7.62x54R but using 7.62x51

[Wedge]

...you don't know many sergeants, do you?

The correct answer is "yes, sergeant" and press on.

Mike

That's my problem...I've spent 1/3 of my life in Academia and "they" require you to just keep pushing it...now I'm in the "real" world, but you always have to be able to "prove it".

I'd probably last about 36 hours in the military at this stage of my life...and yeah I would have asked him to prove it.

Good thing I'm at least really good at push-ups and after Thankmsgiving peeling potatoes!

 

[Ignition Override]

I've seen a Youtube video of a Mauser with an exploded action after the young guy used really old ammo, maybe from WW2. He said something like, "Well, this ammo is about 50-60 years old...so here goes".

Part of the bolt was gone.
He seemed to have the correct type of ammo. Guys say that it is risky to even interchange a bolt between two identical MN 44s.

A plastic surgeon can only do so much, or nothing, if it blows off part of one's face.