"pyotr filipivich" wrote in message
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It was of WW1 that it was said, if Memory serves, that the Germans
brought the best target rifle, the Americans the best hunting rifle,
but the Brits the best battle rifle.

The British dissed the others because their rifles looked like a
jumble of spare truck parts in comparison.
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