So how does the SMLE qualifies as a CRF action John, I don't understand .
Cat
It actually can do both. Feeding from the magazine, as you push the bolt forward the bottom edge of the bolt face pushes the cartridge forward out of the magazine and the case head slides up the bolt face, under the extractor, as you drive the bolt home. If you stop before the bolt goes all the way forward, and pull it back, it will bring the round with it and eject it. This is CRF.
It will also function as PF, if you drop a round on the follower (or cutoff for those rifles that have one). When you push the bolt forward it pushes the round into the chamber, and as the bolt closes the extractor snaps over the rim. This is something an unmodified Mauser 98 won't do, as the extractor is not designed to snap over the rim.
