Re: Use Winchester 30-30s in Iraq

"BlackWater" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "Morton Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> >"BlackWater" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> >> "Morton Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> >> >"BlackWater" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> >> >> "Morton Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> >> >> >"BlackWater" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
> >> >> >>    Too bad they didn't FIX the problem before we
> >> >> >>    went into another desert war.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>    Ah, those wacky government bureaucracies ...
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> >> >> >The "problem" is in the lubrication.
> >> >>
> >> >>    The "problem" is too many small parts with
> >> >>    overly-close mechanical tolerances. Doesn't
> >> >>    matter what kind of oil you use on 'em, the
> >> >>    powdery dust in that part of the world will
> >> >>    infiltrate and jam 'em up.
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> >> >I can agrree with that, in part. However, oil based is not the only
> >> >lubricant.
> >>
> >>    Quite true. Dry lubricants like graphite, teflon
> >>    microspheres or moly disulfide are more appropriate
> >>    to environments full of fine dust. Still won't fix
> >>    the M-16 however ...
> >>
> >The "problem" is that the M-16 is too well made?
> >Oh well, hopefully it will mean a lot of surplus
> >government rifles we can buy.
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>    Only if our Republican buddies do the right thing
>    and firmly codify in law that the RKBA is an
>    *individual* right ... that "The People" means
>    individual people, not some abstract collective
>    entity. Ashcroft gave lip service, but actual
>    LAWS - the on-paper variety - are needed and
>    some court precedents to help lock 'em in.
>    So far, nada. Indeed, less than nada - there was
>    a news blurb today about the SC allowing a lower
>    court ruling to stand that relied on the RKBA
>    NOT being an individual right.

Silvera? They refused to hear the case.
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>    If we can't get even THIS from Republicans ...

What republicans? Republicans dominate the Supreme Court?
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>    Anyway, as to the M-16 ... in a sense it *is*
>    "too well made". However, given that it's
>    supposed to SHOOT when you NEED it to shoot,
>    it's not *really* "well made" in any functional
>    sense of the word.

 The M-16 is a gun overdesigned by committee, with little concern for
practicality.

-*MORT*-