http://www.metafilter.com/tags/ammo Posts tagged with 'ammo' at MetaFilter. Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:14:22 -0800 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:14:22 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/73611/Rocket%2Dpistol The <a href="http://davidszondy.com/future/war/mba_gyrojet.htm">gyrojet</a> <a href="http://world.guns.ru/handguns/hg172-e.htm">pistol</a> (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoffTmg9bxU&NR=1">video</a>) - a handgun firing <a href="http://securityarms.com/gyrojet/13mmgyro.htm">13mm rocket ammunition</a>, was an attempt to revolutionise gun design in the 1960s. Around a thousand were produced, and some may have <a href="http://www.deathwind.com/review_5.htm">seen use in Vietnam</a>. <a href="http://www.securityarms.com/20010315/galleryfiles/1700/1786.htm">Rifle</a> and <a href="http://securityarms.com/gyrojet/gyro8.htm">carbine</a> versions were also produced. Design problems meant that it never seriously competed conventional firearms, but there is a <a href="http://www.deathwind.com/project.htm">modern attempt to revive the concept</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.73611 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:14:22 -0800 ammo guns gyrojet pistol rocketpistol rockets SCIENCE! space technology vietnam war weapon Artw http://www.metafilter.com/49231/The%2Dpenetrating%2Dpower%2Dof%2Dammunition <a href="http://www.theboxotruth.com/docs/bot1.htm">Sheetrock (drywall) doesn't slow any round down much.</a> If you shoot in the house, walls will not stop any serious round. <a href="http://www.theboxotruth.com/docs/bot12.htm">Insulation doesn't help.</a> Metal front doors provide concealment, not cover - <a href="http://www.theboxotruth.com/docs/bot17.htm">they won't stop bullets.</a> "How hard is it to shoot off a lock?" <a href="http://www.theboxotruth.com/docs/bot5.htm">Answer: Very hard.</a> The .44 Magnum, "the most powerful handgun in the world and capable of blowing your head clean off", according to Dirty Harry, <a href="http://www.theboxotruth.com/docs/bot15.htm">penetrates standard issue fragmentation body armour </a> "like an ex-wife through your life savings." tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.49231 Thu, 16 Feb 2006 05:52:43 -0800 Ammo Calibre Guns Penetration three blind mice