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Da Jug head
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posted 02-22- 10:15 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Da Jug head   Click Here to Email Da Jug head     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Since there was a question about sighting of guns, I dug around and found this.
Here's how they did it.

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"Where'd he GO!?!?"
thunk-thunk-thunk-zing-OUCH
That answered my question

[This message has been edited by Da Jug head (edited 02-22-2001).]

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Sunray
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posted 02-22- 10:21 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Sunray   Click Here to Email Sunray     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Saw a film once of this being done to a Starfighter's Vulcan cannon. Very cool.

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Yardstick
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posted 02-22- 10:27 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Yardstick   Click Here to Email Yardstick     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Many of the former WWII bases close to me, particularly the fighter bases, still have an earth mound that used to be the butts where they syconised the guns.

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Yardstick painted this

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