<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Ken Howell:<BR><B><P><snip><P>Another good theory blown to Hell.</B></font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Hey Ken, you aren't supposed to be reading this thread any longer. Us specious speculators were supposed to be able to run wild and free without any regard for facts or the scientific method ;-)<P>As for actions that behave best, when Really Bad Things Happen (tm)? I believe the best action would be the one belonging to the guy next to you, rather than yours... A lot of folks swear by the 98 pattern Mauser though.<P>On a serious note, Ken, have you ever heard of or seen an action that had failed catostrophically? something on the order of all the locking lugs failing, or the locking shoulders in the action shearing? Thus sending the bolt speeding backwards much faster than you really wanted?<P>Regards,<BR>Scott<BR>