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WTK Durst rifle

pelisepelise Member Posts: 3 ✭✭
edited March 2006 in Ask the Experts
I have a Minty Durst Rifle made for the 1892?Troop trials in Long Island.I was told the Krag won that year.Its a Bolt action rotary magazine.Its in 303 cal and looks like a Krag.Please any info deeply appreciated.
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    rufe-snowrufe-snow Member Posts: 18,650 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    There's a paragraph on the Durst in "Rifles of the World". Little more information, then you already know.

    1), Gentlemans name was Murray Durst, of Wheatland CA.

    2), The rifles date to the early 1890's.

    3), One of the rifles was in the Army trials of 1891.

    4), U.S Patent was granted in Aug. 1893.

    5), U.S Navy tested the rifle in 1894, but they adopted the straight-pull Lee.
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