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Firearms >> Other Firearms >> Chafee Reese - Magazine Rifle Trials http://www.kragcollectorsassociation.org/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1568598337 Message started by Rcat7147 on Sep 16^th, 2019 at 1:45am

Title: Re: Chafee Reese - Magazine Rifle Trials
Post by Rcat7147 on Sep 22^nd, 2019 at 9:40pm

Wait. Now it makes sense.
The release lever must have been gummed up with 135 years of gunk. Now that it’s loosened up, the lever is easy to lift with just a fingernail and the bolt is a breeze to disassemble.

Hopefully someone, one day, will thank me for writing this down ::)