[Gewehr98]

I've fired several Garands, to include my DCM Navy Trophy Garand, where the oprod needed a slight bump on the handle to come forward and chamber the top round in the clip. In fact, the Winchester Garand I recently rebarreled and restored for my dad was a rather tight-fitting gun, and his won't automatically close the bolt, either. As his breaks in, he's supposed to let me know when it loosens up enough to fly forward upon insertion of the clip. Either way, we still load with the proper heel of the hand against the handle technique.