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I have also noticed a marked increase in poor gun handling when folk belive that their firearm is unloaded. I have come accross a few AD's when the safety is taken off but almost all (and all the fatalities' occur with an 'empty' rifle. Personally, I load my rifle before I leave the house and Unload it in the driveway before entering the house at the end of the safari. Also, the only gunsmith who could reliably fix the ejection problems in the 416 Rugers (Walter Roth) has died leaving a real void in that area in Zim. | |||
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I was in Bots a number of years ago and had PH carrying a Brno 602 with the very same malady. Every time the chamber was unloaded the round needed finger assistance. I also noticed that the magazine would only allow the top 2 rounds to be stripped from the magazine while the following 3 would not rise out of the magazine. At lunch one day I convinced the Ph to allow me to take the rifle apart and see if I could fix the issue. As we were in camp we found enough tools for the job. The ejector pin had drifted to one side allowing the ejector and spring to drop away from the normal position and become useless. Miraculously all three parts were still inside the stock. The magazine spring was virtually flat and no longer shaped like a "W". I bent it back into shape as best as possible replaced his ejector and the rifle was back in action as designed. Then I sunk 2 wood screws into the area behind the recoil lug and behind the magazine box as cross bolts to prevent the stock from cracking further and glassed those areas with 5 minute epoxy. The bill came to 1 1/2 cases of Lion Lager | |||
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fairgame, looks like I'm on your blacklist as well. Mike Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer. | |||
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Be armed, be ready, and always be loaded in Africa! My friend "Fairgame", whom I've hunted with before, sometimes drinks too much - JMO | |||
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Thanks to Ganyana and D'Arcy Echols for addressing the issue that started this thread: Finally something useful here!
As for the yahoos quoting my comments on a faulty bolt action but talking about double rifles and their personal peccadillos related to whatever:
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