Re: [ihc] About those parking brakes .....

[John Hofstetter <hofs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sep 28, 2004, at 5:37 AM, Ryan Moore wrote:

> However, if the "nick" stories are true... how can you tell it's a 
> nick if
> the whole arm is gone?  Of course, from the way he was talking, they 
> didn't
> have much of a problem with simply wounding someone with one of those
> jacketed hollow tips... but then again, they were Rangers too.
>
> -Ryan
I don't know of anyone from the Vietnam conflict who is worthy of 
having an opinion, that doesn't think that the AK 47 and Kalishnikov 
(?) rifles weren't much better combat weapons than our M 16. Colonel 
Hackworth in "About Face" tells of having his platoon dig one out of 
the mud where it had lain for a year or more and after checking the 
barrel fired a full magazine with no misfires.

Just read an article about Remington developing a 6.8 mm round for a 
replacement for the .223. Speculation is that it will be a much better 
round for combat purposes. The round is not much bulkier than the 223, 
but the bullet is larger in diameter (duh) and weighs more giving it 
better sectional density.

IH content: The old 30-06 is to the cartridge world, as the Travelall 
was to the SUV world, whereas the 223 is kind of the Kia Sportage. Now, 
that was a stretch, wasn't it?

John

John Hofstetter
Ol' Saline
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