RE: Sako75 or Wby accumark
I know the gunshop wouldn't allow it, but I'd like to take a NIB Weatherby MkV magnum action and soot the lugs and then close the bolt and see just how many of the lugs actually touch the reciever at all, let alone come in full even contact. I'd be surprised if more than 50% of the total lug bearing surface actually contacts the receiverwhen the bolt is closed. I think that the6 and 9 lugdesign gives the buyer a false sense of strength (because nine just MUST be better than two or three, right?!). I'm not saying that the MkV is a poor action, but I think that it's overpriced and overrated. All having 6 or 9 lugs and their corresponding recesses does is increase the complexity and cost of machining the rifle.
Mike