Harry136 Posted July 26, 2020 Report Share Posted July 26, 2020 Hi This morning my Maxus stopped working! I fed the cartridges in as per normal, closed the bolt, shouldered the gun, squeezed the trigger and just a click. No strike marks on the cartridges and there were no issues with them as they worked fine in another gun. I last shot with it prior to lock down and it worked fine, it was stripped and cleaned during lock down and i stripped it again when i got home today and could see nothing amiss. The hammer hits the firing pin fine (the firing pin looks like new), the pin seems to move, but is very difficult to see properly. Any ideas what could be wrong, has anyone experienced anything like this? Also does anyone know how i can test if the firing pin is striking without shooting live cartridges? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted July 26, 2020 Report Share Posted July 26, 2020 Any marks on the cartridge primer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow243 Posted July 26, 2020 Report Share Posted July 26, 2020 you should be able to push the back of the breach block where the hammer hits to see if the fireing pin comes thru at the breach face Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cookoff013 Posted July 26, 2020 Report Share Posted July 26, 2020 Is somthing in the head, like dirty oil / grease etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northerner Posted July 26, 2020 Report Share Posted July 26, 2020 to test you could always use a snap cap after marking the "primer" with a permanent marker 🤷♂️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbird Posted July 26, 2020 Report Share Posted July 26, 2020 Did you load the cartridges in the right way round 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry78 Posted July 27, 2020 Report Share Posted July 27, 2020 Broken firing pin maybe If not take it to gun smith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultrastu Posted July 27, 2020 Report Share Posted July 27, 2020 (edited) Mate had this on an escort . He had changed the o ring on the piston And it was ever so slightly thicker than the origional one.this stopped the firing pin fully stricking the primer. On first inspection .you would think the oring difference wouldnt do this but it did. The correct oring size confirmed it .as it now works fine and dandy.. Edited July 27, 2020 by Ultrastu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkfanz Posted July 27, 2020 Report Share Posted July 27, 2020 it maybe just a one off i get light strikes with my outlander,not often but had afew over the 10 years ive owned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbird Posted July 28, 2020 Report Share Posted July 28, 2020 Take it to a gunsmith better safe than sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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