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To: archy
Oh. c'mon. We've seen Garand fire control internals break before. :D

Point taken, though.

86 posted on 07/24/2003 10:13:44 AM PDT by The KG9 Kid
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To: The KG9 Kid
Oh. c'mon. We've seen Garand fire control internals break before. :D

Point taken, though.

And there are problems with the safety nose breaking, as well, particularly in early versions. That's something less of a fault then the early Australian F88s whose trigger housings and other components were found to melt if more than three magazines were fired through them full-auto. I suppose that's one way to reinstill a healthy respect for one-a-a-time marksmanship and hits that count with the troops, but it's not at all one I favour. Neither, it seems, do most of the Diggers so encumbered.

Fine, handy little carbinme for the Boy Navy cadets, though.

-archy-/-


90 posted on 07/24/2003 12:20:09 PM PDT by archy (Keep in mind that the milk of human kindness comes from a beast that is both cannibal and a vampire.)
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