GI bolt disassembly tool works on universal cerbine bolts just fine.

----- Original Message -----
From: "craig" <asat690319@...>
To: <Practical_Carbine@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 11:14 AM
Subject: [Practical_Carbine] Re: M1 carbine


> Sorry for my rant. LOL.
> It has a little switch on the right side by the rear sight that is
> what I believe is the bolt hold open switch. the bolt looks as if it
> needs to be cleaned which would explain the failure to fire on the 2
> of the 5 rounds I fired through it this morning. I payed $300 for it,
> which I didnt think was too bad. I guess that I should have done my
> homework before I started making payments on it, But I think what I
> need to do is to try to figure out how to get the slide and bolt
> assembly out and clean the heck out of it. The rifling looks good and
> strong after further inspection. Any tips on cleaning the bolt and
> making it run better? Sorry for my long post!
> Thanks,
> Craig
>
>
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> --- In Practical_Carbine@yahoogroups.com, "Jon Carroll"
> <joncarroll@...> wrote:
>>
>> A lot of folks talk bad about the Universal carbines 'having
> problems'. Most
>> of the problems my Carbine had were solved when i disassembled and
> cleaned
>> the bolt.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "craig" <asat690319@...>
>> To: <Practical_Carbine@yahoogroups.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2008 10:37 PM
>> Subject: [Practical_Carbine] Re: M1 carbine
>>
>>
>> >I BOUGHT IT FOR MY SON TO SHOOT SOMETHING OTHER THAN HIS WINCHESTER
>> > 22, NOT TO COLLECT! IF I WANTED ONE TO COLLECT, I WOULD HAVE BOUGHT
>> > ONE OF THE MANY GI MODELS MY DEALER HAS STARTING AT $600. I ONLY PAYED
>> > $300 FOR THIS ONE AND AS LONG AS IT WORKS, I'LL BE HAPPY WITH IT AND
>> > SO WILL MY SON.
>> > Craig
>> >
>> >
>> > --- In Practical_Carbine@yahoogroups.com, john.o.newell@ wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Its a universal
>> >>
>> >> I'll let someone else break the bad news to you.
>> >>
>> >> J. Newell
>> >>
>> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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