There is one vent visible, but apparently not enough to keepДЇrom overloading the receiver ring which clearly failed outward, not rearward. Like the action was destroyed by gas that couldn't vent well enough from theД«olt lug area. Increase in pressure from the 7x57 to the 7.62 NATO (45Kpsi to 60kpsi) it looks Many early Mausers have no venting in the bolt head area and with a significant

It looks to me like a case rupture in the head area and insufficient venting. Being prudent means finding a level of comfort, if you will, and being happy with it instead of constantly beating your head against the wall and complaining that you have a headache. I learned the meaning of 'prudent' from Ralph Waldo Emerson and it has nothing to do with the prudish girls we sneered at in junior high school. Consider the number of people of all levels of experience who'll read these notes. But making wildly assumptive guesses is as bad as being flat out wrong. It doesn't make you an ignorant idiot it just means there's not enough information to ascertain a cause. We should never hesitate to say 'I don't know.'. they need to know and they need to ~see~ what happens when one fails. But for them who buy these types of Mausers, the 18/16 and FR7 thinking they're strong because they read it on the internet.well. I wasn't fishing for opinions on why it failed. It up was the same person who was trying to sell it. I posted these photos here as public information in the interest of educating those who don't have experience with these types of Mausers.

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