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Originally Posted by Nyles
Actually the French Chauchats were alot more reliable than most people think. The problems really came in with the American model in .30-06 - too much cartridge for the gun.
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That is true on the .30-06 model as it was not reliable as the French model. Pershing took away our Lewis Guns and issued French Chauchats to make the French happy. We could have used the Lewis instead of making a .30-06 Chauchats but did not due to politics.
