Comments on: Boot Camp Sharpie - 9 May 2007 http://www.stonesand.net/2007/06/06/86/ Geektime Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:16:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Stonesand http://www.stonesand.net/2007/06/06/86/comment-page-1/#comment-12920 Stonesand Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:59:26 +0000 http://oregonstate.edu/~brewsteb/?p=86#comment-12920 I think he gets back at the beginning of August. That's what I last heard, anyway... :) I think he gets back at the beginning of August. That’s what I last heard, anyway… :)

]]> By: Conan the VIII http://www.stonesand.net/2007/06/06/86/comment-page-1/#comment-12809 Conan the VIII Thu, 07 Jun 2007 17:01:12 +0000 http://oregonstate.edu/~brewsteb/?p=86#comment-12809 Hmm, technically the 5.56mm is the faster round, although the difference is almost negligible (~2700fps for both). However, since these are practice rounds, the powder may be lesser. It honestly depends on the manufacturer as the 5.56mm can easily be tuned above 3100fps. Parry that to an AK round that travels at about 2300fps, but after 100 yards, drops about 7 inches, and after 300yards, has dropped nearly 3 feet. Meanwhile, the other two mentioned above maintain a relative flat trajectory (comparatively speaking). Lots of cool stuff in this update, I was able to hold a SAW when I played "war" against the National Guard, and it isn't a light piece of equipment. Last week a B-17 landed here in Salem, and I was able to tour it -- it still had all the .50 guns mounted in it with ammo belts and 15 bombs in the bomb bay area (each were 100 pound bombs). Genuinely impressive, but I didn't fit anywhere on the plane. I saw some nighttime footage of the war in Iraq, and there were tracer rounds spinning off all over the place. It is interesting to note how often bullets ricochet off targets, even if the round is armor piercing. Still, Sharpie is getting to do a lot of cool stuff, even if it does come at the expense of his formerly perfect nose. So when is Sharpie coming back? Hmm, technically the 5.56mm is the faster round, although the difference is almost negligible (~2700fps for both). However, since these are practice rounds, the powder may be lesser. It honestly depends on the manufacturer as the 5.56mm can easily be tuned above 3100fps. Parry that to an AK round that travels at about 2300fps, but after 100 yards, drops about 7 inches, and after 300yards, has dropped nearly 3 feet. Meanwhile, the other two mentioned above maintain a relative flat trajectory (comparatively speaking).

Lots of cool stuff in this update, I was able to hold a SAW when I played “war” against the National Guard, and it isn’t a light piece of equipment. Last week a B-17 landed here in Salem, and I was able to tour it — it still had all the .50 guns mounted in it with ammo belts and 15 bombs in the bomb bay area (each were 100 pound bombs). Genuinely impressive, but I didn’t fit anywhere on the plane.

I saw some nighttime footage of the war in Iraq, and there were tracer rounds spinning off all over the place. It is interesting to note how often bullets ricochet off targets, even if the round is armor piercing.

Still, Sharpie is getting to do a lot of cool stuff, even if it does come at the expense of his formerly perfect nose.

So when is Sharpie coming back?

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