Quote Originally Posted by rayg View Post
Apparently the navy did not feel it was necessary in ship board usage to increase the size of the chamber
Maybe it stayed in the small arms locker and really didn't come out. The weapons techs navy would be far more interested in the ship's ordnance than the rifles. I'm quite sure of that after being infantry on board a man 'o war myself... We've already established elsewhere here that mods weren't always done just because an order was published.