NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/rec/org/sca/17270

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From: [e-mail] (Beth Appleton)
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Subject: Primitive FireArms
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Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1993 02:12:26
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 DS>  Since firearms are period, but decidedly unsafe compared to
 DS> those of modern manufacture, the question to me is in three parts.
 DS> 1) Do firearms have a place in the Society?
       I think they do.  They are, after all, within our time period.
...
 DS> 2) If they do, will we allow their firing as a contest?
   I can't really see anything else to *do* with them.  Handicapping
 and groupings would be an interesting subject to deal with, but I'm
 not familiar enough with the various advantages/disadvantages to
 speak knowledgably....
...
 DS> 3) If we do fire them, what balance between safety and authenticity?
  Well, as you mentioned in the rest of your missive, the firing line
 has to be a good long way from any potentially innocent bystanders.
 Given that the guns themselves do not have a good rep for safety, I'd
 probably only allow one person on the firing line at a time.  I'd also
 require safety goggles and hearing protectors.  I would not alter the
 guns' authenticity at all.  The faint of heart need not play..... As
 for the powder, again, I'm not that knowledgable.  I've heard that the
 old blackpowder is a safety problem all on its' own, and I recently
 read here that the more modern powders cause problems with the guns.
 I don't know whether that person was referring to the modern substitute
 powder that the blackpowder people use, or the gunpowder that modern guns use.
       Gwenllian Cwmystwyth ferch Morfudd
           Steppes, Ansteorra

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