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Old 09-17-2018, 09:54 AM
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Originally Posted by trailraat View Post
Thinking about this, would the root cause be that the oil is uncompressable? Essentially a million little microscopic ball bearing trapped beneath the action which can't be tightened adequately due to the uncompressable nature of oil?

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And, not to over complicate things, but when a round is fired, causing a concussive force, any aqueous product (like water or oil) will begin a "tidal wave" which might cause that to interfere with what a normally "free" barrel might do inhibiting it from moving.

Like a "drop in the bucket".
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