thickness of the ejector is the problem I reckon, after years of use they need to be built up and reshaped. I had that done prior to you acquiring, before that you would need to forcefully bring bolt back. Picked up a lovely M1903 sporter mil stock just before Xmas, just in the right place at the right time ! which I have an action for, just looking for a 6.5 swede barrel now. My local stock maker has been turning out some lovely bavarian style stock for a couple of MS recently but did point out that the inletting is a bit laboriuos. I'll keep you in mind George