I was just sitting here bored to tears so I decided to clean the dust off of my guns. It occurred to me that firearms must by nature be some of the toughest mechanical contrivances made by man. The Winchester Model 70 that has been my primary hunting partner since bought in 1984 has been beat around in the cab of trucks, fallen from tree stands, dragged through swamps and so on without a hiccup. I have a Remington 870 that has been through even worse for almost as long and still it functions as new maybe even a little better. Then we come to the Enfields. upwards of 70 years old and still kicking. Appearing to be almost eager to get out there. I can only imagine the hard use and even abuse these things have been subjected to as military issue weapons. I know the M-16 I was issued did not get the pampering my personal firearms do by a long shot.
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