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Mauser feed rails
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<blockquote data-quote="CaptnC" data-source="post: 1352108" data-attributes="member: 101755"><p>Spoken like a gunsmith...I've see this all the time in my field. I'm a shop foreman for a fleet of over 500 vehicles. We have dealership mechanics pass through all the time. If a shade tree mechanic just replaces his front brake pads and does nothing else they run that guy down. They want him to bring it them so they can also replace the rotors and calipers...they act like he stole food right off his children's plate!</p><p></p><p>Any way back to constructive posts that might help someone!</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]82538[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>If you zoom in on this photo you can see how the case is no where near the feed rails on a center feed mag.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]82539[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Also as I said earlier...your extractor will cause more feed issue than anything else. Look closely how far the extractor is off the recoil lug. If there is a big gap you will have feed issues because the case will not slip under the extractor. The case above is 6.5x55 that even with the Swed follower still would hang and not chamber smoothly.</p><p></p><p>Case head dimensions and configuration vary a lot from the original chambering. That is one area you have to be careful with. If your new cartridge/chambering will slip easily under the extractor it will have a better chance to feed smoothly.</p><p></p><p>BUT...bug but here...if you take too much of your case will not extract properly...the it's either a new extractor or weld the old one!</p><p></p><p>The above pictures are ones I've posted on Mauser Central before their site crashed. But they still have some helpful guys there. And a few smiths who will give you grief for doing things your self.</p><p></p><p>I have a couple pictures I took last night that still have reduce their size so I can post them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CaptnC, post: 1352108, member: 101755"] Spoken like a gunsmith...I've see this all the time in my field. I'm a shop foreman for a fleet of over 500 vehicles. We have dealership mechanics pass through all the time. If a shade tree mechanic just replaces his front brake pads and does nothing else they run that guy down. They want him to bring it them so they can also replace the rotors and calipers...they act like he stole food right off his children's plate! Any way back to constructive posts that might help someone! [ATTACH=full]82538[/ATTACH] If you zoom in on this photo you can see how the case is no where near the feed rails on a center feed mag. [ATTACH=full]82539[/ATTACH] Also as I said earlier...your extractor will cause more feed issue than anything else. Look closely how far the extractor is off the recoil lug. If there is a big gap you will have feed issues because the case will not slip under the extractor. The case above is 6.5x55 that even with the Swed follower still would hang and not chamber smoothly. Case head dimensions and configuration vary a lot from the original chambering. That is one area you have to be careful with. If your new cartridge/chambering will slip easily under the extractor it will have a better chance to feed smoothly. BUT...bug but here...if you take too much of your case will not extract properly...the it's either a new extractor or weld the old one! The above pictures are ones I've posted on Mauser Central before their site crashed. But they still have some helpful guys there. And a few smiths who will give you grief for doing things your self. I have a couple pictures I took last night that still have reduce their size so I can post them. [/QUOTE]
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