whitetailbowhunter
Expert
I was extremely excited to receive my first M1 Carbine! Until I got to TopGuns to pick it up...
I bought this M1 on gunbroker for a decent price (I had another thread about the purchase) and he never mentioned anything about a crack in the stock. Well there are 3 of them and 1 of them goes all the way from the magazine port through the side and to the tip of the forearm. That's all just cosmetic and I believe it may have happened during shipping because the crack looks fairly new and it traveled from Texas to Indiana overnight. I believe we will file a claim with FedEx once the seller gets back to me.
To put icing on the cake, I loaded up a magazine just to cycle some rounds through it and came upon another problem! The bolt does not grasp over top of the cartridge. It pushes it into the chamber but the handle does not get far enough forward to even lock because the primer is not going into the bolt face (sorry if I used the wrong terms).
How can I fix this?
I bought this M1 on gunbroker for a decent price (I had another thread about the purchase) and he never mentioned anything about a crack in the stock. Well there are 3 of them and 1 of them goes all the way from the magazine port through the side and to the tip of the forearm. That's all just cosmetic and I believe it may have happened during shipping because the crack looks fairly new and it traveled from Texas to Indiana overnight. I believe we will file a claim with FedEx once the seller gets back to me.
To put icing on the cake, I loaded up a magazine just to cycle some rounds through it and came upon another problem! The bolt does not grasp over top of the cartridge. It pushes it into the chamber but the handle does not get far enough forward to even lock because the primer is not going into the bolt face (sorry if I used the wrong terms).
How can I fix this?