question 1. Need help with FA MG42 - ejection issues

[Gulfstream4]

Take a close look at your film. You can see the ejection port cover flopping around and the brass hitting said.

[bbigbore]

I just put a new sping on, door is TIGHT against the receiver when open now. I knew it had to be something simple. But geez, that it could be something that simple...

I just played the original high res video in slo mo, and that door is obviously closing.....

[JBaum]

Ding Ding Ding. We have a winner!

[fritsch]

Oh man I love this thread! Occam's razor prevails once again! The other day I tested one of my newly built M53s and it didn't function worth a darn. All I had to do was clean out cosmoline that was freezing up in the cold weather zapping energy from the bolt.

[JBaum]

I just put a new sping on, door is TIGHT against the receiver when open now. I knew it had to be something simple. But geez, that it could be something that simple...

I just played the original high res video in slo mo, and that door is obviously closing.....

Well, come on, did it work OK? Huh? Huh?

[bbigbore]

I gave it back to the owner, he'll try it again on Sunday.

[bbigbore]

That was it. That stupid little spring was the problem. Replaced a tiny, little, cheap spring, and the gun roars like a lion now.

[JBaum]

Well, let that be a lesson to us. If something, anything, is broken or not working, it needs fixed before we start an in depth analysis.

[SturmHead]

But we learn so much from these diagnosis.