Posted on 03/28/2016 9:26:09 AM PDT by w1n1
It didn’t seem heavy when I carried one when I was 20. It sure was heavy when I picked up one when I was 70.
I know the M-1 carbine was much smaller/lighter; the Garand was great because years after it was out of service for regular troops it was still very effective for sniping - it has great range.
I’ve got a postwar Yugo k98 that shoots very nicely... and a 1916 Swedish 6.5 that can outshoot most sniper rifles. I still have some surplus 8mm ammo..
If the Boers had Mausers, it was because the Kaiser provided them.
Remember Breaker Morant? And that German missionary?
Germany publicly supported the Boers at the time, and did provide the weapons.
Might be the BAR I was thinking about. Browning or somebody had a patent for some sort of a semiauto rifle prior to 1900.
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