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It fed fairly well with just about anything; what i came up with for consistency was a 250gr golden sabre over blue dot, I can't even guess at numbers off the top of my head but they were comparable to a marlin 44mag levergun.
The bolt face is hogged to handle the round, though i do not think that has any inherent problems. The gas porting is modified slightly, not sure how, although it is no a replacement it is the original with mods. The action is as designed in WW2 but venting more gas. Carbines are a simple gas-weight action as you probably know.
The barrel looks to be fairly thin, which from what I read is because legendre was a metalurgist and designed something of adequate strength but maintaining the original outside diameter.
The only issue i ever had was the front barrel shroud popping off. That happens on some 30 cal stuff with an aftermarket shroud that has too short a lip; I would say it shouldn't happen on this with a longer lip, and of course youy can fire it just fine without the shroud, I think many korean war tales include M2s popping the shrouds. In theory it is a weakness in the way the rifle is designed, they are using 19th century designs to strap a barrel using 20th sentury pressures; they didn't have high speed photography or understand the dynamics of barrel deformation in firing.
dude you probably just need to touch it. Kind of like talking about titties, we can describe them all day but nothing like getting them in your paws.
Assuming you have a coonan to trade of course
The bolt face is hogged to handle the round, though i do not think that has any inherent problems. The gas porting is modified slightly, not sure how, although it is no a replacement it is the original with mods. The action is as designed in WW2 but venting more gas. Carbines are a simple gas-weight action as you probably know.
The barrel looks to be fairly thin, which from what I read is because legendre was a metalurgist and designed something of adequate strength but maintaining the original outside diameter.
The only issue i ever had was the front barrel shroud popping off. That happens on some 30 cal stuff with an aftermarket shroud that has too short a lip; I would say it shouldn't happen on this with a longer lip, and of course youy can fire it just fine without the shroud, I think many korean war tales include M2s popping the shrouds. In theory it is a weakness in the way the rifle is designed, they are using 19th century designs to strap a barrel using 20th sentury pressures; they didn't have high speed photography or understand the dynamics of barrel deformation in firing.
dude you probably just need to touch it. Kind of like talking about titties, we can describe them all day but nothing like getting them in your paws.
Assuming you have a coonan to trade of course
I don't think you'll have any trouble selling it but I would like to see what it looks like.
It sounds like a nice gun, I need to do a little more research but it's piqued my curiosity for sure. A subsonic 400gr definitely makes me interested... That's over 1,000ft/lbs of energy subsonic - or more powerful than a 10mm and quiet.
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