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DD I was playing with the action some more & when I slide the round in with the lever fully down then let it up the block just stops the round from falling out, so I could hunt with the round in the chamber with out fear of it falling out & be safe as there is no safety on these, then just close it to fire, is this how it should be ?
That is the way it should be and the way I carry my Martini .17 HMR when hunting gophers - round in the chamber, lever down. The top lip of the clock prevents the round from falling out - however, if you trip the trigger with the block down, the lever will slam shut closing the block. In my rifle, this will not fire it's rimfire round, but may with a sensitive or overly crushed, deeply seated primer in a CF. I would test that to make sure.
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Re: Martini rechamber
