wonderwolf
04-04-2006, 22:08
I went to a show down south from where I lived, Didnt pick much up except a turkish mauser and a odd marlin single shot action, just the bolt jamed in the action and the barrel nothing else (action was barreld), The guy said he couldnt figure out why the bolt was stuck, he had a price of $25 on the thing and it looked like it had been around a while, I asked him if you would take $15 for it, he said only if I could figure out why the bolt was stuck (it would open up and pull out about 1/2 a inch and then stick)...SO after about 3 minutes of looking over the action with a flashlight I opened up the bolt and pulled the trigger and gave the action a little tap and the bolt pulled free. I walked away with another project. Upon further investigation the firing pin was the evil part, it looked like somebody hit it a few times with a hammer, and it was very bent, I'm not sure what I'm gonna do with the action just yet, If I'm lazy I'm just gonna clean it up and make a new firing pin and a nice musket style stock for it. Or if I get a few of my buddies involved And I can get the pinned barrel poped off it and cut a new chamber it may turn into a nice little single shot pistol
