. . . and then there's the old historical bugaboo of things that aren't here anymore in any great quantity like hydroscopic paper shells and the fact that the H&H ejector train was likely designed to make sure they blasted out of there even if still a bit of a tight fit after the initial lift. It's funny that the G. T. Garwood "ejectors optional" setscrew in the forend body of an AyA can be tuned not only to prevent ejection but also to damp down the ejection force from the kickers. It's simply an intermediate postion of the screw. Reduces the overall effort of cocking all that sidelock wizardry.

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