Out at the CMP Eastern Games held at Camp Butner, NC, I fired the 220gr service load at 2000fps in a Krag rifle and one of the guys on my target block commented "Oh no, those guns load too slow". I told him I'd get them all off and he said "I want to see that" Ha Ha! We're gonna take this here Krag for a ride- Weeeeee!
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The other two guys on my target were also shooting clip loaders and both were Double Distinguished in Service rifle competition-and I outshot both of them too! (horn blowing
) I now have no desire to be a "Distinguished" shooter. It ain't all that. For me it's about enjoying life and having fun, not certificates.
Then after the match, I walked up to the CMP Rifle Sales trailers and bought an unfired (but in an ugly stock) M1 Garand for $599! Not rebuilt, unfired!!!-except for test firing of course.