On 2006-03-14, Jim Macklin p51mustang wrote:
The .303 British rifle was designed by an American, named
Lee and the British army adopted and it before WWI. A very
good rifle for battle.

With practise, reputedly WWI soldiers could make it seem like machine
gun fire. And this was a bolt action rifle.

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