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Thread: Swede: New stock - light strikes. Why?

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    Swede: New stock - light strikes. Why?

    Moved a 60s era sporterized 1894 Swede from the Bishop stock into a Boyds Gunstocks At One laminated stock. Good fit. Minimal work to remove wood from just in front of magazine to fit.

    Shot it today and had numerous failures to fire where the primer (all WLR) was clearly well struck but failed to ignite. Different lots of same primer (WLR), different brass (PPU and Norma), different powder charges and bullet waits. Same dies. Never had a single failure to fire before. Strange. Any ideas.

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    Cocking piece dragging on the wood?

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    Bolt not fully in battery position?
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    Those are main two things I would check does bolt handle bottom against metal of action ?
    Does cocking piece touch wood anywhere?
    Does bolt move freely when you cycle it?

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    Check you action screws. The stock may not be square to the action causing it to “bend” which will cause binding.

    At a safe place, you can chamber a primed brass and test with it.
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    Thanks for the rapid response. Bet it’s the bolt handle. Off to Beijing for the week but will get on it when I’m back.

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    Having sporterized several of these over the years as a gunsmtith, the number one cause of light strikes is the bolt not being down all the way,, especially on sporter models where the bolt has been bent. The Mauser bolt has a safety built in, that will not let the firing pin g0 all the way thru the bolt body, unless the bolt is in full battery,probably because the bolt handle is not going down as far n the new stock recess, you will need to take a dremell tool with a sanding drum and finish the job!

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    Most Mauser stocks have a short square bottomed furrow behind the rear of the receiver for clearance for the bottom of the cocking piece. Some times a replacement stock does not have that furrow pre cut or not cut deep enough.

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    It was indeed that the stock needed a deeper furrow for the turned down bolt handle. Took the opportunity to also fit a Timney trigger, the featherweight, and it took some fitting in my rifle. All good now, thanks for the help.

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