Originally Posted by dan_oz
Originally Posted by captjohn
The reason i asked is I have a mauser that i had a member here "Jkob" install a swing safety on, I really the gun but honestly when you push it forward to cock it , its a flat out B-TCH to close.

Where COC often catches people out is when they are at the range, taking their time, babying the rifle. When you run it like there are a platoon of enemy closing on your position, or when you have a chance at a quick follow up on a mob of pigs, you'll soon forget that it is COC. Doing a bit of dry practice, slamming that bolt back and forth like you want to wrench the bolt knob off, may also help here.

One other thought too: there seems a common practice in the US of "palming" the bolt. Here and in Europe people grasp the bolt knob between a curled forefinger and the thumb, which IMHO gives you rather more control.

Of course, another possibility is that someone installed a stiffer mainspring...

While COC was of value in a bolt action military rifle designed prior to the introduction and adoption of gas operated semi-automatic military rifles, that era has long passed. For hunting applications, I don't see any added value of COC and if there was some, surely someone would have designed a new bolt action to take advantage of that benefit. No doubt the Enfield was a better combat rifle than the Springfield, with its larger magazine capacity and being easier/faster to cycle. If your "mob of pigs" scenario occurred in the U.S., a person expecting such an encounter would likely equip himself/herself with a semi-automatic firearm that featured a large capacity detachable magazine rather than with a manually operated firearm.