Misinterpretation of name of a Civil War bullet

[Wilson Gray]

On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 3:50 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
> I think an argument could be made either way.

You can construct an argument in defense of the claim that it makes
sense to state that a weapon merely "effective" in combat at 250 yards
is "deadly" in combat at 500 yards, instead of the other way around?

Do it, then.

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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
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