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54 degrees rotation
penguin1
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I was reading about Weatherby rifle design of 9 locking lugs. 3 sets of 3. It also said the action had a 54 degree rotation to eject a cartridge and reload.If you have 3 sets of lugs with 3 areas to allow the lugs to clear the chamber would you not have 60 degrees of rotation to work the bolt? I must be missing something. I am assuming the lugs were equally states at 120 degrees apart.
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Think if the lugs were just toothpicks mating into 1/8" holes. . You could need only 5 degrees of turn before they disengage.
The Remington 788"s { a great underrated rifle} had the equal 3 sets of 3 lugs....60 degrees.