[SEL] OT: Bill Strickland's Article In American Rifleman

[Steve W.]

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From: "John Culp" <johnculp at chartertn.net>
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Subject: [SEL] OT: Bill Strickland's Article In American Rifleman


> I just noticed in my new American Rifleman that there's a historical
> article about the Army's commissioning of the development of the
> .30-378 Weatherby, written by our fellow old iron nut Bill Strickland.
> The special rifle was used in high speed projectile research headed up
> by Bill's dad, also named William Strickland. This research was
> critical in the development of modern antitank projectiles and armor.
> They used special light projectiles of various materials, loaded up to
> muzzle velocities of 6000 FPS or so, fired into various targets at a
> range of 10 feet as very high speed movie cameras recorded the
impacts.
> That's about as high a muzzle velocity as can be practically attained
> with smokeless rifle propellants, though light gas guns have achieved
> projectile velocities up to 19000 FPS or so.
>
> Way to go, Bill! Very interesting article.
>
> John Culp
> Bristol, Tennessee, USA
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Yep it was a good article. Except for the part about throwing the stock
in the TRASH....

Steve W.