Range report Underwood R.I. Rebuild
Took the Underwood R.I. Rebuild out and it didn't go as planned . We shot buddy's National Postal Meter first with good results (see seperate range report). Shot my first group of 5 Winchester White box 110 grain FMJ at 100 yards. 2.75 group, I'll take it. Loaded 5 rounds Remington UMC up. Fourth road failed to extract. Dropped mag and cycled bolt with no results. Having owned an Iver Johnson in the past (another story) I looked right at the extractor. Whoops sticking way out...I new we had a problem.
So the detent let go, maybe bad, maybe indexed wrong, and launched. I found the 10 coil spring in the grass, yeah that's never happened before, but detent was gone. Nothing appeared hurt.
So a phone call later to a buddy and I learned he had some detents and still had a bolt tool. I'll put it back together, make sure it's indexed right and try it another day.
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