Yeah I once had a 1959 M/S carbine in 7mm Mauser. Sweet shooting gun. Sorry I sold it. Just to look at the machining on the magazine--it was a work of art.

Thanks again so much, everyone. This has been incredibly helpful and now I will shoot this rifle with confidence. But I will also mark the cases and see if they are bulging in consistent areas. I actually wondered if there might be a slight egg at the *top* of the chamber to help in chambering, then...

Okay great. Extremely informative, everyone...expansion ring. Again there are no extraction problems whatsoever, and again the extractor tension is even on the loose side, and all the expanded cases (except one) are actually under factory chamber spec dimensions. I am going to mark the cases next ti...

Wow! You guys have no idea how helpful this has been. Thank you so much. Keep any opinions flowing, of course. I have never done a chamber cast but never really had an excuse to, either. 8) I will try to dig up some sulfur or something at the store. The encouraging thing for me is that every single ...

Extraction seems very positive, and the extractor tension even seems a bit loose compared to the other 94s I've played with. Did not have any problems whatsoever with sticking. The only reason I noticed was that I was being extra careful, looking at every single case (they launched over my shoulder ...

Howdy All, My first time posting. A buddy gave me his grandfathers well- worn Winchester 94 in 30/30, pre 64 as mentioned above. It's been used pretty hard. Shot it today for the first time, it is slightly bulging the cases about 1/3 of the way up from the rim. Around the same place I've seen case-s...