Howdy.
the bolt hold open it right at the front of the bolt.
its a little pin.
when ya open the bolt, just push down on the pin, and the bolt should stay open.
its been my experance that most people dont properly clean their firearms, you
more than likely will have to disassambly the bolt to make sure its clean.
it might have a lot of years of crud in it?
my little M1 Carbine is a sweet shooter..
Jim



To: Practical_Carbine@...: asat690319@...: Sun, 17 Aug
2008 18:14:17 +0000Subject: [Practical_Carbine] Re: M1 carbine




Sorry for my rant. LOL.It has a little switch on the right side by the rear
sight that iswhat I believe is the bolt hold open switch. the bolt looks as if
itneeds to be cleaned which would explain the failure to fire on the 2of 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 myhomework before I started making
payments on it, But I think what Ineed to do is to try to figure out how to get
the slide and boltassembly out and clean the heck out of it. The rifling looks
good andstrong after further inspection. Any tips on cleaning the bolt andmaking
it run better? Sorry for my long post!Thanks,Craig --- In
Practical_Carbine@yahoogroups.com, "Jon Carroll"<joncarroll@...> wrote:>> A lot
of folks talk bad about the Universal carbines 'havingproblems'. Most > of the
problems my Carbine had were solved when i disassembled andcleaned > 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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