waiting to get my 219/30-30 back from gunsmith.....occasional random misfires and occasional random "flyer". After lotsa fussin and cussin we decided that while the bore is still good over the years the hinge pin has developed the slightest amount of wear and the headspace has "stretched." Going to dedicate certain pieces of brass to this rifle only and neck size only and see if that cures it. Other solution would be drill and sleeve hinge pin and doing that suddenly i have doubled the cost of my rifle but not the value.
A few years ago, Larry Potterfield of Midway USA made a short instructional video in which he demonstrated the proper fitting of a stainless steel shim (using epoxy, as I recall) to the barrel lug of a break action shotgun where it contacts the hinge pin, as an effective means to tighten the action to its original snug closing fit. Seems like this could be just the thing to inexpensively correct a “stretched” 219.
