G'day troops. New member and first time poster here.
After a number of years away from the shooting game, Ive returned and recently purchased a LA101.
This was prefaced with a lot of internet reading and trolling through the forums (this one included) as to what might be the go for a little benchrest 22 as a fresh start back into the sport.
I narrowed it down to one of the CZ's - I was leaning toward the 457, or the la101 - despite some of the internet chat regarding feed issues and the heavy'ish, non adjustable trigger that some had commented on, both brands were mentioned often for their accuracy.
I went with the 101, partly Aussie pride, partly nostalgic (first gun i ever shot as a kid was a little lithgow repeater), So I ordered it a few weeks ago and collected it last Tuesday.
It's first shoot was at the local range yesterday and of course I was pretty excited to try it out.
First shot - failed to fire.
OK, disappointing - but maybe I hadn't cleaned it as well as I should have was the thought in my head... (I was thinking machine oil/manufacturing grease in the bolt/firing pin assy) I rechambered that round - and it fired ok.
So, fast forward an hour and 70 rounds later, by then I'd had 5 fail to fire and one feed issue.
Unfortunately, I was on limited time and had to pack up at that point and head off to another appointment and I wont be back to the range for another week.
Ammo was CCI standard.
I know there are loads of posts online about optimum striker size/position blah blah, but I really should not be having this issue with a brand new gun straight out of the box.
I'm giving it a weeks grace, in the meantime I'll be disassembling the bolt assy to make sure there's nothing obvious in there affecting it.
I'll return to the range next week for a second go.
Pics attached of three cases that on first strike failed to fire, it's pretty obvious in the photograph that one is a lighter strike on the rim than the other.
I've also attached some pics of the bolt face and firing pin - Now I'm usually a glass half full type of guy and I don't think I have unrealistic expectations, but the machine marks on that bolt face are not what I was expecting to see on a brand new gun that on the whole, is getting a lot of rave reviews.
Does anyone have any ideas on things I should check before I start talking to my dealer or the people at Lithgow and I'm also interested in your thoughts on the machining marks on the bolt face.
Thanks in advance.