Nay! Damnspot! Those were railroad (actually Western Union) spaced poles,
30 to the mile.

Bob Swinney


"Don Foreman" wrote in message
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On 26 Feb 2005 07:08:44 -0800, jim rozen
wrote:


Hmm. 880 feet, that's about 300 yards.

22LR, with iron sights? One of those insulators probably
gives a four inch cross section, roughly.

This is outside my ability, at 46 years old. Maybe we
could get somebody else's opinion here....

It was nowhere near 880 feet. Those are Swinney's poles!