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Title: Re: Other 30-40 rifles Post by waterman on Nov 18th, 2011 at 3:51pm
That was not the end of the Straight-Pull Lee. In 1917 our troops needed a good automatic rifle that could keep up with the Infantry. John Browning took the Straight-Pull Lee action and turned it upside down. Then he designed a gas piston to work the bolt and a detachable box magazine to hold the ammunition. The result was the Browning Automatic Rifle, Model of 1918.
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