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MoonEyes
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Feb-11-17, 11:42 AM (EDT) |
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2. "RE: Gun of the Week: Remington 51"
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> - As we have previously seen, Pedersen developed one of the entries
>in the competition to replace the M1903 between the World Wars. His
>rifle, designed around a novel medium-power cartridge, actually
>won that competition... and then the Army Chief of Staff
>demanded that the new service rifle use .30-'06 like its predecessor,I meant to ask, when I first read this one, and I entirely forgot. Was there any reason given for why? I mean, if he won...
Or was it merely "Because the .30-06 is MANS round, by golly, and our boys are MEN!" Which wouldn't surprise me, considering the time period.
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Gott's Leetle Feesh in Trousers!
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