They were hell on extractors and firing pins. And don't stick the ammo belt tab in upside down to load!!!!
But four MG teams at Columbus NM were able to expend over 20,000 Rounds the morning of Villa's raid.
The coolest read on the raid were the AAR's from the kitchen/mess hall. Seems the cooks and etc. all had shotguns for foraging and meat axes and cleavers for butchering. Not a pretty sight. They went medieval. And for the life of me I cannot remember the publication those reports are in. But I bet they could be located pretty easy.
Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
