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I think that was the primary reason for it.I always thought the cutout on the side of the bolt was so that it would trip the dust cover "switch" to open the cover when the bolt cycled if the dust cover was closed/locked... I made that leap of deduction because of the rounded ends on both sides of the cutout, rather than vertical cuts into the bolt.
Pretty amazing design (1956) and still viable today.
It's nemesis the AK is crude by comparison.
Both aptly represent their home countries.
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