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    Does the bolt head have a plunger and extractor claw set up like say an Omark action, I see by pics in Skennertons book the claw is longer due to the rimless 7.62 so with out say the ejector screw a plunger seems a reasonable assumption as I have never had the opportunity to examine a L42 A1 closely to look at a bolt head.
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    Why would you re stamp the same number in a poorer fashion below the "original" with a larger font TR.
    The action looks right, but the scope bracket certainly doesn't, albeit he makes mention to a change of number in his description
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    Quote Originally Posted by CINDERS View Post
    Does the bolt head have a plunger and extractor claw set up like say an Omark action,
    No; the bolt head looks like a bog-standard No 4 one, except for the special proof marks and different extractor.

    The fixed ejector is built into the left-hand rear feed lip of the 7.62 magazine.

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