Moparmike
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Maybe I missed it somewhere in the thread, but wouldnt a lever-action pose other problems:
1. Pointy (spitzer?) bullets being shoved into another bullet's primer is bad inside a tube, or so I understand.
2. Soldiers would be forced to carry bags of loose ammo, lending help to losing ammo while moving about.
3. Loading an empty lever-action is slower and more cumbersome than loading a stripper-clip fed bolt action.
My own ignorance of LA's follows, but relates to the topic:
4. Compared to bolts, arent LA's harder to maintain in the field/ more susceptible to dirt? I realize both are rugged designs, but compared to each other, which fares better?
5. Dont tube springs wear out faster than bolt-mag springs? Isnt it faster to unload a bolt than a side-loading tube?
1. Pointy (spitzer?) bullets being shoved into another bullet's primer is bad inside a tube, or so I understand.
2. Soldiers would be forced to carry bags of loose ammo, lending help to losing ammo while moving about.
3. Loading an empty lever-action is slower and more cumbersome than loading a stripper-clip fed bolt action.
My own ignorance of LA's follows, but relates to the topic:
4. Compared to bolts, arent LA's harder to maintain in the field/ more susceptible to dirt? I realize both are rugged designs, but compared to each other, which fares better?
5. Dont tube springs wear out faster than bolt-mag springs? Isnt it faster to unload a bolt than a side-loading tube?