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[T.W.R]

And a five-ounce bird can not carry a one-pound coconut !

so you don't know much about rifles then huh. that's only 1080-1224ft/s which is the average type of .22LR

You probably think 1lb of feathers is lighter than 1lb of lead

[Banditbandit]

so you don't know much about rifles then huh. that's only 1080-1224ft/s which is the average type of .22LR

You probably think 1lb of feathers is lighter than 1lb of lead

I am terribly sorry, but you must be too young to have recognised the reference. The actual quote was from the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail. It comes in the middle of a pointless argument about whether King Arthur could have obtained coconuts from Africa, carried across the ocean by a swallow, as he claimed. In the movie this is a pedantic argument with very little point, relentlessly pursued to its bitter end by a raving pedant.

In using this quote I was making a subtle point about pedants, which I am afraid you have completely missed. Clearly EdBear, being older, understood.

And I would also like to point out that I have owned rifles since 1972, which is probably longer than you have been alive, if you missed the Monty Python reference.

I am also aware that the measurement of feet per second in relation to rifles is of less importance than the force exerted. Feet per second may be useful in determing the trajectory of the swallow, whether it has a flat trajectory or a parabolic, and therefore the aim point. However, the force exerted will determine the force on impact. A person has more chance of surviving a hit by a fast moving swallow than say, a slow moving elephant.

And if you have managed to read this far, I am mixing the two ideas to again make a point about pedants.

[Edbear]

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