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SIGSHR · April 12, 2011, 05:18 PM

I wouldn't say it was "rude or crude", compared to the Thompson it is very inelegant but the M-3/M-3A1 were designed to be massed produced using stampings and similar methods to keep costs down, speed up production and allow the used of inexperienced labor with minimal training.
I fired one only once, when I was in a Mech Infantry battalion in the NJNG 30 or so years ago. Only fault I saw in it was that it was fully auto only.

April 12, 2011, 05:18 PM	#16
SIGSHR Senior Member Join Date: September 13, 2005 Posts: 4,700	I wouldn't say it was "rude or crude", compared to the Thompson it is very inelegant but the M-3/M-3A1 were designed to be massed produced using stampings and similar methods to keep costs down, speed up production and allow the used of inexperienced labor with minimal training. I fired one only once, when I was in a Mech Infantry battalion in the NJNG 30 or so years ago. Only fault I saw in it was that it was fully auto only.