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- From: hollombe@polymath.tti.com (The Polymath)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: What to buy....
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.194812.10921@ttinews.tti.com>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 15:12:50 GMT
- Sender: magnum@mimsy.umd.edu
- Organization: The Cat Factory
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- Approved: gun-control@cs.umd.edu
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- In article <1992Nov14.043630.21903@bbxrbk> bbx!bbxrbk!russ@unmvax.cs.unm.edu (Russ Kepler) writes:
-
- }So, I'm asking folks to name what they think will be banned, assuming
- }that a ban is possible and is attempted. ...
-
- The USAS 12 semi-auto shotgun. Looks like an M16 on steroids. Costs
- about $1400. Accepts 10 round box and 20 round drum magazines.
-
- I don't recommend buying one, though. Except for its looks (which are
- plug-ugly, scary or impressive, depending on your point of view) it has
- nothing to recommend it. Ayoob had unkind things to say about the one
- someone brought to an LFI course (noted in _Stressfire II_). Apparently
- it was a jam-o-matic, even with factory recommended ammunition, and
- shoddily constructed besides. (Internal parts began deforming after
- relatively few rounds fired).
-
- It also weighs about 12 lbs, empty. Not something you want to carry
- around if you don't have to.
-
- The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe, M.A., CDP, aka: hollombe@polymath.tti.com)
- Head Robot Wrangler at Citicorp
- 3100 Ocean Park Blvd. (310) 450-9111, x2483
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