I took my mosin out today to shoot for the first time. Its in excellent condition, I cleaned it well and oiled it, the bolt is a bit stiff, and the safety takes a real pull to apply, but overall it looks great. Using check silver tip from J and G I shot a couple of times single shot to see how well it would work. The first 2 shots were ok but I noticed the bolt was hard to open, after the third shot I had to pry open the bolt, ouch. the empty looked ok so I tried it again and the same thing happened, I had to pry open the bolt with a screw driver to get enough leverage to open it. I have it at home now and the bolt works fine on empty, (still a bit stiff). So any ideas? the ammo is corrosive czeck, but it looks ok and is not corroded, and j&G says its good stuff. So am I out 750 rounds from bad ammo or am I over looking something?
-stumped
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