Posted on 12/22/2005 10:26:31 PM PST by Maximus_Ridiculousness
A man who helped make famous the songs "YMCA" and "In the Navy" will soon be featured on the television show "America's Most Wanted," after failing to appear in a San Mateo County courtroom for his sentencing in October, according to San Mateo County Deputy District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe.
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Willis was found to be in possession of 3.23 grams of cocaine and a loaded .45-gauge, semi-automatic handgun, according to the district attorney's office...
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...also charged with violating his probation from a 2003 incident in which he was found in possession of 4 grams of cocaine.
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EXACTLY!!!
Sheesh!
Gauge is the number of lead spheres the diameter of the bore that it would take to weigh one pound.
The smaller the diameter, the more lead spheres, and the higher the gauge number.
A .45 gauge would be (and I'm guessing here) about 2-1/2" to 3" diameter.
Size doesn't matter. It's how (snicker!) you use it...
LOL! Numerical sequences have always been a problem for me, too.
I'm not sure I ever want to fire a 10 gauge, btw.
Thanks.
So the 1-gauge would be a pretty bad-ass weapon, I take it. :-)
FWIW:
10 gauge = .775 inch, 12 gauge = .729 inch, 16 gauge = .662 inch, 20 gauge = .615 inch, 28 gauge = .550 inch.
From left to right: 10, 12, 16, 20, 28, .410
I've fired an 8 gauge. It was turret mounted and was used to shoot material buildup (goobers) off the interior walls a rotary kiln used to dry pulp. I was doing some construction services at a pulp plant and saw a trash bin with huge fired shells. I asked the operator what he used them for. He showed me and let me shoot it. It was a blast. BTW, a 12 gauge shell will easily fir inside the empty 8 gauge shell.
Damnitboy!
(Yes, I figured that was what it really was, too. I was just making a comment on the complete ignorance of the average MSM "journalist" about firearms.)
The Indian was the only non gay member of the Village People.
Just thought I'd add that.
He should have been arrested for that stupid song a long time ago......
If you can handle a 3 inch magnum load in a 12 gauge, you can probably handle a 10 gauge just as easily. The reason for this is most 10 gauge guns are heavier than twelves, (be warned, not all).
As always, the amount of pain inflicted on both ends of any given firearm depends on projectile weight and velocity/powder charge.
Wow! I never cease to be amazed.
what the hell is a ".45-gauge, semi-automatic handgun"???
using the gauge system of bore calibration, where the gauge is the number of rounds required to equal one pound of shot...
that'd make each shot from a ".45-gauge" equal about 2.2 pounds or one kilogram.
what the HELL is this thing? a 30mm cannon???
< /sarcastic analysis >
boy it'd be nice if reporters knew $#!+ from Shinola.
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