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Unread 08-05-2012, 07:43 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by Edward Tinker View Post
And from wikipedia 1mm is very small, 1.0 mm — 0.03937 inches or 5/127
Or, to put it in real world values, about 10 sheets of lined notebook paper...

That is still enough to prevent a M1906 cartridge from chambering in a .45 ACP chamber; or to prevent a .45 ACP round from being reliably fired from an M1906 chamber...(One doesn't go in far enough, the other goes too far in)...

Purely hypothetical, unless you have a time machine...<looks at door to see if Postino has returned from the future>...
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