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[Gaugamela]

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[Silent Type]

1. 24 inch barrel will fit in a backpack. And, it's not difficult to breakdown barrel with reciever. Now removing barrel

from reciever is a much more difficult job, but doubt he did that.

Heck, I'm not even a gun nut or ammosexual, but I know that.

[Gaugamela]

2. None of the photos I've seen show him wearing a backpack. There's a lot more

in the article than the gun stuff.

Glad to hear you’re not a gun nut, but I’ll take the word of a gun smith over yours.

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

3. The rifle was reported to be sporterized

Which is likely true as they are reporting it was chambered in .308 as well. The original caliber of a mauser is 8mm. When surplus guns are sporterized, the barrels are commonly shortened and the stocks changed out. In this case, if it was chambered in 308, then the barrel was entirely swapped out. So basing anything on an untouched mausers 45" length is questionable.