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Old 07-02-2021, 03:28 PM
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Nomercy448
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I had a Win 94 Big Bore in 375win cross my bench last winter, new in box, never fired, but wouldn’t eject and did not feed well. Turns out the ejector was wedged tightly in the bolt to the point of being unable to pivot as designed, and the ejector nose wasn’t sufficiently beveled, nor the claw cut deeply enough. It simply wasn’t moving over the rim as it should, and had bent itself as a result. Minor fine fitting to get it running, and rebluing, and it was as good as... well, it was as good as it was supposed to be as new...

The most frustrating part of the job was the restriction to NOT fire the rifle. Obviously I didn’t NEED to fire the rifle to correct the feeding and ejection issue, but dammit... I REALLY wanted to...

So, were I to buy one of my own, I wouldn’t make it home before stopping somewhere to shoot it.
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