To: Bernard Marx
That's true, and I have no dogs in the fight. However, OPs gun explanation doesn't do much for tattooing.
23 posted on
08/25/2004 3:15:02 PM PDT by
gcruse
(http://gcruse.typepad.com/)
To: gcruse
Electric etchers were used to scribe the barrel and receiver metal in a touch, release fashion just as tatooing is done with a needle.
25 posted on
08/25/2004 3:18:13 PM PDT by
Old Professer
(If they win, it will be because we've become too soft.)
To: gcruse
You can make an etcher using an ice pick, a couple of jumper leads, and a strong battery.
26 posted on
08/25/2004 3:20:32 PM PDT by
Old Professer
(If they win, it will be because we've become too soft.)
To: gcruse; Old_Professor
OPs gun explanation doesn't do much for tattooing. OP explained it well I think.. It could also be jargon for "imprinted" or "etched." I have no dog in the fight either except that the phrase dates from long before the 1960s.
27 posted on
08/25/2004 3:24:45 PM PDT by
Bernard Marx
(Is Karl Marx's grave a Communist plot?)
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