[Inyo-Mono]

Not really a huge change. The new ammunition is a bigger change than the basic platform. They’re still trying to get knockdown power out of what is basically a varmint round.

Yeah if they want good knockdown, they should go back to the Martini Henry.

[ozzymandus]

M14 would be plenty, although the Trapdoor Springfield throws a bigger hunk of lead.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***they should go back to the Martini Henry. ***

FRom ZULU DAWN...

Corporal Storey: [to the soldier next to him, referring to the ammunition] Soft ‘eaded buggers these. Flatten out against the bone. Smash ‘em out.

Storey’s mate: But bullets run out... and those bloody spears don ‘t.