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I've been reading the 2nd volume of Garavaglia and Worman's Firearms of the American West which covers the 1890-92 rifle trials among many other things. It says that the four models of rifle to make it to the final trials were a Belgian Mauser, the Lee #3, Lee-Speed (British Lee-Metford) and the Krag-Jorgansen which won the trials based on its ability to be used as a single shot weapons the best. What would have happened if the Army had been willing to ignore that requirement and had chosen a Lee bolt action over the Krag as America's first smokeless powder repeater?
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