Quote:
|
Originally Posted by jmstr
I am NOT arguing that the 95 Chilean's notch makes it the equivalent in strength of the 98 3 tab locking system.
I just feel safer with the 44,000 CUP pressures than I would with a 1893 Mauser.
|
FWIW, there's NO practical differences, other than very slight cosmetics, between "cock-on-closing" M-1893 & M-1895 Mauser's -
AND, they're both made of metal over 120 years old, with God only knows what sorts of stress' placed on them over those years before any of their present owners were even a gleam in their Father's eye.
A Mauser rifle is an integral system, of both barrel design/material, action design/material/hardening (or not), and bolt material/hardening/etc.
Changing the barrel doesn't help a 120+ y.o. action or bolt stay together in front of a shooter's eyes/face.
Yes, we've all shot older guns x-many times w/o incident - but in reality,
NOBODY can reliably predict what will happen the
next time the trigger's pulled on a live round.
.