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1. On September 19, 2023 at 12:19 am, Georgiaboy61 said:

   I was about ready to get out the stopwatch and time that young guy to see if he was doing a “mad minute”… and what is a “mad minute,” you ask? Back in the Great War (1914-1918), British soldiers (“Tommies”) were equipped with the Lee-Enfield Mk. III SMLE .303 bolt-action as their individual rifleman’s weapon. Lee-Enfields are generally regarded as the fastest-cycling bolt-action military rifles ever produced (although there are some other contenders such as the Swiss straight-pull Schmidt-Rubin, but that’s another matter…).

   Although not as strong or rigid as the Mauser action, Lee-Enfields make up for it by being as much as twice-as-fast to operate as the Mauser-style bolt-action. At the Battle of Mons in 1914, German troops – not familiar with how rapidly the Lee-Enfield could be fired by a well-trained soldier, thought they were under machine-gun fire when instead they were being brought under fire by groups of British “Tommies” firing their SMLEs as rapidly as possible over a short period of time.

   Anyway sorry to go off-topic, but seeing that young person go to town on that rifle made me think of those British soldiers.

   The “mad minute” was known from the training of British soldiers, too – and demonstrations of rapid-fire by experts on the SMLE were given to troops as part of their instruction. In 1908 Sergeant Major Jesse Wallingford 36 hits on a 48-inch square target at 300 yards in sixty seconds time. That record was later bested by various other challengers over the years.

   Oh, and as I am researching this topic, I see a reference to the young Norwegian in the video, so I am not the only person to think of the reference to the WW1 “Tommies”…

   I’m more a fan of the Mauser bolt-action myself, but whatever floats your boat as they say…

2. On September 22, 2023 at 9:23 pm, Dirk said:

   Truly impressive, but I need to review the target before I can call it remarkable.

   Mausers are fine actioned rifles. The 8mm affine bullet.

   Admittedly I’m a O3A3 in 3006 owner, grandfather and uncle left me theirs when they passed.

   Couple years ago I gave my Argentine 1899? To a friend. I met Jon on WRSA, he was an active gunsmith, who loved Mausers. Went to the right home.

   Nothing better than a fine rifle an accurate rifle.

   Dirk

3. On September 22, 2023 at 11:29 pm, Herschel Smith said:

   That’s a Sauer 200 STR, not a Mauser. Not an inexpensive gun, BTW.

   https://thinlineweapons.com/MG42/200str.htm

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