Two Unusual 300m Swiss "Standard" rifles, incl. an Accuracy International!
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Thanks to friend of the channel GR, The Bloke gets a chance to show off a couple of unusual 300m "Standard" rifles (Standardgewehre) as used in Swiss competition, one in 7.5x55 GP11, the other in 5.6mm GP90 (aka .223 Remington). Although Standardgewehr is similar to "Target Rifle" (or Palma Match), the rifles are somewhat different.
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