RE: Reading Request.

At 10:53 PM -0700 3/31/02, Don Greenfield wrote:
>It's actually a bolt action/semi-auto rifle.  I don't see anything 
>too bizarre about it.	If Franchi can make the SPAS 12 in 
>pump/semiauto, I can't see why it would be too terribly difficult to 
>make Roger's weapon.  Why, is a bigger question.  If you've got 
>space drives and power-armour, it shouldn't be too difficult to have 
>semiauto hunting rifles as accurate as bolt-action jobs.  HK does it 
>today, after all.

Its just that if you have an unlocking system that rotates the bolt 
(which most semis use, except for the roller locking (HK) or tilt 
locking ones (FN) then you have a straight back pull on the whole 
carrier. No need to rotated and pull it back yourself. Just pull it 
straight back like it were a ross rifle. Not really a bolt action....

Frankly from the conversation with John Ringo (1), he was relating 
Weber's left field nature on the whole idea of the Prince's rifle.

1. Overall the conversation was about why I should get the book. I 
had just shown up at the store and he was there to drop off some 
books for the publisher. I ended up chatting with him about some if 
the books and got a signed copy of Hym Before Battle as I recall. He 
asked if I was planning on buying march upcountry, and I asked what 
the story was....After all, if you can get the plot synopsis from one 
of the Authors....I ended up buying after I was finished with Gust 
Front.
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