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10 May 2024 14:37:02 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Origin of Yankee  
From: clipka
Date: 3 Jul 2018 20:30:27
Message: <5b3c1523$1@news.povray.org>
Am 03.07.2018 um 21:08 schrieb Bald Eagle:

>> I suspect that those devices are called "wipes" because they actually
>> come into contact with the bullet.
> 
> That' I'm fairly certain is what must be avoided.
> (here they call them baffles)

There's a difference between baffles (which are /not/ touched by the
bullet) and wipes (which /are/ touched, and in some cases don't even
have a hole in them until you've fired the first shot).

Apparently wipes are rarely used nowadays, as they wear out after just a
few shots.


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