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**Mike Irwin** · January 23, 2013, 03:58 PM

Yep, that HUGE "thumbhole" was one of the ways manufacturers got around the prohibition, and it's one of the things that led Diane Feinestine (sp?) to start crying about how the "spirit" of the law was being violated.

January 23, 2013, 03:58 PM	#7
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,390	Yep, that HUGE "thumbhole" was one of the ways manufacturers got around the prohibition, and it's one of the things that led Diane Feinestine (sp?) to start crying about how the "spirit" of the law was being violated. __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.