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Unread 07-21-2012, 10:22 AM   #20
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Originally Posted by postino View Post
My Speer Reloading Manual states that major D. B. Wesson (of S&W fame) designed the .357 magnum in 1935, but although I have read several articles & one book about Elmer Keith, I did not know he was an inspector at that arsenal during WW II.
Keith worked on developing the cartridge, Wesson contributed as well.

I've fired a lot of GI carbines and they were all pretty accurate, even an Israeli import with a barrel like a sewer pipe!
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