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08-02-2010 04:17 PM
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Everyone has a "one that got away" storey. It is par for the course. Don't worry about it. There are still plenty of nice No.1's out there. Just don't fall into the "I'm going to buy the next one that I see, no matter what!" trap.
"Self-realization. I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, who said, "... I drank what?"
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If you take a close look at one of those old magazines, you will notice that they were individually-made; the technology did not yet exist for deep-drawing steel that thin. The magazines were made from steel-sheet stampings, bent into shape and brazed together. With such a system, it is not surprising at all that the odd one was a bit smaller than the rest and accidentally was fitted into a looser rifle.
When the rifles were built, magazines were fitted to them individually, precisely so they would make a good, solid fit.
What you were looking at, likely, was a rifle in which the magazine had been changed.
Better luck next time, friend! With eyes like yours, you WILL luck out sooner or later.
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