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Unread 10-22-2013, 04:14 PM   #4
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Here's another scan from CotW 9th Ed. I direct your attention to the two pictures at the top, and the two lines of the ballistic text...

The round bullet cartridge in the pic is the 'J' cartridge...226grs!!! That is a real thumper!!! From a rifle with a 29 in barrel!!!...

The Germans were just then converting from black powder to smokeless, and from the 11mm M1871 rifle to the 7.92mm M1888...

These rifles were widely distributed/sold after the adoption of the M98 Mauser in 1898, and were also used as reserve weapons in both world wars...And by German 'allies' in those wars...
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