Mauser 98 misfiring

[bigpete]

Obviously the rifle is funked. I'll do you a favour and give you $20 for it.

Well it's finally fixed.

I'll raise my offer to uuummmm......$40.

Not on your life

[straightshooter]

Ok,I did solve this in the end. As a couple of people suggested but I didn't check till recently, the rear action screw was protruding into the raceway ever so slightly. I filed about 1mm off of it and it APPEARS to have fixed the problem

You have found and resolved a particular flaw in the firearm but I doubt you have truly established whether that was the cause of the firing pin problem.
My presumption is that you have an ex military or typical commercial M98 which has a 1/2" firing pin travel.
So even if the cocking piece was dragging on the protruding rear screw there would be at least 3/8" of unrestrained firing pin travel which would be more than enough to ignite the primer.
If yours is a Zastava or FN commercial action then they have a 3/8' firing pin travel so it could then possibly be a contributory issue.

[bigpete]

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[No1_49er]

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[Oldbloke]

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[bigrich]

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That’s a technical term I’m not familiar with. Is it in a foreign language ? Romanian perhaps ?

[in2anity]

you mentioned

heads pace checked and adjusted

that's where i'd be looking then. Try a no-go gauge, and maybe you're bumping your shoulders too much.

[bigpete]

you mentioned

heads pace checked and adjusted

that's where i'd be looking then. Try a no-go gauge, and maybe you're bumping your shoulders too much.

As i said,headspace was checked and adjusted,by a gunsmith even !
And the problem is fixed

[in2anity]

And the problem is fixed

Sorry. Didn't realise that you'd solved the problem.

[bigpete]

Yeah,on page 2.

[JohnV]

Not uncommon for ex Military Mauser 98's to have been stored with a cocked bolt for a long time and the spring has got weak .
Fit a new Wolff spring and polish up the inside of the bolt body and flush it out well and dry , use light machine oil . Make sure the shroud is threaded all the way on .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxGT3HO8O1M

[bigpete]

Not uncommon for ex Military Mauser 98's to have been stored with a cocked bolt for a long time and the spring has got weak .
Fit a new Wolff spring and polish up the inside of the bolt body and flush it out well and dry , use light machine oil . Make sure the shroud is threaded all the way on .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxGT3HO8O1M

Aa I'd already said,its a new spring