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DustyJoe

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9. rifle

Reply to Sedona (Reply #7)

Fri Nov 1, 2013, 06:00 PM

Nov 2013

butt and forestock look a lot like an old M1 Carbine .30 cal, BUT if that is a handgrip extending from the underside and not a magazine then it would rule out the M1. The butt has the sling opening just like the M1 and the short rounded forestock could match ?

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rifle DustyJoe Nov 2013 #9