MosinT53Hunter
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This post is not to take issue necessarily with anything else in your post, but I think this idea that the "almost universal" design is that the bolt is male and the receiver is female is not quite right. And a bunch of folks have mentioned it. However...
In Mausers, Remington bolt guns, etc. The chamber holds the cartridge. The bolt is behind the cartridge. What holds the bolt there? The receiver. What holds the receiver there? Male threads on the back of the chamber (barrel) interface with the female threads on the receiver. When a Mauser or Remington bolt gun fails, where does it fail?
Also, the ears on the receiver on Serbu's design seem to be stronger (yes, even in comparison to their respective cartridges) than the "safety lug" on Mauser 98s, and nobody complains about the safety lugs on Mauser 98s being too weak.
Or the safety lugs on an Enfield rifle, which are considered to be much weaker then a Mauser, yet they made millions of them, and still going in other countries.
I believe it wasn't the fault of the rifle as it was its operator. He knew the rounds were old, that they were not made for a rifle he was using.
Yet, despite all caution and reason, he kept putting round after round through it. He is at fault, and he suffered the consequences of his careless actions.