Post by butlersrangers on Mar 31st, 2017 at 5:12am
Preston - I'm glad you enjoyed the article.
BTW - The "1902" Springfield in the illustration does have the third 'safety lug'. (My photo of the drawing just does not show the line between the extractor and the safety lug very clearly).
The Krag action also has three "lugs". They are just all on the right side of the bolt. Two of them, (the 'safety lug' and the bolt handle root), only make contact if the front lug fails.
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BTW - The "1902" Springfield in the illustration does have the third 'safety lug'. (My photo of the drawing just does not show the line between the extractor and the safety lug very clearly).
The Krag action also has three "lugs". They are just all on the right side of the bolt. Two of them, (the 'safety lug' and the bolt handle root), only make contact if the front lug fails.
KrR-1-ed.jpg ( 110 KB | 1
Download )