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Unread 01-20-2008, 10:01 AM   #16
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Nice analysis Alvin. Just remember that recoil spring is down there as an energy storage device to fuel the complicated return to battery of the action and you have a good grasp of how the whole shebang dances together. Give's one a great appreciation of Messers Maxim, Borchardt, and Luger.
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