Gallery of Dramas. Broken Enfield Parts!

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Yes, there is a bending moment about the base of the elongated part of the cocking piece, but the forces involved should be more than manageable for a machined and heat treated part, even a case hardened part I should think. Given the relatively low instance of failure, I'm more thinking there was something intrinsically wrong with the specific parts that broke and not a general design fault at play.