We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/the_answer.html Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:55:55 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification All righty then... yesterday I brought out the Arsenal's Chinese Type 51 copy of the Soviet Tokarev pistol. He was damaged during his career on active service, though not as badly as his previous owner who was deadlined and dropped from the reporting system. And the answer? How many dings? And the Lord of the Keep spake, saying, 'First shalt thou peer closely, seeking the places where metal is not, yet whereat it should be. Then shalt thou count those places where metal, due to energetic energy transfer, hath been made thinner, yet denser, than previous. Seek thou also the... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/the_answer.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/the_answer.html Fri, 25 Feb 2005 05:54:29 -0600 Justy, Sorry for the distasteful images that I conjured. Usually, I'm all thumbs when expressing myself. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/the_answer.html#comment-16266 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/the_answer.html#comment-16266 Tue, 01 Mar 2005 08:49:40 -0600 OK, Boq, since you brought it up.... I wasn't gonna post my thoughts on that, they being the kind to provoke the "Ewww Gross!" response in my self and others, but I must say that water, H2O, is famous for its great heat capacity, and I think an "object" composed mostly of water may well have fallen across that there pistol and absorbed a lot of that fire's heat. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/the_answer.html#comment-16256 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/the_answer.html#comment-16256 Mon, 28 Feb 2005 22:47:50 -0600 Just wondering, I hear that 140lbs worth of protein makes a great fire blanket. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/the_answer.html#comment-16216 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/the_answer.html#comment-16216 Mon, 28 Feb 2005 12:12:36 -0600 Geoff - who actually knows when the damage occured - the owner was pretty badly used, having been pounded back into a burning BTR, with cooking off ammo and spalling from the .50 caliber fire that continued to pound the BTR because the occupants were fighting to the end. Sorry I can't *exactly* account for what caused each bit of damage. It wasn't someplace you wanted to be. And go figure how the pistol survived the fire without damage... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/the_answer.html#comment-16089 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/the_answer.html#comment-16089 Sat, 26 Feb 2005 18:11:03 -0600 I guess it wasn't a holy handgrenade that caused the damage?!? Mighty small dings if from a 30 cal. MG. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/the_answer.html#comment-16068 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/the_answer.html#comment-16068 Sat, 26 Feb 2005 04:59:22 -0600 Well, she'd be offended to be parked, since she was blued! Some girls are just old fashioned girls... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/the_answer.html#comment-16050 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/the_answer.html#comment-16050 Fri, 25 Feb 2005 18:04:30 -0600 Its a pitty that Mr. Parker hasn't been much acquainted with her as of late. Then again, her patina fits her well for an old girl like her. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/the_answer.html#comment-16010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/the_answer.html#comment-16010 Fri, 25 Feb 2005 09:05:46 -0600