Stop the presses -- Anti-terrorism bill not that bad
Moroni
moroni at scranton.com
Sun Aug 4 12:02:39 PDT 1996
Nitric Acid wii change barrelling.
On Sun, 4 Aug 1996, Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM wrote:
> JonWienk at ix.netcom.com writes:
> > Incidentally, one of the interesting traits of a shotgun is that buckshot is
> > subject to the ballistics matching techniques used on rifle and pistol bullet
> > The plastic wads (which prevent the shot from touching the barrel) do not tak
> > the microscopically detailed impressions from the barrel that copper or lead
> > bullets do. The heat from firing always melts the plastic slightly--enough to
> > defeat this. Of course, if you leave the fired shells lying around, the prim
> > and ejector marks can bite you...
>
> Is there truth to the rumor that poking a file inside the barrel will
> alter the marks on future test firings?
>
> ---
>
> Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM
> Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps
>
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