Have you ever seen an issue in these where a single round (such as the last round) in the magazine doesn't want to stay seated? E.g. the first 5 stay seated and load normally but the final round isn't held in and the follower seems canted or bound up, not applying pressure to the round
Disregard. After disassembling and reassembling discovered the person I bought it from had apparently not properly seated the magazine box or properly torqued action screws. So the receiver and floor plate weren't fully seated with each other causing some internal misalignment. Now got everything working properly
Hard to say with out a good inspection. It took the manufacturers a bit to get on the same page with specs so parts on early guns may not interchange. Yours could possibly have some hand or force fit parts that are causing some issues.
@@HistoryinFirearms Well in summary, while single loading the 30-06 cartridge doesn't want to catch the lips of the magazine and just sits on top of the follower. Getting them all in with a clip works but it just absolutely _refuses_ to have a sixth round inserted no matter what and I don't want to mess with live ammo. Have to order in some snap caps. Other that, this thing is in near pristine shape considering that it more than likely saw action in Europe.
I have a Winchester 1917 Mine will not eject live rounds when I try to unload the gun the live rounds stay attached to to bolt then I have to remove them each time off the bolt do you know why if won’t throw them out?
Just on live rounds? When you pull the bolt all the way back, the ejector should protrude through the notch in the bolt on the left of the gun, past the bolt face. I you don't see that, it could be broken, or the spring could need to be replaced.
sorry but you are making a big mistake by putting a round in the chamber like that, it is a Mauser bolt system, as the bolt starts to push the round forward the rim slides up under the extractor as the round is chambered. by putting it right in the chamber and closing the bolt you are smashing the extractor claw into the rim of the round you will brake the claw of the extractor you may get away with it a few times but you will brake the claw off it, i have seen it done in a competition. to load single rounds you must snap it into the magazine, then close the bolt chambering the round. thank you for your video.
Thanks for the input! You are correct in the mechanics of this and that repeatedly doing this is putting unnecessary wear on these aging rifles. The reason for this technique being included in the video is that it is described in the US Field Manual for the rifle. That being said, just because it's in the manual, it certainly doesn't mean it's a best practice for the rifle. This is probably worth a note on the video. Thanks!
Have you ever seen an issue in these where a single round (such as the last round) in the magazine doesn't want to stay seated? E.g. the first 5 stay seated and load normally but the final round isn't held in and the follower seems canted or bound up, not applying pressure to the round
Disregard. After disassembling and reassembling discovered the person I bought it from had apparently not properly seated the magazine box or properly torqued action screws. So the receiver and floor plate weren't fully seated with each other causing some internal misalignment. Now got everything working properly
Oh, glad you got it figured out!
Very informative video,mister.
Thanks!
I just bought an 1917 Eddystone Rifle and this Videos help me a lot thank you very much 😊
Awesome! Glad it helped!
Don’t single load like he does or your extractor will eventually brake. Let it control feed into the chamber
If you're answering some questions, mine doesn't seem to want to single load and I can't fit the rumored sixth cartridge in the magazine.
Talking about a M1917 and not a P14 right?
@@HistoryinFirearms 1917 Eddystone. Pretty early on in the serial numbers 15377
Hard to say with out a good inspection. It took the manufacturers a bit to get on the same page with specs so parts on early guns may not interchange. Yours could possibly have some hand or force fit parts that are causing some issues.
@@HistoryinFirearms Well in summary, while single loading the 30-06 cartridge doesn't want to catch the lips of the magazine and just sits on top of the follower. Getting them all in with a clip works but it just absolutely _refuses_ to have a sixth round inserted no matter what and I don't want to mess with live ammo. Have to order in some snap caps.
Other that, this thing is in near pristine shape considering that it more than likely saw action in Europe.
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I can't get the 6th round in mine either. I don't know why.
Where is the 1917 Enfield disassembly video?
Haven't got to that one yet unfortunately 😕
@@HistoryinFirearms Can you do a No 4 Lee Enfield video?
@@brocaesar7484 Don't have one yet but when I do there will certainly be videos. The No 1 SMLE is very similar and the videos on that may be of use.
Great video. Thanks!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed!
I have a Winchester 1917 Mine will not eject live rounds when I try to unload the gun the live rounds stay attached to to bolt then I have to remove them each time off the bolt do you know why if won’t throw them out?
Just on live rounds?
When you pull the bolt all the way back, the ejector should protrude through the notch in the bolt on the left of the gun, past the bolt face. I you don't see that, it could be broken, or the spring could need to be replaced.
sorry but you are making a big mistake by putting a round in the chamber like that, it is a Mauser bolt system, as the bolt starts to push the round forward the rim slides up under the extractor as the round is chambered. by putting it right in the chamber and closing the bolt you are smashing the extractor claw into the rim of the round you will brake the claw of the extractor you may get away with it a few times but you will brake the claw off it, i have seen it done in a competition. to load single rounds you must snap it into the magazine, then close the bolt chambering the round. thank you for your video.
Thanks for the input! You are correct in the mechanics of this and that repeatedly doing this is putting unnecessary wear on these aging rifles. The reason for this technique being included in the video is that it is described in the US Field Manual for the rifle. That being said, just because it's in the manual, it certainly doesn't mean it's a best practice for the rifle. This is probably worth a note on the video. Thanks!
I prefer to unlatch the floor plate to remove a mag full of rounds.
That is most certainly an option also.
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Would not do a single load in that way personally. I let it cf under extractor as to not damage it be forcing it over the rim
That's definitely the safe bet with these aging rifles. This method is described in the manual though. There is a note in the description in this. 👍