Originally Posted by bobmn
On page 79 of "Africa's Most Dangerous" Kevin Robertson writes: "It's only fault seems to be that the MK II action sometimes fails to eject a spent cartridge when the bolt is cycled quickly."
Anyone know what causes the malfunction? How is it corrected? Thanks.


My WAG is maybe the ejector does not rise (or slide)into the slot as quickly as it should(could)when the bolt is operated very fast, or maybe herky jerky, to keep up with hands operating under a full load of adrenalin.

Any CRF has to be well timed..... I have seen Mark X Mausers that would not kick a case out even when the bolt was slammed very hard to the rear....the hands were faster than the mechanism, but the "problem" was resolved with a beefier ejector and proper timing.

Getting this stuff "right" is one of those little CRF "trick moves" we read about. grin




The 280 Remington is overbore.

The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.