From: Rick v100 (rickv100@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Apr 05 2006 - 06:54:46 PDT
The teacher's story is that he picked up the round
Rick
--- Ed <mojoedd@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> That sounds about right for an M-79 round. In the
while hunting. Where was he hunting that has rounds
laying around?
> brass, ready to shoot the
> entire round, projectile and brass would be about 5
> inches tall, maybe a
> little less. If the entire round went off it would
> have taken out the front
> of the classroom, depending of course on what type
> round it was. H/E, W/P,
> CS, Canister and a few others that slip my mind.
> The M-79 and it's newer
> model that is attached under the M-16 is a 40MM
> weapon. You can find
> "practice rounds" for them at many flea markets and
> military surplus stores.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Ed
>
> "The consolidation of the States into one vast
> empire, sure to be
> aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the
> certain
> precursor of ruin which has overwhelmed all that
> preceded it."
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ryan Gill" <rmgill@mindspring.com>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List"
> <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 09:55
> Subject: Re: [MV] Exploding paperweight costs
> teacher his hand
>
>
> At 7:04 AM -0500 4/5/06, Everette wrote:
> >I do not know much about power of primers, from
> >personal experience cap on muzzle loader blew
> >rammed ball out for a friend of mine that had
> >patched and rammed ball into a 58 cal. rifle
> >before he put powder in.
> >
> >I am sure others remember from basic training
> >when instructions put fuze from hand grenade
> >under steel helment and just fuse blew helment
> >many feet in the air.
>
> In that case its a detonator. Note, the 1st post
> says the projectile was 5" long. seems like a
> 40mm round complete would be much longer? Anyone
> have that standard catalog of ordnance around?
>
>
> --
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> Ryan Gill rmgill@SPAMmindspring.com
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