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C-grunt asked: Start by looking at Dixie Gunworks. Get a subscription to "The Artilleryman". Many cannon makers advertise there. Get in touch with your local chapter of the North South Skirmish Association. They will be able to put you in touch with the closest cannon crew. Volunteer...

I've shot 20mm Vulcan from the shoulder for more than 10 years now, so I'll give you some advice. If you are contemplating anti-material use, you're gonna want some kind off payload for that 20mm projo. Otherwise, 20mm AP projos are very little better than 50 BMG AP projos at the same range...

Don't forget Masutatsu Oyama and his student, Sonny Chiba, did public demonstrations of battling bulls bare handed. Often they would slice off a horn, and Oyama killed a few with a single blow each. Even if you think your abilities are already comparable, you may want to study the film...

In addition to the well-known Japanese usage of silk in armor on the battlefield, there was much exploration in the West in Victorian times of weaving silk into body armor. The expense limited it to VIP protection, and it was only effective against slower bullets. Some interesting history there.

Eddie *Albert*. "The Dude Goes West", 1948. Never seen it, but I just had to go look that up. Sounds fascinating... Apparently he played a *gunsmith*?

Again, rifled or not doesn't matter. From the Federal laws, this time from 26 USC 5845(f) (the NFA), which has essentially the same definition as 18 USC 921 (the GCA) that I mentioned above: Look up the entire text of either section of the law and read the applicable parts in their...

gvnwst wrote: If you read 18 USC 921(a)(4), which is the main Federal definition of "Destructive Device", there is no mention of rifling whatsoever. You may be thinking of the exemption for shotguns and shotgun ammo from DD classification, since the definition of "shotgun" at 18 USC...

gvnwst wrote: Rifiling has nothing to do with DD's. There are many DD's out there that never had any rifling. I made and registered both my non-rifled DD, and my M203. Must say those Spike 37mm's do look cool! Almost anything would be better than the Cobray 37mm's... :barf: Keep in...

Art Eatman wrote: Actually, the story begins before that. The origin of the basic .30-40 Krag cartridge, adopted in 1892, is lost in the sands of time. But it probably was initiated at Springfield Arsenal around 1888-89. Over the years, the .30-40 Krag was gradually developed until...

:) Having never fired from a moving car, I'm still going to agree with you 100%! Especially if you've never done it before, and under combat stress! FWIW, if you discharge a centerfire gun in a vehicle, you (and any passengers) are almost certainly going to immediately become at least...

Jeff White wrote: Yes, but his sidearm is perfectly capable of killing the driver or the shooter. Or for that matter, the innocent bystanders in the building across the road. :p Shooting out the window glass and putting bullet holes in the door will seriously inconvenience the vehicle's...

CYANIDEGENOCIDE wrote: The movement of a firing pin relative to a bolt is irrelevant to the definition of whether a gun is open bolt or closed bolt. Many open bolt guns have moving firing pins, and a closed bolt gun can have a firing pin that doesn't even move to fire (electrically primed...

gvnwst wrote: As has been pointed out, that's just not true. Unless you want to call your Ford Mustang just an improved version of a Pontiac Firebird (or vise versa). As highorder pointed out, there's a chamber pressure difference. But as you surmised, the 7.62 NATO does in fact have...

Depends. Open bolt guns tend to cool better, but tend to have worse-feeling triggers, sear area wear, and poorer first-shot accuracy. Closed bolt guns tend to have have more problems with cookoff of chambered rounds, less cooling, but better triggers and first shot accuracy. If an open bolt...

Well said, Zoogster! I should have wrote: "Step One: Get a viable business plan". Of course, the lack of same certainly hasn't deterred many C2's in the past...:p