Wardenwolf. WHO told you that is normal behavior for that type of rifle? Almost all bolt and an awful lot of Semi's use the rotating bolt, and I have NEVER heard of your rifle's behavior as being "normal". You have a malfunctioning rifle. There is something wrong, seriously wrong with your rifle, and it needs fixin'.
Do not blame others on here who are saying "ahem, young man, your guns broke," when you are too insistent on describing a serious issue with your weapon as a normal operating characteristic. Sorry to rain urine on your parade, but you have a problem with the gun, the RSO did what he had to do to ensure a safe range for all the others at the shooting line so it could go cold. It may have pissed you off, but that is not their problem. Had I been the RSO there, I would have pulled you off the line, I would have done the same as that officer did, and I would not have tried to do anything with the gun, including trying to manipulate the safety on what was a defective malfunctioning weapon. I also would have told you that you had one shot left, and then I was red tagging the gun.
I do not care if it only happens if its hot, or your lube fails to work, all I would know is I have a gun on the range that can not be cleared when ordered. Simple fact. Your gun does not work as designed. It has an issue, as it seems you do, when confronted with this.
A PSL is a tough and rugged rifle, calling it a "precision" weapon is debatable in my mind. Its a stamped steel war rifle, probably assembled here in the USA of mix master parts to beat the importation ban. I am not trying to put you down personally, but your tone towards some very educated and experienced people here on the board leads me to believe you need a couple of wake ups.
Your refusal to listen to the RSO at the trap line signals much the same attitude, I have yet to visit any trap range where the signs do not say "Load only when on the line, Load one round, Leave the action open and displayed between trips to the line."
Take a step back and ask yourself why are the RSO's upset with me?
That RSO has no clue who you are, and doesn't know you from Adam, but he knows the rules of the range and when you broke them, he applied the rules. I am 100 % certain he never thought "oh, there's that WardenWolf, I am going to be a complete dick to him" when you showed up.