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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!paperboy.owt.com!oneworld.owt.com!msmith From: msmith@One World Telecom. (509) 735-0408 (Mark D. Smith) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: CSC AK-47 Date: 5 Oct 1995 19:38:36 GMT Organization: One World Telecommunications. (509) 735-0408 Lines: 17 Message-ID: <451c7s$106@paperboy.owt.com> References: <43vnpp$m0k@bdt.bdt.com> <44n8f0$je0@uriah.heep.sax.de> <44pmue$o4d@nimitz.fibr.net> <44pqfp$3m5@paperboy.owt.com> <44rk65$d0h@uriah.heep.sax.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: oneworld.owt.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] J Wunsch (j@uriah.heep.sax.de) wrote: : >: I still find that a few 7.62mb transfers out of my M1A (Which the Marine : >: Corps Armourers overclocked for me last year at Camp Perry) at 200,300 and : >: 600yards is quite fun and relaxing. My only problem has been that the : >: signal gets a little weak at 1000yds. : > : >I believe the M1 Garand does a little better at 1000 yards. : Can you translate the "yards" into something human-readable? :-) OK, I believe on THAT side of the ocean, 1000 yards comes out to be something like 914.4 meters. So the M1A and M1 Garands have a packet size of 7.62mm and the AR-15 has a size of 5.56mm and all are trying to transfer them out to 914m. As you can see, the signal tends to be a little weak at that end of the range, er, cable. Mark