22 Hornet BSA Majestic

[Mr_Logic 5]

I have a 22 Hornet BSA Majestic, dating waay back. It shoots great except it has a problem... I load the magazine up as you would normally, and sometimes as you push the bolt forward, the front of the cartridge goes down instead of up into the chamber. Consequently it jams and needs clearing.

 

Because it's not a detachable mag, I have to open the floorplate, remove the cartridges and reload. That's fine in daylight, but it's a real pain in mud, at night, under the lamp.

 

One solution is to get a new rifle with detachable magazine (much easier to load, clear jams etc), but I would rather fix the one I have now. It shoots straight and has a good trigger.

 

I'm not great at fixing stuff, I just shoot 'em - any ideas? Cheers muchly

[garyw 0]

MR.LOGIC.

strip the magazine out clean the spring and pull it out to make it slightly longer the feed ramp will hopefully sit up a bit better and load your rounds easier you may have to do this once or twice to get it right.

[Mr_Logic 5]

MR.LOGIC.

strip the magazine out clean the spring and pull it out to make it slightly longer the feed ramp will hopefully sit up a bit better and load your rounds easier you may have to do this once or twice to get it right.

 

Cool - will try, many thanks for that.