Originally Posted by
kipper

Are you forgetting that, at one point, I had a large collection of WWI and WWII weapons? I still have an 03-A3, along with several M1 Carbines and an IHC M1 Garand, although I opted not to keep any of the Mausers, Enfields, or Nagants.
Every try an 1896 Springfield? Five round (.30-40 Krag) circular magazine that's a pain in the rear to load and painFUL when the cover snaps down on your finger. I only took mine shooting once, did not enjoy it (nor did my finger). Not sure how we won the Spanish-American war with it.