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echo: firearms
to: WAYNE THOMPSON
from: MICHAEL SHIRLEY
date: 1998-04-21 01:31:00
subject: Speaking of .45 ACP

WT>> Michael was discussing "Speaking of .45 ACP" with Brion. <
WT>BL>Some guys in my old national guard unit managed to roll an M151
  >BL>on a dirt road doing about 30. The fender landed on one guys
  >  >head and put a big dent in the fender, and burst a bunch of blood
  >  >vessels in his eyeballs, but fortunately didn't mash his head.
WT>MS>         He's lucky. Making a turn at over 12 mph in one of those
  >MS> things can kill you.
WT>Every one of those jeep wannabees I've ever driven in the army had
  >in three-inch high letters stenciled across the dashboard:
WT>"A SUDDEN TURN MAY MEAN SUDDEN DEATH"...
WT>I took their word for it, and treated an M-151 like it was made out
  >of eggs...
        I know that I always have. Running into something head-on in one
of those things is far safer than having it roll over on top of you. Why
they retained that independent suspension after initial testing, I'll
never know,..............
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