[pure-silver] Re: Aha! Scan This....
- From: afterswift@xxxxxxx
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:46:50 -0500
Uncle Dick,
Explosive lethal hardware could be as minuscule as a Derringer, that did in
Mr. Lincoln at close range. While we're talking about firearms, many of our
boys who never made it out of Iraq were killed by snipers using specially
designed weapons for that purpose. Very expensive guns and sights. Which gives
away the fact that lots of Arab money is coming into Iraq to support one side
or the other. And US troops make fat targets for both sides. One of the ironic
stories I read recently was about a couple of US snipers who werre picked off
by Iraqi snipers while en route to their firing postions.
Bob
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From: rstein@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 2:11 AM
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Aha! Scan This....
Dear Richard,
In my previous, pre-pure silver days, I dabbled in hand artillery. I have a
sparkling memory of a modern reproduction of an 1842 horse pistol issued to
American cavalry troopers. It was a caplock .58 muzzle loader with a
three-groove barrel that would shoot out a Minie ball.
I tried it with target loads all the way up to a service charge and concluded
that it was the ultimate man stopper - provided the man you wished to stop was
no further than a foot from the muzzle. It would have been fun at parties and
an ideal wedding present.
I have always been in favour of the revolver as a crime weapon as it takes the
spent cartridges away with it instead of leaving them for the CIB to work on.
Even better...a shot gun, but these are hard to pack in a lunch box if you want
to leave room for a sandwich and a piece of fruit*.
Uncle Dick
* Plums are cheap just now.
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