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slackmaster

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9. The Springfield design is a direct descendent of the Mauser 98

Reply to DonP (Reply #8)

Thu Feb 14, 2013, 08:01 PM

Feb 2013

And the 8 mm round is no slouch in terms of ballistics.

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one generation’s “military rifle” is the next’s deer hunting rifle [View all] melm00se Feb 2013 OP

We need to keep these off the streets! holdencaufield Feb 2013 #1

Don't forget the Trapdoor Springfield and the Krag-Jorgenson. krispos42 Feb 2013 #2

I feel a twinge of dissonance at seeing a moose (or m00se) discussing hunting rifles petronius Feb 2013 #3

So you're recommending the banning of all firearms then? Is that it? Scuba Feb 2013 #4

and ... there lies the rub with technology ... in all manner of lawmaking. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2013 #5

Indeed, this is a canard. Callisto32 Feb 2013 #6

What's not to love about the AR. ileus Feb 2013 #7

Ah, the non-threatening '03 Springfield - AKA "Whispering Death" DonP Feb 2013 #8

The Springfield design is a direct descendent of the Mauser 98 slackmaster Feb 2013 #9

Yep, but it's not like the Germans could sue us for copying parts of the Mauser by 1918 DonP Feb 2013 #10

And yet the general functional characteristics remain half-way up the list... Eleanors38 Feb 2013 #11

match to flint jimmy the one Feb 2013 #12

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