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    Quote Originally Posted by jonh172 View Post
    Thanks Lee Enfield,

    I’m using an Enfield 7.62 mag and I’ve heard/read the feed lips could get bent if the relief cuts aren’t made.
    I have the receiver off the barrel and a machinist buddy willing to do it so I’m going to take the extra precaution since the mag was NOT cheap!!
    There is a copy of the drawing in "An Armourer's Perspective" and it has been posted on this site several times.

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