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Originally Posted by bobabode
My neighbor gave me some curved stripper clips and a few rounds of Lebel 1886 rifle rounds. First smokeless cartridges made. The French/Austrians sure make stuff with a certain flair, even bullets.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebel_Model_1886_rifle
I'll have to see if my friend, the collector, has one of these WW1 era rifles. |
Considering it's a French rifle, it may never have been fired in combat. 
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