I am late to this discussion. Ms Holt is representing a client who was injured and her search for information is completely ethical. Thirty odd years ago I represented a 16 year old who lost an eye shooting a Marlin 39A. A case head burst because of insufficient support from the bolt face and brass and gas came back out the rear of the breech. This was long before the internet, I ran ads in Shotgun News and found similar accidents had occurred with this rifle. Eventually the case came on for a two week trial in Federal court in Manhattan and there was a substantial recovery.
