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Hello,
I'm hoping to find out whether or not the following is a problem with my gun, or operator error.
I have a rifle with a 98 Mauser action. The first thing I noticed is that I can not more the bolt forward on an empty chamber. Turns out that was done on purpose so that soldiers would know they were out of ammo, makes sense.
Now, on my other bolt action rifle I can load the magazine, push the rounds down into the magazine a bit, then close the bolt on an empty chamber. I like doing that because it allows me to keep the gun in a "safe" state when I'm not anticipate using it, but I can just work the bolt once and it's ready to go. We used to call this "hot standby."
Anyway, when I do that with the Mauser and I work the bolt, the first round in the magazine kind of stands up at a 45 degree angle when I pull the bolt back, and when I move the bolt forward is moves back down to it's original position in the magazine. I can do that repeatedly without the round chambering.
Is something wrong with my rifle, or is that normal for these old military actions?
I guess I should mention that this is a 45-70 built on a Siamese Mauser action.
Marc
I'm hoping to find out whether or not the following is a problem with my gun, or operator error.
I have a rifle with a 98 Mauser action. The first thing I noticed is that I can not more the bolt forward on an empty chamber. Turns out that was done on purpose so that soldiers would know they were out of ammo, makes sense.
Now, on my other bolt action rifle I can load the magazine, push the rounds down into the magazine a bit, then close the bolt on an empty chamber. I like doing that because it allows me to keep the gun in a "safe" state when I'm not anticipate using it, but I can just work the bolt once and it's ready to go. We used to call this "hot standby."
Anyway, when I do that with the Mauser and I work the bolt, the first round in the magazine kind of stands up at a 45 degree angle when I pull the bolt back, and when I move the bolt forward is moves back down to it's original position in the magazine. I can do that repeatedly without the round chambering.
Is something wrong with my rifle, or is that normal for these old military actions?
I guess I should mention that this is a 45-70 built on a Siamese Mauser action.
Marc