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Originally posted by ALF:
RIP:

Even more interesting the history and intrigue surrounding Interarms and Mr Cummings former FBI employee turned arguably the worlds biggest private arms dealer.

In Intrigue because he supplied arms to good and bad guys the world over.

The Whitworth named after the famous Whitworth company ( with the rifle and bullet firmly entrenched in the Civil War arms narrative )

The gunshop, Hunters Lodge in Alexandria, Virginia with its 10 warehouses from which Interarms distributed their Brands and imports from Spanish companies in Spain.

I got this pic off the net.
Potomac arms which housed Hunters lodge on the first floor.

In the 70's I was always fascinated at the Interarms advertisements in Gun Magazines , They advertised old german mil surplus rifle including machine guns and even civilian versions of the Yugo AKM's. I did not quite understand how this could be because post WW2 millions of war arms were destroyed. It was only much later when the stories, books and documentaries about James Rae Cummings saw the light that it all became clear. He flooded via his warehouses and operations through Hunters Lodge the US surplus market with Spanish Civil War Surplus

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Originally posted by Ray B:
I knew a deputy that got a 375 Whitworth about 30 years ago. He liked it quite a lot, because as you say, it is a very nice rifle. I wouldn't worry about the 9.5 pounds, the first time you fire a full load 300 grain bullet out of it, you'll appreciate every ounce.