Too stiff recoil spring in my Golani ??

[Roelfsmit]

Thanks to all for very good info and tips.
lcastillo: there is no play on any of the mags, I dont touch the mag or rest the mag on anything while firing.
The ejector has a nice sharp edge. I did notice on a real Galil that the ejector is thicker than the one on mine and I think that is part of the problem.
Steamroller: the Tula ammo is 223.
Kalashnikev: yes I do suspect the ejector, see above.
My casings look exactly like the ones in your pictures when firing XM193.
The term 'stovepipe' was not part of my vocab because I am an ex South African and we did not use that term. I do however have a bit of firearms experience, I am a vet of the bush war on the Angolan border with Namibia, and served in the early '80's.
It may have someting to do with the steel casings because I fired 223 PMC and had the same problem.
Anyway, it does not seem that anyone thinks it is the recoil spring cycling too fast from what I hear.
I think the only way will be to have a good smith check it out.
Until then I will be playing with russian ammo.

 

[Steamroller]

Hey Roelfsmit, good to hear back from you. Some of the steel cased ammo I was shooting at first had problems sticking in my chamber. I did an at-home polishing job on the chamber and it helped a lot. If that steel case stuff fits your chamber tight and your chamber is like mine was, it could be slowing your bolt carrier down because the cases are hard to extract. Causing the bolt carrier to not go back all of the way and not have enough force once it's back there to properly eject.

I have to give you much respect on your prior service in the bush war. I would say you have seen a lot. Hope this helps out and happy shooting!

 

[Roelfsmit]

Thanks for the nice words steamroller.
I have already received way more respect from people here than what I can ever expect to see from my previous country's citizens.
I am a PROUD citizen of this fine country now, I paid my own way here and kicked my previous citizenship in the butt.
God bless our US troops!

 

[hagar]

Nog n bliksemse Suid AfriKaner!:clap Welkom hier, jammer jy bly in TX, te ver om te ry.. Ek self is al amper 28 jaar hier.

 

[Roelfsmit]

Hagar my maat, ja jong die donnerse suid afrikaners is ook oral!
Ons is nou maar net 15 jaar hier, en kyk nie terug nie.
Wat maak jy in SC?
Email my by maleoskop at gmail dot com.