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Post 64 Winchester 6.5PRC broken extractor
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<blockquote data-quote="ofbandg" data-source="post: 2931047" data-attributes="member: 91402"><p>I have been told by lots of people that single round feed isn't necessary. As long as your rifle feeds well from the mag you should have no problem. Unfortunately I have found that isn't always the case. Many of the older military actions weren't designed to single feed and converting them to sporting usually means shaping the extractor, but with some of them the metal on the extractor is so thin this becomes a delicate operation and if you take off a bit too much you have to start over, usually with a new extractor. For this reason some gunsmiths shy away and tell you to go with magazine feed only. This is okay except that on occasion when you are feeding from the mag a round will pop up as it is contacted by the bolt face and become a push feed into the chamber without you realizing it. In this case the extractor won't flip over the rim of the cartridge but the round will be jammed in the chamber. The bolt won't close so safety isn't an issue but unless your chamber is highly polished you may need a cleaning rod to push the round back out. If this happens in the woods you may end up banging your rifle butt on anything solid to jar the round out. I have had it happen. Now all my rifles single feed if necessary.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ofbandg, post: 2931047, member: 91402"] I have been told by lots of people that single round feed isn't necessary. As long as your rifle feeds well from the mag you should have no problem. Unfortunately I have found that isn't always the case. Many of the older military actions weren't designed to single feed and converting them to sporting usually means shaping the extractor, but with some of them the metal on the extractor is so thin this becomes a delicate operation and if you take off a bit too much you have to start over, usually with a new extractor. For this reason some gunsmiths shy away and tell you to go with magazine feed only. This is okay except that on occasion when you are feeding from the mag a round will pop up as it is contacted by the bolt face and become a push feed into the chamber without you realizing it. In this case the extractor won't flip over the rim of the cartridge but the round will be jammed in the chamber. The bolt won't close so safety isn't an issue but unless your chamber is highly polished you may need a cleaning rod to push the round back out. If this happens in the woods you may end up banging your rifle butt on anything solid to jar the round out. I have had it happen. Now all my rifles single feed if necessary. [/QUOTE]
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