You are correct- that was the purpose- ditto a Mauser 98K for the German Mountain troops and some of their Airborne units-some had both heel and toe clips for that purpose you mentioned, some had a metal plate on the outboard side- and the "butter knife" bolt handle was designed to be close to the stock to avoid brush or debris from getting tangled- as the Mauser BA rifles can be "dis-abled" from firing by lifting up the bolt handle (some. if not all anyway)!!Hemingway sure wrote about them-even though he used a G&H 1903 Sporter in 30-06- usually with open sights in both "Green Hills of Africa" and "True At First Light"- women in his stories used the M-S rifles..
Last edited by Run With The Fox; 07/20/08 08:09 PM.
