[/quote] If you actually understand CRF vrs PF you will recognize that the SMLE most certainly has a CRF mechanism. The large Mauser extractor is not the only way to achieve that !
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Yep, and many people make this mistake. In fact, when the original Ruger 77 appeared, with a "Mauser-type extractor," a few of the supposedly professional gun writers of the era assumed it was CRF--when it was push-feed.
The so-called "controlled push-feed" Model 70 action for the WSSM rounds is CRF, and basically a copy of the M1 Garand's system.
