A friend has an older 308 Remington bolt action rifle that he got from his father who got it used. It seems that it shoots fine as long as there are NOT 4 rounds in the magazine. He says that if a fourth round is in the magazine it will be jam every time he tries to load the fourth round, but never when there are fewer that 4 in the magazine. The jam is caused by the third round not fully extracting and the fourth round getting tangled up as it is pushed in to the space the third round is still in (so I’m told). Would any one have an idea on what the problem is, so I can relay the answer to him?
First tell him to make sure the magazine spring is installed in the follower correctly. Second if the first doesn’t work……Get the gun and see for yourself what the jam is and what it looks like. Then we can go from there. Third party questions are rarely correct, in their description of what is going on. Ken
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I don’t know if I’ll see my friend for some time. He lives up state, but I’ll call him about checking the mag spring.
