CodeWarrior1241
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Hoping to tap into experience of people who have oddball and dead-end bolt designs from that era, Lebels, Caracanos, various Mannlichter versions, etc.
Was there a design in that era that was dramatically easier to manufacture that the others, with the technology available at the time?
While I'm somewhat familiar with Mosins - grandfather worked at the plant in Izhevsk, heard a lot of stories when I was young - know that both the rimmed round and the rifle itself was in production for so long because of all the upheavals in its homeland 1914-1944, not because it was dramatically superior to other designs. Wonder how manufacturing of it compares to competitors in terms of time and cost.
What about other systems? Any of the Mauser types, or the SMLE? Anything about them that would ease, cheapen, or streamline production?
Was there a design in that era that was dramatically easier to manufacture that the others, with the technology available at the time?
While I'm somewhat familiar with Mosins - grandfather worked at the plant in Izhevsk, heard a lot of stories when I was young - know that both the rimmed round and the rifle itself was in production for so long because of all the upheavals in its homeland 1914-1944, not because it was dramatically superior to other designs. Wonder how manufacturing of it compares to competitors in terms of time and cost.
What about other systems? Any of the Mauser types, or the SMLE? Anything about them that would ease, cheapen, or streamline production?