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Offline Bob Riebe

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The End of the Mamba: A Tale of Manufacturing Incompetence
« on: January 23, 2025, 08:21:13 AM »
https://www.forgottenweapons.com/the-end-of-the-mamba-a-tale-of-manufacturing-incompetence/

The Mamba was a pistol that had a pretty decent design, but failed because of incompetent manufacturing. Today we are taking a look at a handful of surviving Mambas including the only know Green Mamba, courtesy of Val Forgett at Navy Arms. In addition, we have the minutes of a June 13, 1978 meeting of the whole Mamba team along with the senior Forgett and his factory manager. Those minutes really shed some light on why the project failed so badly.


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Re: The End of the Mamba: A Tale of Manufacturing Incompetence
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2025, 11:19:58 AM »
  H&K made a very versatile little pistol also..  Multi caliber in design.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1q5d94X_l0
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