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cardinal
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Posted: Friday, February 02, 2007 - 11:18 PM UTC
Anybody knows why some of the tubes in the ammo storage compartment are cut longitudinally in half?



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Sabot
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Posted: Saturday, February 03, 2007 - 12:52 AM UTC
Those ones can collaspe when empty to make the upper ones easier to take out and load into the gun. The photo shows them in the collasped position.
cardinal
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Posted: Saturday, February 03, 2007 - 01:27 AM UTC
Thanks Sabot.
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