The pb is about to go to press. Anyone have any errors to mention so that I can correct them?
FPW
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"It means 'Ask the next question.' Ask the next question, and the one that follows that, and the one that follows that. It's the symbol of everything humanity has ever created." Theodore Sturgeon.
Well, when I'm pressing peanut butter, I try to avoid long sleeves. Yeah, long sleeves would be an error. 
'Cause Mommy Said So.
fpw Wrote:The pb is about to go to press. Anyone have any errors to mention so that I can correct them?
Right off, the Benelli Super 90 M-1 doesn't have a bead for a front sight, -- as mentioned when Ah-fergit-his-name saw the barrel behind the medicine cabinet -- it has a blade type front sight rather like you would see on many hand guns . . . only larger.
http://world.guns.ru/shotgun/sh02-e.htm
What Jack had was like the "entry" model shown in the photo second from the top. (With the longer 20 inch barrel, 7-round magazine, and without the "pistol grip" stock.)
Ken V.
fpw Wrote:The pb is about to go to press. Anyone have any errors to mention so that I can correct them?
Can't help with Gateways, but I did spot a typo in Infernal towards the bottom of page 175, a sentence starts with Once rather than One.
Scott
Jesus died for your sins, get your money's worth. Chad Daniels
Ken Valentine Wrote:Right off, the Benelli Super 90 M-1 doesn't have a bead for a front sight.
Correction made. But Ken...how the hell do you remember these details?
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"It means 'Ask the next question.' Ask the next question, and the one that follows that, and the one that follows that. It's the symbol of everything humanity has ever created." Theodore Sturgeon.
fpw Wrote:Correction made. But Ken...how the hell do you remember these details?
I guess you could say that when I read your books, I really READ them!
I'm also a real stickler for details. Anal, I think they call it. Which in my case may be a euphemism for constipated . . . or "full of it."
Also, my first shotgun was a Benelli Super 90 M-1. Even if it wasn't, I've handled enough of them for customers that I'm quite familiar with them. It's a favorite among competitive combat shooters.
I even make accessories for the Benelli, one of which is extended magazine tubes. So, instead of the standard 7-round magazine, you can have an 8-9- or 10 round tube -- depending on barrel length. (The rule is that you cannot have a mag tube that extends more than one inch beyond the muzzle of the barrel.)
One of the interesting quirks of the Benelli is that -- regardless of magazine capacity -- you can load an extra round on the carrier . . . which lifts the shells from the magazine to the chamber. It has to be done carefully so that when you let the bolt go forward into battery the carrier doesn't rise. You fill the mag tube, draw the bolt back the minimum distance needed to drop a shell into the chamber, (if you draw it too far back the carrier will rise when you close the bolt) and press another round onto the carrier.
If you do draw the bolt too far back, when you release it, the carrier rises -- and with a shell on it, it will jam up the works. So what you do if that happens is to draw the bolt all the way back, let the chamber round fall out, and let the bolt close, which loads the carrier round into the chamber. Then you draw the bolt back, ejecting the chambered round, let the bolt close, draw it back the minimum distance, and start all over again.
So you can load the shotgun with a full magazine, plus a round in the chamber, and another round on the carrier. With the 10-round tube, you can start shooting a stage with 12 rounds in the gun. With the standard 7-round tube it's a total of 9 rounds. (You might want to tell this to Jack.)
Ken V.
This post was last modified: 11-24-2005, 11:02 AM by Ken Valentine.
Ken Valentine Wrote:I guess you could say that when I read your books, I really READ them!
As do I!
Ken Valentine Wrote:I'm also a real stickler for details. Anal, I think they call it. Which in my case may be a euphemism for constipated . . . or "full of it."
Ken V.
Full of fertalizing material or excrament worthy of being flushed. I'm betting on the first ! Basicaly, you know your sh--, you don't talk sh--!
KRW
Pg. 182...Vicky is misspelled as Vickie. Not the biggest of mistakes, I admit, but since you're fixing things might as well fix this one.
MisterDizzle Wrote:Pg. 182...Vicky is misspelled as Vickie. Not the biggest of mistakes, I admit, but since you're fixing things might as well fix this one.
Ha ha! I didn't notice that!
Vicky, Vickie, Vicks, Victoria....whatever the name of her, we know that's her. By the way, welcome to the board.