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Re: [GZG] Slightly OT - Hypothetical weapon question

From: Oerjan Ariander <orjan.ariander1@c...>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:32:55 +0100
Subject: Re: [GZG] Slightly OT - Hypothetical weapon question

Bill Brush wrote:

>It would be interesting to see if a gun/bullet/charge combination
>could be found that would penetrate water reliably.

That's easy; Mythbusters did it on the show, too. Big, heavy, and most 
importantly *slow* bullets - eg. old large-calibre musket lead balls -
go 
quite far in water without breaking up. Low speed is the key.

Later,

Oerjan
orjan.ariander1@comhem.se

"Life is like a sewer.
  What you get out of it, depends on what you put into it."
-Hen3ry

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