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   From: dhomuth1@comcast.net   
      
   On 10 Jul 2006 21:16:20 -0700, "lein"    
   wrote:   
      
   >   
   >Don Homuth wrote:   
   >> On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 17:44:35 -0700, "Curt"  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> >Always thought that movie was kind of silly. Wonder how much fuel it would   
   >> >take to send machine gun ammunition to another planet. Isn't that stuff   
   kind   
   >> >of.. heavy?   
   >>   
   >> Yes, but in MovieLand, such constraints Never apply.  Why the old   
   >> dusters had cowboys shooting their six-shooters 12-15 times without   
   >> reloading.   
   >   
   >or even a misfire.   
      
   The most obvious anachronism in dusters was the use of late-model   
   Colts, when the earlier Navy and Army percussion models would have   
   been the more obvious choice.   
      
   The later model revolvers seldom misfired.  By that time, the   
   ammunition was much more reliable.   
      
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