I feel maybe it best to have the rifle sent back to me perhaps.Ĭould you package it up and addressed to me? This was a year or two back so he cant be absolutely certain. He thinks he removed the spacer and put in a longer follower to cure the problem. The spacer was inserted because.308 is much shorter than the 7.92(8x57).
It was his recollection that there was a spacer inserted in the magazine. SHOP:Had a quick word with the gunsmith re the K98. What can you do to have the feeding issues remedied? All numbers match and it retains its German markings so it is a nice collector piece. It was one of a very few subsequently rechambered in 7.62x x51 Nato. was supplying Norway with unlimited 30-06 after the war). It was a Norwegian capture gun, re-chambered initially in 30-06 by the Norwegians and issued to their army(as the U.S. It's a big disappointment with an otherwise beautiful rifle. In addition to this the case is getting gouged by some part of the mechanism in the process and leaving little curls of brass in the breech. When trying to chamber a round, the bullet head begins to enter the chamber but the rim of the case catches and the round does not chamber. Here's my correspondance with the man in the gunshop who sold me the gun: Apologies to earlier replies if i was mistaken about the the assumption on what the problem was definately not!The rifle has been returned to vendor and sent on to a gunsmith. It is pushing the round ahead of it but the round is not rising enough to avoid snagging on the way as described before. The extractor is not gripping the round in a controlled feed. Thanks, I think you've hit the nail on the head. Here are some links to show what controlled round feed is. This will allow theĬase to feed under the extractor. You might need to buy another follower and shorten itĪnd make a block like Winchester used, to keep the cartridge to the rear of the mag well. I don't recommend this as it weakens the extraction.
Like I said before, there is a mod you can do to the extractor that allows it to snap over the case. There are a number of options open to you with regards to a donor rifle, the cheapest option is a Yugoslavian M48 Mauser at around. Parts are easily available and there are lots of aftermarket accessories but more about that later. After 64, Winchester went to a different extractor K98’s in the UK (2011) are becoming less common as and a result can command prices starting at around 600.00. If the round gets ahead of the extractor, then it is hard to close the boltĪs the extractor doesn't move out and around the case very well. Like I said, it is controlled round feed. The cartridge to the back of the mag well. Seen a pre-64 Winchester magazine, you will see a spacer block installed for short case rounds. If you are trying to close the bolt on a chambered case, it is a magazine problem.