According to the state department circa 2009 in their original import rejection and the Brady campaign when the state department punted the resulting questions to their advisors the Brady bunchers.
Trust me, it is stupid
But they are doing it for a very evil reason that “makes sense” from their objective to ban all firearms.
That this isn’t more widely known is horrifying.
I was waiting for an M1 for the longest time but they were always out at CMP so I settled for a chinese T53 nagant.
The ammo was , and is , plentiful and cheap. It shoots long and accurately. I dropped it into an archangle polymer stock, scoped it and now it is a thing of beauty.
Kicks like a drunk mule but I love it. Not bad for a $125 weapon.
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