My "new" M1917 will not let me insert a cartridge in the chamber and then close the bolt over it -- I have to put the cartridge into the magazine, and let the bolt pick it up and chamber it as the bolt closes.
Frustrating situation, as I like to feed my cast boolit cartridges by hand and not have the bullet banged up by having the bolt pick it out of the magazine and bounce it off the front of the magazine on its way to the chamber.
Of all the vintage military rifles I have loaded for, I have only had one other like this -- my M95 Dutch Mannlicher will not allow single cartridge loading either.
Have any of you figured out a good way around this with the M1917?
TIA
Tom
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