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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran

WARNING! I bought one of these back in the late ‘50’s as my second deer rifle, used it for a few years, and found out that quite a number of them were shipped into this country with the rifles in one crate and the bolts in another. When they were re-assembled, they did not match them, just grabbed a bolt, and stuck it in a rifle. If you buy one of these, take it to a gunsmith and have him check the headspace. Some of these weapons have excessive headspace in the chamber because of the mismatching, and can cause big problems extracting fired cases, not to mention the danger from possible blowouts. It’s a good strong action, but the headspace needs to be checked on all of them. Good luck with it. A good gunshop should have a headspace gauge.


48 posted on 11/04/2009 4:39:47 PM PST by Southbound ("A liar in public life is worse than a full-paid-up Communist, and I don't care who he is." - HST)
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To: Southbound; HuntsvilleTxVeteran
See posts 26 and 40.

I have my own set of headspace gauges - go, no go, and field. They aren't expensive.

56 posted on 11/04/2009 7:38:59 PM PST by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of ye Chasse, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary - (recess appointment))
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