| mauserand9mm |
| (.400 member) |
| 29/05/12 12:33 PM |
Re: 500NE Merkel - rattle in the buttstock
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Sounds like we have a common fault here, although likely not serious. I suppose the steel bar though could end up pounding the head of the bolt that holds the buttstock to the action over time if not corrected.
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As for your ejector problem, it sounds like your rifle is doubling when fired first with the left barrel. For an experiment put a primed case in the right barrel and fire a full load in the left to see if the right lockwork is falling. That's almost certainly the problem. It should be an easy fix for someone with the skill necessary. Alex Beer certainly can do it.
Good luck.
Curl
Actually that's a scary thought - doubling. I always fire the RH barrel first, so you'd never know. I'll check it out like you suggest.
I was sure it was the ejector system since the first time it did it (last year), it failed to eject on the RH barrel. When I pulled it down (to the three basic components - action, barrel and fore stock) the right hand ejector striker was uncocked (which made it hard to put the fore stock back on). Normally the ejector strikers cock whenever the action is closed, which is when the fore stock comes off. Some oil in the mechanism fixed it - something not moving properly against spring tension somewhere in there.
But if that's the problem now, then it would have failed to eject from the RH barrel when I fired the RH barrel, which it didn't.
Mine has cocking indicators so I can try what you suggest without putting any thing in the RH chamber (although it would be good not to dry-fire I suppose). I hope it's not doubling - that would be very dissapointing - the rifle has only fired 190 rnds.