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Another childhood image destroyed!philip964 wrote: Fri Apr 24, 2020 12:16 pm It wasn't Jimmy Stewart in jail making a rifle that I remember? Say it isn't so.
NOoooooo!Charles L. Cotton wrote: Fri Apr 24, 2020 12:25 pmAnother childhood image destroyed!philip964 wrote: Fri Apr 24, 2020 12:16 pm It wasn't Jimmy Stewart in jail making a rifle that I remember? Say it isn't so.
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It’s amazing that something that started life as it did went on to be the most produced US firearm of the war.The Annoyed Man wrote: Fri Apr 24, 2020 2:29 pm I just watched this video the other day, right after it was released, and I was fascinated ... ESPECIALLY the part about hand-cutting the finished bolt, without any engineering drawings, because the dude had the precise measurements in his head.
It really is, and I’m very happy to have an example of the breed. My 1943 Inland, shown with my dad's 1943 Ithaca 1911A1, his sidearm in WW2.SigM4 wrote: Fri Apr 24, 2020 2:38 pmIt’s amazing that something that started life as it did went on to be the most produced US firearm of the war.The Annoyed Man wrote: Fri Apr 24, 2020 2:29 pm I just watched this video the other day, right after it was released, and I was fascinated ... ESPECIALLY the part about hand-cutting the finished bolt, without any engineering drawings, because the dude had the precise measurements in his head.
I’ve never seen one of these until now, but I looked it up. It was a very clean looking design. Were they any good?bulletslap wrote: Mon Apr 27, 2020 10:02 pm I do believe that Williams was the main designer of the Winchester Model 50.