You know. Sometimes you slap yourself over your own stupidity. I had always had a vision of the 1903 Mann receivers/test barrels sitting nicely upright and normal in the V device, until I saw a picture of a setup in a 1922 Arms and the Man article. Duh. Of course it had to be UPSIDE DOWN.
A "duh" moment: Mann V Rest
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No floor plate either. Wonder if they fed the rounds in from there if it was just considered un-needed? -
So much for that MkI stock.Phillip McGregor (OFC)
"I am neither a fire arms nor a ballistics expert, but I was a combat infantry officer in the Great War, and I absolutely know that the bullet from an infantry rifle has to be able to shoot through things." General Douglas MacArthurComment

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