On Fri, 11 Mar 2005, Pan Ohco wrote:

> On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 11:49:05 -0500 (EST), Lena B Katz
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 11 Mar 2005, Doug Kanter wrote:
>>
>>> "Lena B Katz" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>
>>>> Custom AP bullets are also reality. I'm not going to discuss the
>>>> strategic ramifications of custom AP bullets, because they aren't really
>>>> relevant.
>
>> Perhaps you might care to explain what you would mean by "custom"...
>> rather than assuming that I don't know what it means.
>>
>> I guess that anything that isn't hollowpoint, and is special made, is
>> probably custom (Silver bullets included). The sort I was talking about
>> explode on contact, blasting chunks of chest apart. Very different from
>> normal bullet wounds and much harder to fix.
>>
>> Lena
>
> I have been in law enforcement for 35 years, I was a fire arms
> (and submachine gun) instructor (at the local police academy )for
> approx. 20 years. I also taught a S.W.A.T. course.
>
> I have been a shooter in combat type competitions,

what are combat type competitions?

> and have reloaded
> ammunition for that reason. I (while) competing have made and fired
> over 5000 rounds a year. And yes I have made silver bullets as a gag.

what alloy?

> In all those years I have never heard of a mortar attack in the U.S.
> And I think that I would have at least heard a hint about it.
>
> AP bullets are Armor Piercing bullets, usually made from a harden
> material so they will go through the armor and pierce the flesh below.
> They do not explode on contact!

when I used AP, I meant anti-personnel. and, yeah, I should have
remembered that AP generally means armor piercing. (*baka*) exploding on
contact
is something pretty rare to find (about as rare as black steel... and
used by the same sorts of people).

Lena