I took a No.4 Mk2 converted to 7,62 x 51 to the range today fo rthe first time since I bought it. On one round the firing pin didn't strike the primer, the cocking piece went to what I assume is a 'half cocked' position and sat there. having never been faced with this before I was a bit non plussed. My solution was to re cock the rifle by pulling the cocking piece back with my fingers. I didn't try ot reopen the bolt, both because I didn't know whether it would, but mostly because I didn't want to take the risk of the pin impactinging the primer as I opened the bolt as I wasn't sure whether that could actually happen give the working of teh bolt. So questions. 1. Can that happen, and is there a safer course of action that the one is used. 2. if this turns out to be a regular occurrence what can cause it (I assume prior owener monkeying around trying to 'improve' the trigger, but what specifically can he have done to make this happen? and how would I resolve this?
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