4th point,

Only SOME of the post-'63 M70 extractors bend. Haven't heard of that with a pre-'64, and eventually the soft extractors on the "new" CRF M70's were changed to good ones.

You can also add the pre-'64 Model 70 to the list, since basically there's no gas handling.

I also saw a trigger blade break on a Browning A-Bolt.



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