So, always wanted a wood furnitured CETME. Found one at a great price and got it. It's a century build, but still, I figured I'd give it a try. Looked clean and well oiled and greased so I loaded up a mag and went out back. First shot locked it up. As in it didn't cycle. Couldn't get the cocking handle rearward to expel the brass. Took it in the garage and with some judicious attention with a block of wood and a hammer, got the bolt rearward and the brass out. Brass looks like a torx bit at the case mouth, not just the normal gas lines from the flutes. And I had a few case head separations.
Anyways, loaded up more ammo and it would fire 3,5,7 times but still get stuck not ejecting. After some reading, it seems that really scrubbing the chamber/flutes fixes a lot of these issues. So I scrubbed the bejesus out of this thing, then scrubbed some more. And scrubbed it again. I scrubbed out the chamber as well as the inside of the receiver with a shotgun bore brush. Liberally oiled everything and put it back together.
A concern for me was my reloads. This batch according to my records is on its 4th load. For a rifle that notoriously hard on brass, maybe I should be shooting new, or at least once fired brass.
Anyways, bought some 7.62x51 today to try it out, at least rule out my loads, but maybe the cleaning helped. I also sat on the couch and cycled the thing 100's of times, I've read of people doing that as well.
Anyways, any CETME owners care to chime in?
Anyways, loaded up more ammo and it would fire 3,5,7 times but still get stuck not ejecting. After some reading, it seems that really scrubbing the chamber/flutes fixes a lot of these issues. So I scrubbed the bejesus out of this thing, then scrubbed some more. And scrubbed it again. I scrubbed out the chamber as well as the inside of the receiver with a shotgun bore brush. Liberally oiled everything and put it back together.
A concern for me was my reloads. This batch according to my records is on its 4th load. For a rifle that notoriously hard on brass, maybe I should be shooting new, or at least once fired brass.
Anyways, bought some 7.62x51 today to try it out, at least rule out my loads, but maybe the cleaning helped. I also sat on the couch and cycled the thing 100's of times, I've read of people doing that as well.
Anyways, any CETME owners care to chime in?