On Jul 22, 3:32*am, CaveLamb wrote:
Don Foreman wrote:
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That's what I thought, Don.
It was intended to be a high power accurate PISTOL (replacement).
It was never intended to compete with the Garand as a real rifle.
Richard Lamb

It apparently evolved from this, a marginally effective deer cartridge
(as is the current .223):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.32-40_Winchester

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.32-20_Winchester
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.32_Win...r_Self-Loading
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Model_1905
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.30_Carbine

jsw