow isn't any fun!!!!!

Is there a fix or do we have a 1940 Ishapore single shot?

Thanks in advance.

(For those of you who read the various forums - you know who you are - I apologize for having to read this several times. Sorry.)
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