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Vlim · 02-01-2013, 01:07 PM

Hi Marc,

I think they were not secret because everybody else already had the rifle. As you say, the design is a Mauser design which was copied (without consent) from Mauser at the time.

Since the Germans already had their own rifles, and the M1903 was already a rip-off, there was not much left to be 'stolen' to begin with

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02-01-2013, 01:07 PM	#3
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,043 Thanks: 1,032 Thanked 3,930 Times in 1,194 Posts	Hi Marc, I think they were not secret because everybody else already had the rifle. As you say, the design is a Mauser design which was copied (without consent) from Mauser at the time. Since the Germans already had their own rifles, and the M1903 was already a rip-off, there was not much left to be 'stolen' to begin with .