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The rifle's checkering was worn almost completely smooth.
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That makes it ideal for a soak to remove copper fouling from a rifle's bore.
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Even if the rifle's a steal, you still gotta feed it.
Weatherby magnum calibers typically have a velocity edge over standard magnum offerings. 2009
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The rifle's checkering was worn almost completely smooth.
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Even if the rifle's a steal, you still gotta feed it.
Weatherby magnum calibers typically have a velocity edge over standard magnum offerings. 2009
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I did not like the center-feed load into the rifle's stiff magazine -- it is not particularly easy to load the magazine as compared to a Remington Model 700, Winchester Model 70, Savage Model 111 or 1917 customized Lee Enfield, and would likely be impossible to load while wearing gloves or with cold, stiff fingers.
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The rifle's iron sights are crude, and did appear to be a little out of alignment, but I was so eager to test-fire the rifle, that I rapidly set up my chronograph, positioned myself 20 'away, and fired what I thought was a perfect shot.
Do Chronographs Lie? 2009
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The rifle's iron sights are crude, and did appear to be a little out of alignment, but I was so eager to test-fire the rifle, that I rapidly set up my chronograph, positioned myself 20 'away, and fired what I thought was a perfect shot.
Do Chronographs Lie? 2009
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I did not like the center-feed load into the rifle's stiff magazine -- it is not particularly easy to load the magazine as compared to a Remington Model 700, Winchester Model 70, Savage Model 111 or 1917 customized Lee Enfield, and would likely be impossible to load while wearing gloves or with cold, stiff fingers.
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Nicholas Crandall, 26, from Kalamazoo, Mich., then balanced a camouflaged helmet on the rifle's stock.
A Marine's Death by Friendly Fire Haunts Afghanistan Outpost Michael M. Phillips 2011
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