I decided to fit a scope to my L39 using a bolt-on Armalon Weaver rail and found the same problem with eye relief, only more so - I use a long butt even with iron sights and the L39 was unusable with the scope and long butt. So, after much deliberation and fruitless enquiries around the bazaars, I t...

Thanks, everybody, for your thoughts. I think the ammunition is the most likely culprit, so I will take some from a different lot the next time I shoot and see how it goes.

No, I'm afraid that's not it - the mechanism works perfectly without a cartridge in the chamber. Indeed, I did manage to fire a few rounds, but there were many more occasions when it did not fire than when it did.

I see what you mean, but I made sure that the bolt was fully closed each time.

It looks like the sort of range you need a Stage 5 qualified RCO for - was that the case?

Hello, all I took my L39 to the range today but had great difficulty getting it to fire. Sometimes it would, but mostly it wouldn't. It would dry fire perfectly, but not with a round in the chamber. When I looked carefully at what was happening, I saw that the firing pin was only moving forward to t...