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allenday
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Re: Rifle failures in Africa.........
      10/02/06 12:56 AM

Those are all great points, especially your comments about operating pressures.

Another potential problem that needs to be addressed is trigger adjustment, particularly with Model 70s. I had a good local riflesmith adjust the trigger on a Model 70 458 Win. Mag. to a very crisp 2.5 lbs. At home and at the range, I had absolutely no problem with that trigger at all. But in Africa, I experienced a slam-fire when I worked the bolt hard and fast for a reload while applying a finishing shot to a hippo. My PH and I managed to get it to slam-fire two more times before retiring the rifle for the balance of the safari!

I think it's prudent to adjust the trigger on Model 70s to no less than 3 lbs. (3.5's even better), and then make absolutely sure that there's no possibility for a slam-fire or any other trigger-related problem.

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* Rifle failures in Africa......... allenday 05/02/06 01:21 AM
. * * Re: Rifle failures in Africa......... rgp   02/03/06 07:25 PM
. * * Re: Rifle failures in Africa......... allenday   03/03/06 01:12 AM
. * * Re: Rifle failures in Africa......... oupa   02/03/06 03:22 AM
. * * Re: Rifle failures in Africa......... hoppdoc   03/03/06 01:19 PM
. * * Re: Rifle failures in Africa......... allenday   02/03/06 04:53 AM
. * * Re: Rifle failures in Africa......... oupa   02/03/06 12:36 PM
. * * Re: Rifle failures in Africa......... mikeh416Rigby   03/03/06 01:09 AM
. * * Re: Rifle failures in Africa......... 22hornet   19/02/06 05:26 AM
. * * Re: Rifle failures in Africa......... BigBullet   19/02/06 11:28 AM
. * * Re: Rifle failures in Africa......... JPK   19/02/06 03:27 PM
. * * Re: Rifle failures in Africa......... 500Nitro   19/02/06 04:16 PM
. * * Re: Rifle failures in Africa......... markhyoung   22/02/06 08:49 AM
. * * Re: Rifle failures in Africa......... MRobinson   24/02/06 04:30 PM
. * * Re: Rifle failures in Africa......... bwanamrm   08/02/06 11:41 AM
. * * Re: Rifle failures in Africa......... allenday   10/02/06 12:56 AM
. * * Re: Rifle failures in Africa......... Mike_McGuire   10/02/06 12:36 PM
. * * Re: Rifle failures in Africa......... bwanamrm   10/02/06 10:16 AM
. * * Re: Rifle failures in Africa......... MRobinson   07/02/06 04:25 AM
. * * Re: Rifle failures in Africa......... NitroXAdministrator   07/02/06 05:05 AM
. * * Re: Rifle failures in Africa......... JPK   07/02/06 02:52 PM
. * * Re: Rifle failures in Africa......... larcher   08/02/06 12:58 AM
. * * Re: Rifle failures in Africa......... larcher   05/02/06 09:57 PM
. * * Re: Rifle failures in Africa......... allenday   07/02/06 02:31 AM
. * * Re: Rifle failures in Africa......... bonanza   07/02/06 03:19 AM
. * * Re: Rifle failures in Africa......... Boomer   05/02/06 03:28 AM
. * * Re: Rifle failures in Africa......... cowboy   05/02/06 01:02 PM

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