OT RE: BLAM, BLAM, BLAM! ;]

From: Jack Peacock <peacock_at_simconv.com>
Date: Wed Aug 26 11:08:29 1998

> Oboyoboy! Do these folks have any Barrett Light Fifties?
   I always wanted to try out a rifle that could remove a shooter's
shoes
for him! kaBLAMMMMM! ;]

Nope, out of luck, all they have are pistol and submachine guns, after
all, it's an indoor range, a .50 BMG would go right thru the wall and
the building next door too. Indoor ranges don't have the backstop for
any rifle rounds, so no AKs, FALs, Galils, any of the good stuff either.

BTW a friend of mine makes a printed circuit type card for a
computerized chronograph used to measure 20mm rounds for an ammo
manufacturer. They actually fire the round thru the card, and use the
break in the circuit to control the chronograph. Because of the size
and amount of gas generated by a 20mm round, a regular chronograph using
sky light doesn't work, not accurate enough. The card is actually silk
screened conductive ink on cardboard.

Yeah, I'd like to have a Barrett too, but $5K is a bit too steep for me,
unless someone would like to trade for a nice IMSAI with front panel?
Then there's the cost of dies and a reloader for .50BMG rounds...
   Jack Peacock
Received on Wed Aug 26 1998 - 11:08:29 BST

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