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- From: bhv@boilerbob.corp.mot.com (Bronis Vidugiris)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: Fletchette
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.170254.13429@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 23:08:09 GMT
- Article-I.D.: lmpsbbs.1992Nov16.170254.13429
- Sender: magnum@mimsy.umd.edu
- Organization: Motorola, CCR&D, CORP, Schaumburg, IL
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- Approved: gun-control@cs.umd.edu
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- In article <9211121812.AA00726@whirlwind> moore@tc.fluke.COM (Matt Moore) writes:
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- ) Any such ammunition would be illegal for American civilians because the
- )flechettes must be made of some hard material, such as steel or uranium,
- )which would fall under the materials-oriented definition of "armor
- )piercing ammunition".
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- It seems to me that a fetchette, esp. one made out of hard materials,
- *would* be a good armor piercer - a long, narrow, high-velocity projectile
- should be ideal for penetrating armor.
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