SG> -=> Quoting John Sandow to Steve Gunhouse on 14 May 96  21:28 <=-
SG> Re: Guns
SG> SG>Next question: how well braced was he when he fired it? As near as I 
can
SG> SG>guesstimate, while it is firing at 2100 rpm it generates about 80
SG> SG>horsepower!
SG> JS> 2750 pounds accelerated to one fps, or about 5 hp, assuming 100 
ounds
SG> JS> per second, 3500 fps for the ammo (the jungle was hot, remember), and
SG> JS> a  55gr bullet.
SG> JS> I like the idea of 29gr .22shorts better, for controllability.
SG>For controllability, I like the idea of a semi-auto better! I can't
SG>imagine several hundred .22 shorts being that much more effective than a
SG>few well-placed .223s. :-O
Yeah yeah yeah, but the subject _is_ full auto.  Not like I'm ever going 
to do anything like this in real life...  I agree though, or 7.62, or #00 
buck, or 10mm, etc...  :-)
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