Thread: Mauser M18 223 Thoughts

For the sake of useless information, Mauser recommends 5 newton metres as the prescribed action screw torque on the M18. The cause of the misfires may be the grease inside the bolt. Mauser are very, very, very generous with the grease on the firing pin spring! I had a couple of misfires in mine with hard primers in surplus military ball but once I cleaned out the grease and lubricated things lightly with Break Free then there were no further issues even with the hard primers in the military ball.