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July 25th, 2005  
Missileer
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Zucchini
What the musket ball didn't kill, the wadding often did.
In basic, the first thing demonstrated with an M1 rifle was that the wad in a blank cartridge would make a hole in a doubled crocus or toe sack at close range.
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