Browning A-5

vostracker · December 21, 2008, 10:05 PM

Picked up a Browning A-5. Having problems with ejection. Gun fires, but wont cycle. Is the problem with the bronze friction piece and the compression rings set up wrong or would the locking block not disengaging?

sadsack · December 21, 2008, 10:59 PM

(1)With an empty chamber can you pull the trigger and cycle the action by hand?
(2)Is the bolt/barrel coming back any at all when fired?

vostracker · December 21, 2008, 11:03 PM

Sadsack:

1: Yes
2: No. Was firing some Western 2 1/2-1-7 1/2.

I dont think I have the settings correct.

Scorch · December 22, 2008, 03:02 AM

Put the cone ring against the receiver and the spring on top of it, then the friction ring, then the barrel. You are shooting target loads, you need minimal recoil damping.

December 21, 2008, 10:05 PM	#1
vostracker Senior Member Join Date: February 4, 2007 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 416	Browning A-5 Picked up a Browning A-5. Having problems with ejection. Gun fires, but wont cycle. Is the problem with the bronze friction piece and the compression rings set up wrong or would the locking block not disengaging?

December 22, 2008, 03:02 AM	#4
Scorch Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2006 Location: Washington state Posts: 15,249	Put the cone ring against the receiver and the spring on top of it, then the friction ring, then the barrel. You are shooting target loads, you need minimal recoil damping. __________________ Never try to educate someone who resists knowledge at all costs. But what do I know? Summit Arms Services

December 21, 2008, 10:59 PM	#2
sadsack Senior Member Join Date: February 4, 2006 Posts: 206	(1)With an empty chamber can you pull the trigger and cycle the action by hand? (2)Is the bolt/barrel coming back any at all when fired?

December 21, 2008, 11:03 PM	#3
vostracker Senior Member Join Date: February 4, 2007 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 416	Sadsack: 1: Yes 2: No. Was firing some Western 2 1/2-1-7 1/2. I dont think I have the settings correct.