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Unread 02-11-2008, 02:11 PM   #11
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Default Re: Experimental Design

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Originally posted by John Sabato

That problem could be what caused the development of this prototype to be abandoned... It is possible that the bolt face was designed and prototyped first without thinking of how ejection would be accomplished. A poor design in other words. Since the current configuration of the bolt face appears to have been copied from a simple bolt action rifle design and is using opposing extractors.
That's what I was thinking... I wouldn't want to be in the shop when our designer had that "Holy C*#P" realization!
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