Craig D Thompson
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I have a Finnwolf .243 I just bought and it jams on second or third round. I joined to get some help.
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Craig is the barrel factory or replacement? Can you post a picture of the bottom of the mag well so we can see what the wood around it looks like and also the mags you are using.
Have you removed the stock from the action, if so do you know if the ferrule ( small hollow tube ) is in the hole where the rear action screw is? Also does the metal seem to fit flush around the bottom of the action? Also check tightness of the action screws to ensue not loose or over tightened.
Howdy Craig,
Welcome to the forum. Looks like the pros have your concerns in hand. I'm no help as I've never owned a 63. Good luck...what part of WY are you in? I'm in Casper.
Gary
I feel like such an amateur? How do I tell if the barrel is factory? It has 'Finnwolf' and 'Made in Finland' pressed into the barrel so I think it is factory.Howdy Craig,
Welcome to the forum. Looks like the pros have your concerns in hand. I'm no help as I've never owned a 63. Good luck...what part of WY are you in? I'm in Casper.
Gary
Craig- Just a bit of my knowledge concerning feeding problems with the FW. I had problems with some factory Remington cartridges at one time but that was an extraction issue. Loaded at the factory too hot. Bloo is on the right track but it may be that the rifle has a factory Sako barrel but one from an L579 or A2. Those caused some feeding issues when I was playing around making "rare" chambered Sakos years ago. You may try carefully bending the Magazine "lips" down to get better "feed". Or up and out if it doesn't interfere with the bolt's ease of movement. I am thinking it is in the removeable box mag but that is just my gut. Finnwolf's can make a fool out of anyone. ALSO BE VERY CAREFUL TO SUPPORT YOUR STOCK WHILE REMOVING THE BARRELLED ACTION. MOST OF THE BROKEN WRIST AREA VICTIMS WERE CAUSED BY POOR REMOVAL PRACTICES.I feel like such an amateur? How do I tell if the barrel is factory? It has 'Finnwolf' and 'Made in Finland' pressed into the barrel so I think it is factory.
I will post a picture soon. I will also remove the stock and make the checks you prescribe. I am waiting for a reprint of the manual.
Thanks so much!
I'm in Rock Springs.
Just saw this and it reminded me of serving overseas in places where the wall current was 240v and safety standards were, shall we say, unusual... Anyway, I was staying in a US Embassy guest apartment in Mogadishu, Somalia in the early 1970's. It was my first night there, I went to turn on a table lamp - and got blasted across the room. You think you've been zapped with 120v, try 240. Internal short of some kind. I had words with the Admin officer the next morning. I got hit with 240v another time or two in my overseas career, but that was the first and worst.Thanks
Yeah, I’ve been zapped more than I wanted to be. Good electrical workers are easy to find because they’re all still alive. Bad electrical workers don’t have very long life spans…if they live , they have new careers.
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