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Message no. 1
From: The Powerhouse <P.C.Steele@*********.AC.UK>
Subject: Nuke rounds ?
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1993 15:43:02 BST
Granite,

You weren't thinking of depleted uranium rounds were you ? I don't know much
about guns and ammo but from the stuff I've seen on the list I gather that you
could safely use DU tipped bullets, adds to the density of the round and so
has a great penetrating ability.

Phill

P.S. Hit the caps lock button off before you type ... please :)
--
Phillip Steele
P.C.Steele@***.ac.uk
University Of Newcastle Upon Tyne
Message no. 2
From: "Robert A. Hayden" <hayden@*******.MANKATO.MSUS.EDU>
Subject: Re: Nuke rounds ?
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1993 10:14:01 -0500
On Fri, 8 Oct 1993, The Powerhouse wrote:

> You weren't thinking of depleted uranium rounds were you ? I don't know much
> about guns and ammo but from the stuff I've seen on the list I gather that you
> could safely use DU tipped bullets, adds to the density of the round and so
> has a great penetrating ability.

What I was (sillilly) referring to was not DU rounds. They're pretty
dull. I was referring to a round with enough conventional explosive in
it to push a radioactive mass to critical causing a small fission explosion.

Don't thwap me, I know its stupid, but just think about it . . . the
Terminator (robot) with a mini-gun shooting nuclear bullets....

Just think about it......

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Message no. 3
From: "Thomas W. Craig" <CRAIGTW1@******.JUNIATA.EDU>
Subject: Nuke rounds.
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1993 11:41:19 -0400
People,
I'm sorry ta burst yer bubbles, but fire those rounds; and in a few
weeks, months, years you'll be dead from radiation. Just had to say it.
Tom Craig
craigtw1@******.juniata.edu
PS. This has been a Reality Check, please ignore at your own risk.
Message no. 4
From: "Robert A. Hayden" <hayden@*******.MANKATO.MSUS.EDU>
Subject: Re: Nuke rounds.
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1993 10:48:27 -0500
On Fri, 8 Oct 1993, Thomas W. Craig wrote:

> People,
> I'm sorry ta burst yer bubbles, but fire those rounds; and in a few
> weeks, months, years you'll be dead from radiation. Just had to say it.

Of course, you realize that a few years is a lot longer than the average
life expectancy of a runner.

> PS. This has been a Reality Check, please ignore at your own risk.

Reality is for people that can't handle Role Playing.

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Message no. 5
From: "Dylan Norhtup (PHY)" <northrup@*****.CAS.USF.EDU>
Subject: Re: Nuke rounds.
Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1993 12:16:14 -0400
On Fri, 8 Oct 1993, Thomas W. Craig wrote:

> People,
> I'm sorry ta burst yer bubbles, but fire those rounds; and in a few
> weeks, months, years you'll be dead from radiation. Just had to say it.
> Tom Craig
> craigtw1@******.juniata.edu
> PS. This has been a Reality Check, please ignore at your own risk.

Not really. Lead-line the magazine with a locking mechanism that will
cover the opening until the mag is inserted in the gun. In order to load
the magazine, you would have to have a special mechanism that would shield
you from the magazine and the bullets when you loaded it. Reloading
your magazine in combat with these would not be the most intelligent thing
a samauri could do. It is not necessarily practical, but it is possible.

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Message no. 6
From: "C. Paul Douglas" <granite@********.CLARK.NET>
Subject: Re: Nuke rounds ?
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1993 16:00:17 -0400
On Fri, 8 Oct 1993, The Powerhouse wrote:

>
> You weren't thinking of depleted uranium rounds were you ? I don't know much
> about guns and ammo but from the stuff I've seen on the list I gather that you
> could safely use DU tipped bullets, adds to the density of the round and so
> has a great penetrating ability.

phill
no at the time i wasn't thinking about depleted uranium rounds-sombody
made a joke about what sounded like some sort of neuclear explosive
rounds
and as for du rounds i know that they [my stupid keyboard is giving me
fits] are generally thought of as safe -eeerrrrhhhhhtttt- sorry to say
that there are some reports of some serious radiation hazards from
depleted uranium [afterall what is the halflife of uranium]
oh and sorry it has taken me so long to get to my mailtool - i've got 2
boys both in sports and they have been running me ragged
--------------------------------GRANITE

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