Thread: Whats this for

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Makes me cringe Mauser action with a single shot follower, the correct way for a Mauser action to function involves upwards pressure from the mag follower to start the rim of the case into the gap behind the extractor. Without this you are forcing the extractor over the lip of the case everytime which is not ideal and a recipe for a broken/damaged extractor and not real good for your brass either

I’ve got the old man’s (rip) Belgian Mauser (in 30-06) that is still fully wooded, it used to frustrate me as I couldn’t pop five in the mag and then put one ‘up the spout’ and close the bolt on it - just wouldn’t happen.
And then you had to open the bolt and thump the butt on the ground to hopefully remove the now stuck round, grr

So it was five in the mag and work the bolt smartly.