not on the late model Universal carbines....

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From: "Jim" <jimbm433@...>
To: <practical_carbine@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 11:42 AM
Subject: RE: [Practical_Carbine] Re: M1 carbine


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