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Vir Campestris wrote:
On 08/09/2016 09:40, charles wrote:
I don't think he likes me any more.
He asked me if I had any advice for a young man of his age...
"learn to shoot".
well I did. With an SMLE 0.303

You sure it wasn't a No. 4? I saw almost none of the earlier types.

It was a Canadian variant with a slightly longer barrel. An extra inch or
so in front of the foresight.

(I recall the first few times I fires one the recoil was physically
pushing me back. I had to crawl back up to the point every few shots...
I didn't get the hang of them until I'd grown enough to absorb it
without sliding about)


never had that, but it was sore on the shoulder,

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from KT24 in Surrey, England