.35 Remington: Failure to unlock or extract.
Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2013 12:18 pm
Howdy.
I took my Model 8 to the range yesterday.
The rifle was clean and looked to be in great condition. Cycling it w/o shells worked great.
So I checked the barrel, it looked fine.
At the range, I loaded up a clip of 5 Hornady FTX loads. It shot all 5 well, but I was having trouble verifying point of impact at 100m.
So I loaded 5 more and fired them offhand at the 25m bull. 3 good strikes to point of aim.
On the third shot, the rifle froze. The bolt is half-way open, still coupled to the barrel. The bolt/barrel will neither move forward or back.
The bolt/barrel was on the rearward stroke, so there is no live cartridge in the chamber. Just to confirm I checked this with a cleaning rod.
If I take the forend off and try to remove the barrel casing, the casing moves freely over the barrel a couple inches and then stops. So the barrel is not wedged in the casing.
The bolt, however is wedged firmly in the receiver. It will slide neither forward nor back. It is not fully back, where it is caught on the bolt carrier catch nor fully forward. The handle is 1/2 way back in its slot (over the safety) firmly coupled to the barrel.
So what do I do now?
My first thought would be to pull the buttstock and the trigger plate and see if something wedged the bolt in place.
Any ideas are welcome.
Thanks in advance.
Robert
I took my Model 8 to the range yesterday.
The rifle was clean and looked to be in great condition. Cycling it w/o shells worked great.
So I checked the barrel, it looked fine.
At the range, I loaded up a clip of 5 Hornady FTX loads. It shot all 5 well, but I was having trouble verifying point of impact at 100m.
So I loaded 5 more and fired them offhand at the 25m bull. 3 good strikes to point of aim.
On the third shot, the rifle froze. The bolt is half-way open, still coupled to the barrel. The bolt/barrel will neither move forward or back.
The bolt/barrel was on the rearward stroke, so there is no live cartridge in the chamber. Just to confirm I checked this with a cleaning rod.
If I take the forend off and try to remove the barrel casing, the casing moves freely over the barrel a couple inches and then stops. So the barrel is not wedged in the casing.
The bolt, however is wedged firmly in the receiver. It will slide neither forward nor back. It is not fully back, where it is caught on the bolt carrier catch nor fully forward. The handle is 1/2 way back in its slot (over the safety) firmly coupled to the barrel.
So what do I do now?
My first thought would be to pull the buttstock and the trigger plate and see if something wedged the bolt in place.
Any ideas are welcome.
Thanks in advance.
Robert