Well it looks like the M1895 is a no-go for Camp Perry this year.  The wholsome and pure rifle I thought I owned turns out to be monster of the good Dr. Frankinstein.

I used the pea sized marbles I call my brains and figured out the best educated guess to the problem.

The issue as stated before is the fourth and fifth rounds are not being lifted high enough to enter the chamber while the first to the third are in perfect alignment. 

Loading a round into the magazine pushes the carrier cradle down onto the carrier cam lever and the carrier.  The carrier cam lever is what holds the cradle in the upward position.  The other end of the cam lever bears against the carrier stop pin.  Here be demons. 

I discovered I could take a thin punch and push down on the end of the cam lever and raise the cradle when the magazine is empty.  According to a patent drawing and not a little bit of logic I should not be able to do this since it should already be at its greatest extention.

Well the rest of the story is I removed the magazine from the rifle and got to the carrier.  The first thing I noticed is the carrier has a "B" stamped on it.  Then I went to Numrich to see if they had replacement parts.  Yep.  Carrier with a B equals .30-06.  Carrier with "A" = .30-40.  Cam lever and cradle need to be A also.  And they do not have any carriers.  grrrrrrrr  So that IS the problem!

So I will have to add material to the lever at the point where it touches the stop pin.  It should get me to the point I need for the fourth and fifth round and can be reversable.

Aside from that put 26 rounds through it three at a time at fifty yards today.  I will need to get a two hundred range to really get a feel of where it is shooting.

Until the next report.  See ya'