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From: leem@jpl-devvax.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Lee Mellinger)
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Subject: Re: .30 cal carbine (was Re: Long gun for rural property advice reques
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Date: 14 Jun 91 20:05:21 GMT
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In article <35611@mimsy.umd.edu> JCEHC%CUNYVM.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu writes:
:In article <35479@mimsy.umd.edu>, marko@hutch (Mark O'Shea) says:
:#
:#In article <35433@mimsy.umd.edu> roc@sequent.com writes:
:##I agree.  The .30 carbine is a good round that does not deserve the
:##derision heaped upon it.  It's a relitively low power round (110
:#
:   My own experiences with the M1 carbine are limited although I did have
:one repeatedly malfunction in fairly cold weather (between 0 F and 10 F)
:During that same time a Mini-14 we were shooting was also malfunctioning.
:The only semi-auto that we had with us that worked flawlessly in the cold
:was my M1 Garand.
:
:MICHAEL F. GORDON             JCEHC@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU


When qualifying with the carbine, on several occasions, the
temperatures were in the -10F to 0F range.  I never had any
malfunctions.  In fact, there were very few problems with the gun by
any of the shooters.


Lee

"Mit Pulver und Blei, die Gedanken sind frei."

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