RE: Rifle types

Your source is pretty much correct on that. The SS109 round is
referenced at
acheiving this. It does need to be fired from a weapon with a barrel
rifled
with a tighter twist (the stat escapes me at the moment). The F88
Austyer is
rifled for this but teh old M16 isn't so whilst can fire the same round
doesn't benefit from added penetration.

Owen G

> -----Original Message-----
> From: RWHofrich@aol.com [mailto:RWHofrich@aol.com]
> Sent: Friday, 28 January 2000 10:58 AM
> To: gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
> Subject: Re: Rifle types
> 
> 
> In a message dated 1/27/00 2:27:56 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
> monty@arcadia.turner.com writes:
> 
> > But what sort of energy does the round retain at the end of 
> that 800 
> >  yards. Probably not much. 
> >  
> >  
> 
> I read an early report on the SS109 round that claimed 
> complete penetration 
> of a standard M1 steel pot at 800 yards.  Don't know if it's 
> true, but if it 
> is, I'd say the round carried enough energy to do a bit of 
> damage to a human.
> 
> Rob
>