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To: Lurker
SMLE bolts feel like they're packed with warm butter.

(of course, M. has to relate everything to food, eventually)

Sexy Bayonets, too. (hey, wasn't that the name of a band..?)
710 posted on 02/18/2004 3:18:19 PM PST by PoorMuttly (A Muttly Fed is a Muttly Earned)
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To: PoorMuttly
Your analogy is a fine one. (good dog!) I have an Ishapore SMLE in 7.62 NATO I picked up for about a hundred bucks last year. I wish I'd bought a dozen of them.

It's a darn fine shooter. I can crank through a magazine of 10 rounds nearly as fast as I can shoot my M1A.

I took it to a CMP shoot last summer, and all the rangemasters except one started laughing when I pulled it out of the case. "You'll never even place with that antique piece of junk!" they said.

One older vet came over to me and said "You know how to shoot that thing son?"

I said "I think so, sir."

"Don't worry. You'll do just fine."

"I intend to, sir."

Well, I placed third in the informal little shoot beating more than one person shooting an AR vundergun variant.

I was expecially pleased when I placed second in the rapid fire portion of the event.

After the formal part of the shoot, there were guys and gals lined up to shoot my 'antique piece of junk'.

Like I said. I wish I'd bought a dozen of them.

Regards,

L

P.S. I think you'd make a fine gun store porch dog.

711 posted on 02/18/2004 3:34:28 PM PST by Lurker (Don't bite the hand that meads you.)
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To: PoorMuttly; Lurker
Hey, if you like the SMLE Lee-Enfield action, check out post # 271 on this thread. Gibbs Rifle Company (link is at the post) has a bunch of them, and prices are simply too low to avoid if one is an SMLE fan.
712 posted on 02/18/2004 4:00:36 PM PST by Long Cut (It's Great To Be Home In America, Finally.)
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