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To: elmer fudd

Some open bolt guns like the Suomi are very accurate,
the Suomi rate of fire is controled by a check valve in
the end of the receiver, since tolerances are very close
the feed stroke is retarded, also the round fires slightly
before chambering completely.
The great Finnish sniper Simo Haya made many kills with his Suomi.

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90 posted on 05/22/2006 1:14:21 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: tet68

My understanding is that Simo Haya was not just a sniper and that a great many of his kills were made in close combat. For sniping I believe he used an iron sighted Moisin Nagant. Still at something like 700+ kills he must have been a phenomenal marksman.


96 posted on 05/22/2006 8:44:53 PM PDT by elmer fudd
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