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Help with model 98 Mauser?
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<blockquote data-quote="Bret GRAVELINE Graveline" data-source="post: 2986079" data-attributes="member: 108926"><p>What you are encountering was a failsafe design by the military to warn a soldier that his weapon was empty so he wouldn't falsely believe he had chambered a round in combat, you may be able to file the 90 degree edge at a 45 degree angle to correct that, allowing the bolt to slide over it, sometimes the follower is to hard for a file, A bench grinder or belt sander will get the job done quickly, or you can replace it with a commercial follower, new followers and spring used to be common and only a few bucks not sure what the going rate is these days, If you have other rifles I would suggest trying a swap and see how it works, the notch on the left side of the receiver is the thumb notch which allows the operator to use what is called a stripper clip, one could load the entire magazine in in step quickly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bret GRAVELINE Graveline, post: 2986079, member: 108926"] What you are encountering was a failsafe design by the military to warn a soldier that his weapon was empty so he wouldn't falsely believe he had chambered a round in combat, you may be able to file the 90 degree edge at a 45 degree angle to correct that, allowing the bolt to slide over it, sometimes the follower is to hard for a file, A bench grinder or belt sander will get the job done quickly, or you can replace it with a commercial follower, new followers and spring used to be common and only a few bucks not sure what the going rate is these days, If you have other rifles I would suggest trying a swap and see how it works, the notch on the left side of the receiver is the thumb notch which allows the operator to use what is called a stripper clip, one could load the entire magazine in in step quickly. [/QUOTE]
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