From: "Strong, Lee" <StrongL at MTMC.ARMY.MIL>
To: "'WSFA members'" <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Fwd: [BCI] Wisdom, of a sort . . .
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 08:44:09 -0500
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

	No, dear lady, you are confusing small arms or side arms, long arms,
and field pieces.  In addition, "the stuff you trip over at Gettysburg or
Masasses" is obsolete and is of interest to historical collectors only.
Further, your estimaable spouse is confusing toys (dueling pistols) and
fictional items (anything to do with Mr. deGriz) with serious weapons.  If
you're interested in this subject, I highly recommend _Black Hawk Down_ --
sort of _Starship Troopers_ with an all human cast.

-----Original Message-----
From: Kit Mason [mailto:kit at hers.com]
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 5:00 PM
To: WSFA members
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Fwd: [BCI] Wisdom, of a sort . . .

Steve Smith wrote:
>
> "Strong, Lee" wrote:
> >
> >         Among my peer group, a 45 is a small caliber sidearm.  /s/ Lee
on
> > the Right
>
> Sheesh!  What would be a *large* caliber sidearm?  A 50 caliber dueling
> pistol?  Slippery Jim deGriz's 75 caliber recoilless?

Musket.  Goose gun.  Cannon.  Field artillery pieces.  You know, the
stuff you trip over at Gettysburg or Manasses...

Kit

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