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few years ago, I wrote a piece about my American Hall rifle, which was the first breechloader to be issued in any quantity to the army of a major power. Recently, I learned that a rare carbine version of the Hall was coming up for auction in Nantwich, right on my doorstep. To cut a long story short, I was the successful bidder and this fantastic piece of historic Americana now

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