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22 Lightening pistol bolt No lock back

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Category: Auto Mag Pistol
Forum Name: Rimfire
Forum Description: A place for the rimfire variants of AMT, the lightening pistol & rifles along with the AutoMag II
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Topic: 22 Lightening pistol bolt No lock back

Posted By: hoveyh
Subject: 22 Lightening pistol bolt No lock back
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2022 at 5:41am

Hey there … pretty new member here….got a little prob here with a pistol I’ve owned since Early 80’s…. On my bull bbl pistol, Millet sights, Clarketrigger the bolt No Longer locks back…. Not a big deal but it Should…. Are parts Still available for these AMT’s??? Please point me to a source… thank you all

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Posted By: AUTOMAG
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2022 at 5:28pm

Welcome to the forum!! Try checking this website. http://www.gunpartscorp.com" rel="nofollow - www.gunpartscorp.com

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Posted By: Luvz2Shoot
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2022 at 2:26pm

The Lightning pistol is essentially the same as the Ruger MKII/MKIII.

Search Youtube vids on the Ruger issues/problems/tune-ups and you should be able to get yours up and running just fine.

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Posted By: jw4570
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2022 at 9:20pm

I've seen some of them on MK I frames. I have one. I actually converted it to have a hold back.

I would not do it again.

Posted By: jw4570
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2022 at 2:36pm

Oh, I misread. If it orginally locked back, then it could be the magazine (MK I magazines didn't lock open I don't think) or the bolt lock or the spring. It may just need disassembly and cleaning if the spring gunked up

Posted By: Bulls Eye
Date Posted: 12 May 2022 at 4:18am

It might be the lever itself. AMT redesigned the frame and bolt release lever on later versions. I assume they had problems with the earlier ones. That being said, JW is probably right, and a good cleaning might do it. Worst case you might have to tweak the lever itself. It seems unlikely the bolt would be the issue because the steel is harder than the lever.

Posted By: Bulls Eye
Date Posted: 15 May 2022 at 9:44pm

This just showed up on EBAY

https://www.ebay.com/itm/115384712153?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160908105057%26meid%3D2f3ea46ba5414409ba0cc2ca2172434d%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D115371037627%26itm%3D115384712153%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057%26brand%3DRuger&_trksid=p2380057.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3A63e50d15-d48f-11ec-afd9-52b90d1900fe%7Cparentrq%3Ac97455db1800a4d66a2804c6fff8efe2%7Ciid%3A14" rel="nofollow - https://www.ebay.com/itm/115384712153?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160908105057%26meid%3D2f3ea46ba5414409ba0cc2ca2172434d%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D115371037627%26itm%3D115384712153%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057%26brand%3DRuger&_trksid=p2380057.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3A63e50d15-d48f-11ec-afd9-52b90d1900fe%7Cparentrq%3Ac97455db1800a4d66a2804c6fff8efe2%7Ciid%3A14