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Originally Posted by traderal
Unfortunately I have sprung a rear 2 lug action to where it was difficult to close with a hot 300 magnum reload so prefer the extra safety of a MKV.
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If your loading is inconsistent, and a cartridge gets loaded to well above design pressures, and you want a bolt gun, you are best off with a Remington 700 with factory extractor, as it will contain gases at pressures that will blow the extractor out of a Mark V action. As for rear lug actions, they aren't as strong as a quality front lug action. And more smaller lugs aren't necessarily stronger than fewer much longer lugs, since it's harder to get more lugs to bear evenly. I blued the lugs in my own Mark Vs to test this, and one had good contact on 5 lugs, and the other on 7 lugs.