I found a rough one with some potential at a local gun shop gave it a light cleaning. 6/0 steel wool on some barrel rust soap and water only on the stock. Needed a new buttplate too. Light cleaning inside, mostly carb cleaner and air hose did not strip it totally.
Took it to the range yesterday and found it light striking, half the cartridges would not fire and ones that did had minimal pin marks. Nothing wrong with the cartridges and as far as I can see firing pin. Rifle is very easy to cock to much so is my guess.
Suspected the mainspring, it's not like a 336, frame and tang have 3 sets of dovetails so you can set the spring tension instead of putting washers over the strut. It was on the lightest setting. Have it apart now but going back together is a bear. strut mounted mainsprings are always hard. Try one on a Browning High Power one time. Short of making a special tool any advice on easier way to get it back on in one of the stronger dovetails ?
I might have to move it up one more too depending on ignition so best routine is going to be important. There is no reason I could not go back to the washer over the strut trick but without the spring in place it fits fine in the other two dovetails.
All advice appreciated.
Boats
Took it to the range yesterday and found it light striking, half the cartridges would not fire and ones that did had minimal pin marks. Nothing wrong with the cartridges and as far as I can see firing pin. Rifle is very easy to cock to much so is my guess.
Suspected the mainspring, it's not like a 336, frame and tang have 3 sets of dovetails so you can set the spring tension instead of putting washers over the strut. It was on the lightest setting. Have it apart now but going back together is a bear. strut mounted mainsprings are always hard. Try one on a Browning High Power one time. Short of making a special tool any advice on easier way to get it back on in one of the stronger dovetails ?
I might have to move it up one more too depending on ignition so best routine is going to be important. There is no reason I could not go back to the washer over the strut trick but without the spring in place it fits fine in the other two dovetails.
All advice appreciated.
Boats