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Posted: 12/26/2006 8:23:59 PM EDT
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Hello all, I went to the range a few days ago with a 1966 Indian made Mk.III no.1 .303 enfield I bought last week. Rifle looks real nice, I took it apart and gave it a good clean. Only thing I was not able to take apart was the bolt, but it looked nice and clean. At the range, I loaded it up with some .303 surplus. Out of the 4 different cartridges I tried, none fired. All had a dented primer. Not sure if it was bad ammo, but I know military surplus usually have harder primers. Taking a closer look at the bolt and placing it in the fire position, the firing pin does not protrude as much as I would have expected. I have attached two pictures to show what I mean. I hope someone with more experience can help on me this. Thanks. http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/8623/dsc01784yz9.jpg http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/4231/dsc01785vz4.jpg |
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The striker protrusion looks OK to me. You could have a bunch of cosmoline inside the bolt... this would retard the striker and cause light strikes. You should be able to unscrew the bolt head and look inside. Flush out as best you can. If you really need to fully disassemble the bolt, there is a tool for doing this. If the striker is moveing freely and the spring is forceful, then try so decent ammo. Aim Surplus has Prvi Partizan .303 SP ammo - I just put 20 rounds of this stuff through my No4 without a problem. |
| Ammo is from a mixed surplus batch from the 50's. Mine were marked K52. I did unscrew the top of the bolt. It looks reasonably clean. I did not have the tool to disassemble the entire bolt. I will try some modern commercial ammo, and see if that works. I really wanted to check the firing pin protrusion first. |
Damn...I've got a whole bunch of K52 marked ammo that I've never shot. I hope it isn't an ammo problem. |
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Could we have pictures of the whole bolt to see if the striker is totally bottomed out? I would totally disassemble the bolt and clean each part thoroughly concentrating on the firing pin channel. I've taken mine apart before but it's been awhile. Too long for me to walk you through it without looking at it. |
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I have that same problem with one of my Enfields a No1Mk3 and I cannot get hte bolt off as well. I tryed to clean it and shoot K52 ammo and it hangfired. I went to my No5Mk1 and it shot fine. I use Hunting ammo and S&B ammo on the No1Mk3 and it shoots fine. The K52 primers are harder primers. I think I am going to take the bolt in and have the gunsmith open it. I should have done that when I got back from the desert but I got a Mauser that I have been shooting for a while along with the AR. I have 2 of the tools to disassemble the bolt and they have not worked yet. |
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Make sure you remove the set screw first. Dennis Jenkins
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