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Well took her out this morning, no joy. Tried lubricating the bolt in 30w as well. Disappointing but I'm thankful Bob Naess is willing to take a look at it. Will be sending it off to him in the next day or two.

Hey Harry, thanks for the tip! I'll take messy over not working any day. Will definitely give it a try. If it doesn't work I'll cry uncle and send her off to Bob. - David

May have made some progress. It looks like the spring/buffer were binding in the rear. The buffer piece used to only be able to be twisted the 90 degrees for removal with the assistance of a crescent wrench (which I always thought was odd as every video I have seen it can easily be twisted by hand)....

Thanks for the reply. I would really prefer to send it off to someone who knows what they are doing, I am just not comfortable grinding away on the thing. No idea how I would check the receiver alignment. Never heard anything back from Bob Naess. Can you recommend anyone?

I have an email out to Bob Naess, and received a flat "no" in return from project guns when I contacted them. I have a semi MG42/MG3 built off German parts that I cannot get to run right. The bolt seems to hang up in a few places, and when fired will not cycle far enough back to chamber a new round....