Cock on Opening Lee Enfield conversion kits

[Rumpelhardt]

After years of using cock on opening rifles I got a couple Lee-Enfield's and a Swedish Mauser. I now actually prefer cock on closing . Is there supposed to be some advantage to cock on open?

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[jmoore]

Is there supposed to be some advantage to cock on open?

A couple: you can use a stronger striker spring which means that it's easier to lighten the entire assembly and still get good ignition. The other is that there's less shock loading on the sear when the bolt is operated quickly, so you can more easily incorporate trigger and sear assemblies capable of light pull weights and single stage letoffs. Neither is important from a military standpoint. Or even from most practical standpoints! But it makes benchrest shooting easier.