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110 MCL... first left-handed hunting rifle ever to be placed in volume production... designed and is being built in quantity for left-hand use
One of the first rifles was sent to Bud Waite at the NRA headquarters in Washington, DC for his review and comments. These appeared in the February 1958 issue of The American Rifleman... Within a few years it was available in a left-hand version - an industry first...