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Unread 03-18-2018, 07:51 PM   #16
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Originally Posted by Dwight Gruber View Post
...The forearm hanger is originally only soldered to the front of the frame. The screw attachment on Ed's carbine is an owner modification.

--Dwight
Well, yes and no. Production carbines had only a soldered connection of the forearm hanger to the frame, but originally on the very first prototype carbines the hanger actually employed a screw as well as solder to affix it to the frame.
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