Ausnake

Thanks for the info Will try the the cleaning/polishing first and go from there. Going to check around and see if anyone know has go/no go gauge, if not will buy them. If ok will looking at honing.

Correct, Will look for that post this evening

Finally got to the range yesterday, no good news to report same outcome as before and also had a couple of rounds stick in the chamber and had issues pulling the bolt back to get them out. Maybe a new new firing pin and maybe a mainspring.

It measured in at 11.5. Think I should replace it? The new firing pin spring was a bit longer than what was in it and the Hammer spring is slightly shorter than what was in it. I have not noticed that mark on the pin, I will pull it back apart later today and take a peak at it. The pin seems to be going all the way forward and to me seems to be enough length for a solid primer strike but I will take it back out and check. How long should the distance be for the length? I cleaned the bolt up and checked for burs, did not notice any. It's prob going to be July before I can make it to the range unfortunately.

Thanks for the info WHIG. I got my new firing pin spring and hammer spring in this week. When I finally get time to install them I will take a look at the mainspring as well. Think I saw on another post it should be 12 inches long?

Springs ordered will respond back once I get a chance to try it out. Thanks for the advice.

Thanks

Thank you for the great info, looks like this one has a lot of non original parts. I have no intentions of selling it so not worried about the value. If it went to the NPC does that mean it was an export to the Netherlands? Any thoughts on light primer strikes cause? Thank you.

The bolt and barrel both have the serial on it, wondering if that was done by someone later down the line instead of the factory or is that normal?

Been lurking for awhile finally joined. I have owned #5255 for a long time now and looking to learn more about it and what serial numbers it should have. Also looking to get it functional again. Last time out was getting light primer hits and it would not fire. Tried the same ammo in M1 Garand with no issues. What typically would cause this issue? Assuming maybe firing pin spring maybe? I will try and get up some pics this evening. Thank you