[TheForge] Sighting in Rifles

Andrew Vida osan at netlabs.net
Sun Jun 17 14:45:30 EDT 2007



Grant Marcoux wrote:
> Maybe the person buying more than one gun per month is a collector acquiring
> all or part of a collection.
> 
> Teflon coated bullets?  Who makes 'em?  The standard hunting rifle bullet is
> far more deadly than the dreaded Teflon.  The lethality of the Teflon bullet
> was an urban legend.  These were never implicated in a single peace officer
> death, though they were an effective way to reduce airborne lead
> contamination, which was the original intended purpose.

	Right.  KTWs were designed for penetration of sloped auto glass.
> 
> I don't think automatic weapons are a necessity, per se, but the number of
> REGISTERED full auto weapons used in crimes can still likely be counted on
> one hand.  Semi autos are used far more often.

	So what?  Having a car isn't either, but I don't see any calls to stop 
me from buying a Ford. :)


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