<VV> Nauga NO corvair content

[Kirby Smith]

Of course the story was fake, or rather a parody. And in the story the 
cartridge was used in a custom rifle requiring three porters.  Is there 
anyone who didn't know Naugahide was vinyl when it came out?

Sorry for the confusion

kirby


kovacsmj wrote:
> I've seen a Vulcan. It isn't anything you want to be on the business end
> of. I bet the story is fake. How can you carry a Vulcan and hold it
> still while firing even if the projectile is no longer 20MM. Usually you
> bolt it to a big aircraft or a navel ship. Aw heck, really the material
> I believe was developed by Goodyear in Naugatuck CT. Don't want to start
> a thread on VV. 
> We'll never hear the end of it.
> 
> Getting all the information is most of the solution.
>  
> MIKE KOVACS ex USAF
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
> [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Kirby Smith
> Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 3:09 PM
> Cc: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: <VV> Nauga NO corvair content
> 
> Oooow.  Then that story in Gun Digest 30-some years ago about hunting 
> the Great Nauga in the Himalayas using .17 cal varmint rounds fired from
> 
> necked down 20mm Vulcan cases was fake?  :(
> 
> With PETA on the loose its a good thing I bought a roll of medium brite 
> blue Naugahide from GM back in the late '60s.
> 
> kirby
> 
> 
> kovacsmj wrote:
> 
>>Naugahyde, Is from the valleys in Naugatuck CT, where they breed the
>>Nauga. This IS where the name came from. Look it up!
>>
>> 
>>
>>Getting all the information is most of the solution.
>>
>> 
>>
>>MIKE KOVACS   Amston CT
>>