A First Timers Guide to Buffalo

[wysongdog]

Thanks for the video Blaine. I appreciate it. Blaine’s currently building a rifle for me

 

[SRvet]

Video is very well done. I enjoyed it, and for the most point I agree with your thoughts and observations from your POV. You lost me a bit on speaking about the advantages of CRF. Why would you need a cleaning rod in the scenario you describe when a PF rifle is expressly designed to snap the extractor over a chambered round ? A PF rifle is BETTER in this scenario (round slides in chamber ahead of bolt with muzzle depressed) than CRF, in fact some CRF will NOT snap the extractor over a chambered round, ie, if a round ends up ahead of bolt face the extractor is not able to grab it, that is not an issue with a PF, as it is designed to push the cartridge into the chamber and then engage it with extractor. If a cleaning rod is needed to remove a cartridge or casing from the chamber of a PF rifle, either the ammunition or extractor is defective. Touting the advantages of CRF is so overdone in my opinion as to become cringeworthy (that is coming from someone who took a M98 on my recent buffalo hunt). I do like your open-mindedness to PF rifles and your very valid point on the learning to run your rifle regardless of style. I believe that individual rifle reliability and a user's skill trumps a certain category of action. I use and appreciate both. Very good video overall and congratulations on a beautiful buffalo !

I mainly agree with you when it comes to a double feed jam with the push round feed. Simply push the second round back into the mag or remove it and make sure the bolt rides over the next round and all will be good. Where this fails is when the PRF extractor has pulled the rim off the cartridge case. This is less likely with CFF as the extractor takes a bigger bite of the rim.

 

[roklok]

If an extractor pulls the rim off the case there are ammunition issues, and likely will cause a problem in either style. It is not unheard of for a claw style extractor to slip off the rim of a stuck case either. Both style extractors can break as well. You do bring up a good point though, many of the PF vs CRF arguments really come down to the general or perceived robustness of the extractor, not the manner in which a round is chambered.