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The 514 was a VERY inexpensive rifle that had soft barrels. I fired a lot of .22 Shorts in mine and ringed the chamber, so when firing Long Rifles, it would do the same thing that yours does. Worse than that, I was getting blowback of powder fouling that made the bolt hard to work after several rounds.
It doesn't help that the bolt has a single extractor that wears out and stops functioning.
This is the only .22 rimfire rifle that I've found to have these problems, but there may be others.
Before it pooched, the rifle was amazingly accurate, especially after I had a side-mounted scope installed.
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