Re: Gun Control - Should Ordinary Citizens Own, Carry, & Use Firearms?
Reply #858 –
Nothing new department: The X-acto knife in a shotgun has been done before, in different ways.
Way back in the days of sail, wooden ships and iron men, they used to load cannons with something called "langrage". This consisted of nails, bits of pottery, pistol shot, chains and anything else that could be loaded through the muzzle of the gun. This special brand of nasty was then aimed at the enemy ship, where the idea was that all of this screaming junk would cut down rigging, sails and any men it happened to slice through.The fact that langrage would spread out after leaving the muzzle was actually an advantage, since that would help spread the damage in the enemy ship's rigging. Bringing down a mast early in the conflict gave your ship-- which still had its rigging intact-- a tactical advantage since you could still maneuver.