Area Aen_News, Msg#522, Apr-06-93 17:01:44
   From: Dave Appel                           
     To: all                                  
Subject: humor piece

Cross-posted from the RIME firearms conference: 
 
Date: 04-05-93 (14:42)             Number: 12326
From: DAVE APPEL                   Refer#: 12319
  To: TOBIAS JOBES                  Recvd: NO  
Subj: .257 Roberts                   Conf: (18) Firearms
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TJ>All in favor of enthrowning the 257Robt
TJ>as "Miracle Cartridge" say "aye" <g>

[For those without a sense of humor, the following is a HUMOR PIECE.]

[Billy Graham voice on.]

No,no,no,no,no.

The "miracle cartridge" is the .243 Winchester, which, as all true
believers know, is a circumsized (necked down) version of the blessed
7.62 Nato, also called the .308 Winchester, which in turn is the son of
Holy .30-'06.

Remember, my son, the Holy .30-'06 in the sanctified vessel of the M-1
Garand saved the world from the Anti-christ Hitler.  And the blessed
7.62 Nato, in the hands of the many saints in Europe, has kept them
free from god-less communism.

In the 50's and 60's we sinned against the Lord of Armaments, and we did
abandon the Holy .30-'06 and its son, the blessed 7.62 Nato, in favor of
the .30 Carbine in the land of Korea, and for the 5.56 in the land of
Vietnam. Yea, we were seduced and deceived by the pagans who chanted
that smaller was better, and "Spray and pray" was their mantra.  The
saints were punished for their sin of abandoning the holy cartridges.
And many innocents did suffer.

The only reason the land of South Korea was saved, eventhough the
god-less communists were not defeated, was that the .30 Carbine was
still a .30 caliber after all.

In the land of Vietnam where our saints abandoned the blessed cartridges
in favor of the accursed 5.56, the Lord of Armaments turned his back.
And the land of South Vietnam fell to the god-less communists.

The only thing that prevented total annihilation of our forces was the
fact that true-faith accolytes in many of the squads of the saints in
Vietnam carried the sanctified M-60 shooting a blessed cartridge. For
the sake of the one accolyte with his M-60, many lives were spared.

Hold true, dear friend, to the Holy .30-'06 and it's blessed son, the
7.62 Nato.  You may circumsize some of your .308 Winchester cases, and
make them into the miracle .243 Winchester for the taking of four-legged
beasts.

Do not blaspheme the Holy .30-'06 by leaving out the punctation.  Repeat
often "POINT three zero DASH APOSTROPHE zero six" as your rosary.

Remember: 3 cartridges, 3 rifles, and they all have a "3" in them.
The three 3's.  Coincidence?  No, my son.  They are the Holy Trinity of
Armament against man and beast.

Father : .30-'06. 3 plus 0 plus 0 plus 6 = 9.      9 = 3 times 3. ***
Son    : 7.62.    7 plus 6 plus 2 = 15.   1 plus 5 = 6.
       : .308     3 plus 8        = 11.   1 plus 1 = 2.
                                              6 divided by 2 = 3. ***

Miracle:  .243.   2 plus 4 plus 3 =  9.            9 = 3 times 3. ***

and        6mm    6 divided by 2 names = 3 again.

What more proof do you need of the holiness of these blessed cartridges?

Now look at the accursed cartridge, the 5.56 mm also known as the .223:

5.56: 5 plus 5 plus 6 = 16.  1 plus 6 = 7.
.223: 2 plus 2 plus 3 = 7.

Praise the Lord, pass the ammunition, and all hail the Holy Hand
Grenade!

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