Damn, I'm getting senile. Or, maybe I'm just trying to make a point. lol
But the point youre trying to make is false. The Mosin is NOT a controlled round reed design. The cartridge rim WILL NOT pop up under the extractor like a mauser. Once you start to chamber a round in a Mosin you have to close the bolt all the way in order to extract the round or tilt the rifle back and let the round slide back out if it will. You cannot bend an extractor simply chambering a round.
Yeah, I know. We've been through this before. Having owned a couple dozen Mosins and also having fixed bent extractors on a number of them, I know there are some kind of little gremlins in there that really like to bend extractors. Every time I run across a Mosin which has extraction problems, it's the first thing I consider and, surprisingly, it's often the answer.
I won't argue with you about the design of the Mosin or what causes the bent extractors. I'll simply say that if you have extraction problems, check for a bent extractor. When it isn't that, then it usually winds up being a very dirty chamber, usually with a pot full of burnt-on lacquer.
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