James K
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:............ but generally, infantry likes to travel light.*
*Which is why those stories about how "my uncle left me six German Mausers that he captured and carried with him until he came back...." are unlikely to be true.
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Most of those who brought back Mausers were not Infantry, but Ordnance, Supply, Chaplain's Assistants, etc. My former next-door neighbor, a captain in Engineers, I believe, did bring home nine Mausers. At least two of these were converted to sporters by Memphis gunsmith H.L. Highsmith for African hunter Berry Brooks. And I believe Mr. Highsmith converted one for himself. My neighbor kept two, which disappeared at his death.
Bob Wright