L1A1 feeding problems !!!

britrider · October 09, 2001, 00:05

I know you have all heard this before but did
a search an found nothing that has not been tried, I found an complete inch fal matching
# , but it will not feed ammo also about the four time you hand feed it locks up tight ?

hmm any ideas beside the good old gun smith ?

TIA

dude47jp · October 09, 2001, 16:32

check the feed lips on your magazine, if they are not straight the rounds won't feed.

**msnyder** · October 09, 2001, 16:43

Is it ejecting properly and
then not loading next round? If so,
try another mag.

kotengu · October 09, 2001, 22:09

If the mag switch doesn't do it - who made the receiver? How do the feed ramps look? How do the rails look? Any burrs anywhere? What exactly is happening when it "doesn't feed" - there's excess friction somewhere - you've just got to track it down.....

schjims · October 10, 2001, 06:12

Im having the same problem with a stg58 kit I had stached away, Imbel reciver, strips off the round, goes in the chamber half way then stops. Tried proven mags, emery paper on the ramps, rails. The bolt and carrer move free, and without rounds the bolt goes home fine. I can feed it by hand and it ejects...what am I missing here..this is the 3rd FAL ive made

October 09, 2001, 00:05	#1
britrider Registered FALaholic #: 4191 Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Atlanta,Ga. Posts: 7	L1A1 feeding problems !!! I know you have all heard this before but did a search an found nothing that has not been tried, I found an complete inch fal matching # , but it will not feed ammo also about the four time you hand feed it locks up tight ? hmm any ideas beside the good old gun smith ? TIA __________________ Gun control, is being able to hit your target!

October 09, 2001, 22:09	#4
kotengu Registered FALaholic #: 1594 Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Baxter, TN, USA Posts: 3,068	If the mag switch doesn't do it - who made the receiver? How do the feed ramps look? How do the rails look? Any burrs anywhere? What exactly is happening when it "doesn't feed" - there's excess friction somewhere - you've just got to track it down..... __________________ "The way is in training." - Miyamoto Musashi

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October 09, 2001, 16:32	#2
dude47jp Registered FALaholic #: 4354 Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: MN Posts: 50	check the feed lips on your magazine, if they are not straight the rounds won't feed.

October 09, 2001, 16:43	#3
msnyder Curio & Relic Bronze Contributor FALaholic #: 1085 Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: New Mexico Posts: 2,817	Is it ejecting properly and then not loading next round? If so, try another mag.

October 10, 2001, 06:12	#5
schjims Registered FALaholic #: 4342 Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: upstate ny Posts: 68	Im having the same problem with a stg58 kit I had stached away, Imbel reciver, strips off the round, goes in the chamber half way then stops. Tried proven mags, emery paper on the ramps, rails. The bolt and carrer move free, and without rounds the bolt goes home fine. I can feed it by hand and it ejects...what am I missing here..this is the 3rd FAL ive made