LK> -=> Quoting John Sandow to Steve Gunhouse <=-
LK> SG>What about S&W's new, improved 9-shot M-17? And I hear Taurus will now 
be
LK> SG>making a 10-shot. If the 9-shot was an "evil-assault-revolver", does 
that
LK> SG>make a 10-shot a tactical nuclear weapon? :-O
LK> JS> Yeah, with depleted uranium penetrators that make little mini nuclear
LK> JS> explosions on impact...  :-)
LK> JS> On a related subject, one of the guys I worked with was in the navy
LK> JS> for 4 years.  I forget what his job was, but it was not a 
etalurgist.
LK> JS> He was describing the Phlanx ship defense system that uses a 20mm
LK> JS> vulcan cannon, and informed me that the gun used 'depleted titanium
LK>                                                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
LK> JS> rounds'.  Must be heck on the barrel walls, eh?  :-)
LK>    ^^^^^^^^^
LK> But John, Ti isn't ever "pleated". Your friend is probably talking about
As I said, he is/was not a metalurgist.  :-)  He's supposed to be a 
service specialist for our company, and has our nickle clad carbon steel 
confused with teflon coated stainless.  He's never even heard of Monel.  
:-)
LK>demand as we develop and deploy kinetic weapons systems. All that mass, 
when
LK>accelerated to 7-14 mach, results in a very impressive demolition of the
14 mach?  Pray tell!!!
Still, doing all this 30-60 times a second in the case of the avenger 
(well, 5-10 times per second per barrel) is still pretty impressive.
þ SLMR 2.0 þ I hear, I forget. I see, I remember. I do, I understand.
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