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Old 05-01-2008, 14:44 PM   #52 (permalink)
Albany Rifles
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Originally Posted by Gun Grape View Post
Fuze wasn't set wrong. It malfunctioned.

The M564 APERS-T round comes packaged with fuse attached. The fuze is set for MA at the factory. All we have to do is load and shoot. They sort of figured that if we are shooting those, we might not have time to set fuzes

And the case is thin walled and easy to damage so they try to keep handling to a minimum.
Hence the pillow?

We wondered why their marksmanship was so bad since they obviously were shooting REALLY big bullets!
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