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To: Bill/WA who wrote (162459)	4/26/2002 4:04:30 PM
From: Knighty Tin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

Bill, I hate to plead ignorance now that you've complimented me, but I don't know the physics of why the 38 hits higher. Perhaps due to a lower powder charge for the same sized bullet. Those Canadians just don't want your wife threatening the Kodiak bears with her .25. <g> Funny story, but Ian Fleming originally armed James Bond with a .25. Some guy who did some wet work during WWII took him aside and told him that the .25 wasn't fit for a mouse hunt. But old Ian didn't want to mess up the cut of Bond's tuxedo, so he would only go as far as a Walther PPK .380. Great gun and probably usable in a tight squeeze, but I'd rather have the jacket show a lump and carry a .10 mm. Actually, I'm a bit surprised that the Canadians didn't let you visit the hoosegow. You can go up there with a 30-06 for ruminants or even a .458 magnum rifle for hunting bears, but they are not concealable. It is the fact that you can hide the .25 that bothers them. BTW, for really small guns, the Seecamp .32 automatic, loaded with Winchester Silver Tips, is nearly as potent as a Police 38. And you can carry it in a "wallet holster" that gives the profile of a wallet instead of a gun. Hard little booger to dismantle and clean, though.