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FBI on TV: What was the rifle?

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eye5600

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Last night there was a TV show (Discovery Channel?) which was more or less a puff piece on the FBI. I clicked to it in the middle just as the FBI spokesmen were congratulating themselves on getting an "illegal rifle" off the streets. From what I could see, it looked like a pre-1950, bolt action, military rifle. Did anyone see the show and remember what kind it was? Or why it was illegal? I suspect it was illegally owned by a felon which is hardly the same thing.

They make deal about what a powerful cartridge it shoots, and how it could defeat body armor. Duh.

I try to have a lot of respect for these guys and law enforcement in general, but they do stretch the truth a lot.
 
It was a K98.

I think the initial arrestable offense was that private party transfers are illegal in CA (they were in San Diego).
 
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