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psteinmayer
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Magazine problem
Jun 13th, 2016 at 9:09pm
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This is not my problem... but rather a problem of a friend of mine who is not on this forum.

He has a Krag that he is working on, and the bolt won't pick up the last round in the magazine.  I believe it could be a problem with the follower or flat spring, but I'm not sure and I don't have direct access to the rifle, as he lives a couple hours from me. 

I'm looking for some advice that I can pass on to him.

Thanks in advance.
Paul
  
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Re: Magazine problem
Reply #1 - Jun 14th, 2016 at 5:50pm
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Clean it, check to see the follower isn't hitting the top of the magazine.  22018 does not feed the last one with a certain spring, put a slightly stronger spring in, which makes the magazine a bit harder to open, and it feeds that last round fine.
  
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Re: Magazine problem
Reply #2 - Jun 14th, 2016 at 7:16pm
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This may be a long shot, if someone was having trouble feeding nonstandard rounds before they may have modified the follower by grinding/polishing off the top part. If so it would keep the last round from lifting into position.
  
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