MJ, I can't say that I agree with you there. Americans had been cutting 5 foot blanks for years to make long rifles. And it is no more difficult to saw a local tree into long blanks than short ones. I can't believe that Winchester couldn't get a blank out of Iowa to fit a bolt rifle.
Brent


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