Were wonderfully accurate for a factory rifle in their day. 60 degree bolt lift was nice and quick but lacked the camming power to easily open the bolt handle on too stout reloads. Some guys say that the rear locking allow a bit of reciever flex on overly stout handloads contributing to the problem. I don't know about that, but a gunsmith friend of mine welded a few bolt handles on the things when reloaders got overly ambitious. He never saw that with the 222 base cartridges, so maybe they did flex a little. Can't talk negative about the little rifles when loaded correctly, other than they were plain to look at and the trigger wasn't adjustable, but thats why they were priced good. My dad has one in 222 that is wonderful to shoot prairie dogs with.
dan
