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After separating from the Marine Corps my father gifted me a rifle he just called an old 30-06. After receiving it I realized it was a REMINGTON 1903 and from looking up the serial numbers on the receiver I know it was made in 1942. He bought it from a friend at work going through a nasty divorce for like $100.00 years ago and he never even shot the dang thing. First off the thing is sporterized and I put a nice Leupold scope on it. the thing is heavy as all heck but shoots very well. I do have a problem though and I am hoping someone can answer this. The bullets do not feed. I have tried everything. Different bullets. Cleaning it. Taking it apart. Moving the spring thing around, and nothing works except for turning the on/off switch on the bolt to the position where it allows the bolt to come out of the receiver and then carefully pushed back in. So basically the bolt doesn't come back far enough to grab the next shell, it sits right on top of it by a hair. How do I fix this?