Got 211 rounds through it. Had two issue over all with it. I AM going to give Marcolmar a shout . But thought I’d run it through here also. Shot the first 100 flawless. Shot 60 more rounds. 3 jams on ejection. Shot 50 more and 2 more jams on ejection. This is over 3 range trips and the rifle is cleaned and lubed properly each time. Chamber cleaned. Flutes also. Best as I ever could. During this time the provided mag as well as two more are getting dinged up on feed lips . Bolt carrier has to be hitting them. I was going to shoot 60 more today. Round 8 stopped everything. I did not have any tools with me. Stuck case upon chambering. I think the mags with dents are causing this. Or at least the chambering issue today. I think it’s got the lips slightly bent down from the impact. I can feel it when pushing rounds out while unloading the mag. But the first couple range trips I haven’t figured out . The spent case was fully extracted and had a solid ejector mark on the case rim. This is a fun little rifle. Well put together . Just want to get it to run properly. I was shooting Federal X193 55 grain. And then switched to Wolf Gold 55 Grain. The manufacturer asks owners to get 250 rounds through it. Preferably 62 grain full power loads. But most have no issues with 55 grain . Here is the worst of the 5 or 6 stoppages. The rest was jammed being inside the action but fully extracted. Wardawg
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GAWarDawg
Cetme L issues : Update #2
Got 211 rounds through it. Had two issue over all with it. I AM going to give Marcolmar a shout . But thought I’d run it through here also. Shot the first 100 flawless. Shot 60 more rounds. 3 jams on ejection. Shot 50 more and 2 more jams on ejection. This is over 3 range trips and the rifle is cleaned and lubed properly each time. Chamber cleaned. Flutes also. Best as I ever could. During this time the provided mag as well as two more are getting dinged up on feed lips . Bolt carrier has to be hitting them. I was going to shoot 60 more today. Round 8 stopped everything. I did not have any tools with me. Stuck case upon chambering. I think the mags with dents are causing this. Or at least the chambering issue today. I think it’s got the lips slightly bent down from the impact. I can feel it when pushing rounds out while unloading the mag. But the first couple range trips I haven’t figured out . The spent case was fully extracted and had a solid ejector mark on the case rim. This is a fun little rifle. Well put together . Just want to get it to run properly. I was shooting Federal X193 55 grain. And then switched to Wolf Gold 55 Grain. The manufacturer asks owners to get 250 rounds through it. Preferably 62 grain full power loads. But most have no issues with 55 grain . Here is the worst of the 5 or 6 stoppages. The rest was jammed being inside the action but fully extracted. Wardawg
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Here is my jam upon chambering on round 8. Show stopper I left all tools and rods at the house . Lesson learned
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Here is the mags. I think the tip of the feed lips are getting bent downward. I can feel a light catch there. Might be my chambering jam.
I do have a wide variety of mags. I even have some tiawain steel mags. I will go through and hand cycle a few and look for dings. Wardawg
I hope you get your rifle working. I love my Cetme L but I've only shot about 90 rounds through it. It ran like a top. I would also recommend trying different mags. I've only used OK mags in mine.
Ok. Here we go. My MarColMar Cetme L came with a C Products mag. It has standard feed lips like any USGI aluminum mag would have. I dug around and tried several different manufacturers usgi mags. Worked the action. Was denting mag lips. Then I found a batch of brand new Oklay sure grip aluminum mags. The feed lips are shorter. The bolt carrier misses the lips. So I took my dremel and relieved the lip angles on my 3 ea damaged mags. Doesn’t hit anymore. I got to get it to the range and test. Can someone take a picture of the lips on your MarColMar supplied mag. I got yo know. Well here’s the pics. The blue follower mag is an Olkay I already owned . I just angled cut the damaged lips off and polished them lightly. Wardawg
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