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- From: hollombe@polymath.tti.com (The Polymath)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: Why no plastic cased .38 special?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.234829.17272@ttinews.tti.com>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 00:01:14 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec16.113628.4692@michael.apple.com> ems@michael.apple.com (E. Michael Smith) writes:
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- }Why are there no {rifle,pistol, revolver} rounds loaded in plastic
- }cases? Sure, we have the Aluminum Blazers, but why not plastic?
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- Rumor reaches me plastic cased ammunition is under development and may
- exist by now. The military was very interested because the plastic cases
- weigh 1/3 what equivalent brass weighs. That matters when you're trying
- to cram enough rounds into a C47 to keep several miniguns supplied ...
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- The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe, M.A., CDP, aka: hollombe@polymath.tti.com)
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