Remington .22 Model 34

[mran1126]

I have a Remington .22 Model 34 that I have had since I was a kid and never had any problem with it. Last time shooting it, it failed to feed the cartridges from the magazine tube. Shoots fine single shot. Just wondered if anyone was familiar with the feeding mechanism of those .22 bolt actions and might have some idea about what might be wrong. Nothing obvious to me. I can see the back of the cartridges, but they just aren't being grabbed into the lifter I guess. Thanks

[Pete44ru]

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It sounds like the feed mechanism could stand a good cleaning & lube - I would remove all the wood and sink the action and rear half of the magazine in a deep pail ( I use a 15" length of 6" PVC, capped on one end) of kerosene (available @ Hess gas stations) and let it soak for awhile - which will, besides dissolving most crud/gunk, leave an oily residue on internal, hard-to-reach, parts after the liquid evaporates.

The process should also afford you the opportunity to see if the any springs/etc are disfunctional.


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[Hawkeye2]

After all those years my thoughts are it might need a thorough cleaning using an aggressive gun cleaner followed by lubing. I would never use a strong cleaner without removing the action from the stock to protect the wood and to allow access to all the parts. Those outside lubed .22 rounds cal leave lube everywhere and it will build up. Probably not a bad idea to strip the inner magazine tube and clean inside it and the outer tube too with a jag and bore cleaner to insure smooth feeding.

http://www.gunpartscorp.com/Manufacture ... -39488.htm

[mran1126]

Thanks, I'll try a good cleaning and see if that works.

[mran1126]

Did a good cleaning. It didn't help the problem. Looks to me like whatever is supposed to grab that cartridge and pull it back out of the feeding tube just isn't grabbing it.

[Pete44ru]

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FWIW - no RF rifle's tubular magazine, that I'm aware of, has a mechanism that actually grabs/removes a cartridge from the magazine tube - all simply push the line of cartridges towards the feed mechanism via the magazine spring (inside the inner mag tube on .22's).

All tubular magazine guns have, however, a mechanism (usually a small catch) that blocks the exit of a cartridge from the mag tube until the gun's action is cycled, then the mechanism lifts the released cartridge inline with the chamber (or almost so).

Soooo, something's up with the magazine release pawl/latch, etc - whether it's sticking from gunk inside it's pivot; or insufficient lubrication; or a broken part/spring.

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[octagon]

I too have that model Remington, and it is a shooter. It has feeding problems as well which I have not investigated seriously, having several other rifles that are not problematic. I find that keeping it clean and operating the bolt smartly seems to overcome the issue most of the time. I still hunt with it, cause it shoots true, accounting for many cottontails and many many feral cats that we used to be ate up with around here.

[mran1126]

Thanks, Pete. I really wasn't sure how the feeding mechanism worked. So, it probably is something with that stop latch. I gave it a really good cleaning so maybe something has broken there. Probably will need to take it to a gunsmith to have it checked out. The spring in the magazine tube rod seems ok. Thanks for that piece of knowledge.

[Pete44ru]

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Yer welcome - and please be sure to post some pics with your repaired rifle.


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