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1775usmarine
08-31-2018, 07:27 AM
Bought 2 87a's off that auction site and the first of 2 arrived a few days ago. Went out behind the house to do a 5 round test fire and got nothing but click. My guess would be a broken firing pin as having it apart the pin doesn't go past the bolt.

I'm also not sure if it is supposed take some pressure or a slap to lock the bolt for single shot use. I have the band extractors and it looks like it may not be going to full battery to cause me the issue of having to slap it.

I've got 2 311 double barrels that were in my family and my wife has a lefthanded 93r17.

1775usmarine
09-06-2018, 12:14 AM
After swapping bolts from the one known to work to the one in question it fired with no issues. The firing pins appear the same length and same type. I was looking closer and it appears the band extractors won't go into the notches in the barrel. Were there different barrels made for the band extractors?