I'm going to contact Jess and see what he thinks about the 35-348 re bore. One thing that bugs me about this Mod. 71 is the loading of ammo in the magazine after a round is chambered. It will not accept another round if one is in the chamber. The loading gate must be hitting the rim of the next cartridge in the magazine tube.
It is a pain as my Marlin 1895 In 45-70 and my Mod. 94 in 44. mag. does not do this. They both allow rounds to be loaded when one is chambered. Which is a good thing if one ever had the need to feed more rounds into the magazine while keeping the chamber loaded.
Do any of you Model 71 shooters have this issue?
