On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 09:20:23 +1000, "Tom Miller"
wrote:

70 caliber! What the hell is that? That's nearly 18 mm. It would kick you
into the middle of next week to fire it. That's just a cannon with a stock!

70 calibers were for wussies!

http://www.cvco.org/sigs/reg64/bess.html

"The musket was of .75 caliber, smoothbore design, and weighed about
10 lbs. Soldiers were drilled constantly on formation firing and
tactical movement, but only fired several times per year. The
effectiveness of the musket was not impressive. Major George Hanger,
who fought in the American Revolution, described it thusly: "

Strider




The assault weapons in the above article were the dreaded 70 caliber.

Gunner

Rule #35
"That which does not kill you,
has made a huge tactical error"