I've got a rifle with an AK-type action which is jamming often. The short version of the story is that it appears as though the magazine is sitting about two-four millimeters too low at the rear, so that every so often (1-4 times per mag), the bolt will miss the rear of the next round and drag the round out of the magazine by the force applied to the middle of the cartidge case, causing a jam with the round pinched with the bullet nose just inside the chamber at an angle, with the bolt pinching the middle of the cartridge. This happens with all the mags I've tried, both new and old, 25 and 10 rounders.
The whole magazine attachment bit seems to be part of the receiver (at the front) and part of the trigger group/trigger guard (at the rear). The problem seems like it would be resolved if I could "tighten up" the connections at the AK-style mag release, so that the mag catch would be closer to the bottom of the reseiver... but it looks to be rivited in place without any way to modify (or remove, for that matter) it.
What options am I looking at to help improve the reliability here? What other problems might I be overlooking?
The whole magazine attachment bit seems to be part of the receiver (at the front) and part of the trigger group/trigger guard (at the rear). The problem seems like it would be resolved if I could "tighten up" the connections at the AK-style mag release, so that the mag catch would be closer to the bottom of the reseiver... but it looks to be rivited in place without any way to modify (or remove, for that matter) it.
What options am I looking at to help improve the reliability here? What other problems might I be overlooking?