From: ichudov@Algebra.COM (Igor Chudov @ home)
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 1997 12:18:45 +0800
To: brianbr@together.net (Brian B. Riley)
Subject: Re: Best Cypherpunk long gun
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the problem is the wear of the barrel

ignoramus

Brian B. Riley wrote:
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> On 12/23/97 11:57 AM, Igor Chudov @ home (ichudov@algebra.com)  passed
> this wisdom:
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> >Brian B. Riley wrote:
> >>   I had maybe a half dozen occasions where I put four to six 20
> >> round mags (the Marines didn't start getting the 30 round mags
> >> til the Army got all theirs - sigh!) through my weapon on full
> >> auto in rapid succession and never had a jam.
> >
> >Did it overheat?
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>  Hot enough to burn exposed skin, but not enough for problems. I think
> had I gotten up to seven or eight magazines one after another there
> may have been danger of cooking off rounds or even barrel warp. I saw
> a an M-2 50 on a Chinook get a barrel warp after 1000 straight rounds
> ... first the barrel was glowing cherry red in broad daylight then as
> it cooled it warped enough that the gunner took it out of action ...
> fortunately by that time we had gotten off the ground and were well
> airborne on our way back to Danang (hmmmmmm, makes me think, nuthin
> good ever did happen out near Thuong Duc and Charlie Ridge!)
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	- Igor.