Sporting Gun

A rifle for a hero

CHARLES SMITH-JONES SAYS:
“Its design was so successful that it was continued after the end of World War II”

Occasionally, when you are browsing the used rifle racks something a little out of the ordinary shows up. This month’s Blast from the Past is no exception. Of all the mass-produced bolt-action rifles ever made, this is one of the most numerous, with an estimated 37 million manufactured over the 80 years

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