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1921
Ok, the reference book went with the guns when I sold out a deceased friend's estate and all I had to go on was an out of date Blue Book.
I guess I am stuck in an older era when if we turned up an old gun, grabbing up a box of shells and heading for a vacant field was exactly what we did. The constant internet admonitions to have a gunsmith check out any firearm older than about ten years seems a little timid, but no doubt it reflects the current crop of gun owners. And the number of 8mm headspace gauges it sells must be staggering but would have amazed Hatcher and Ackley who found that headspace was less critical than usually thought IF the brass was not to be reloaded.
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