No wonder we are losing the battle....

[Patrick Chadwick]

to allow the rifle to operate with war-time quality ammo and dirty, often wet ammo at that.

I always imagined that a service rifle should function even when the GI/tommy/poilu or whoever got nervous, dropped his ammo in the muck, picked it up, wiped it on his trousers, stuck it in the magazine, and fired. SMLEs coped with that in the trenches, Ross rifles did not, and had a short career. But SMLEs lasted so long that they ended up as Ishy 2A1s (tried one out yesterday).

Someone should explain to the headspace gauge freaks that no-one ever fought a battle with headspace gauges.
Sorry, I must correct myself- it's been tried, and it's a hopeless task (sigh!).

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Well I am disappointed. Not a single guess so far!

Try turning 1.3mm into inches

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Try turning 1.3mm into inches

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