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Originally Posted by helbent4
Of course, this meant inflicting the Canadian-made Ross rifle on the players. A militarised version of a finely made and highly accurate sporting rifle, it did not work well in the mud and dirt of the trenches. For example, the straight-pull bolt was often worked only by kicking it.
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Isn't that the rifle that reputedly killed some of its shooters when the bolts popped loose and hit them in the face?
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My Twilight claim to fame: I ran "Allegheny Uprising" at Allegheny College, spring of 1988.
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