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To: C19fan

How light do you think they could make a Garand?


4 posted on 04/07/2017 7:43:15 AM PDT by DBrow
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To: DBrow

A lighter Garand? How much recoil you willing to absorb?

If you’re serious about fighting, 9.5 pounds aren’t a problem.


11 posted on 04/07/2017 7:51:43 AM PDT by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
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To: DBrow

Take away the wood and replace it with some sort of plastic, like the M16.


17 posted on 04/07/2017 8:05:28 AM PDT by Gamecock (Twitter: What a real democracy looks like.)
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To: DBrow

With invetment casting and synthetic furniture? quite a bit lighter.

CC


108 posted on 04/07/2017 5:47:02 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
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