On Sat, 20 Jul 1996, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
Llywarch Hen writes:
You have not had the opportunity to look closely at the business end of a gun. The hole looks enormous. The opening in the barrel of just about every rifle or pistol I've looked at seems to be about half an inch or less. Perhaps you have been looking at the 18" guns on the battleship "New Jersey"?
The towed 155's from the ANG unit I was in during college were pretty big, but it is awful hard to hit a single person at less than 300 yards. A 12 guage looks a lot bigger 3 inches from your nose than 3 feet away, but I'd rather have a hostile hold it 3 inches from my nose than 3 feet away. If you don't understand why, go talk to a _serious_ martial arts type. Petro, Christopher C. petro@suba.com <prefered for any non-list stuff> snow@smoke.suba.com