Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!shadooby!samsung!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!cbnews!military From: eos!woody@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Wayne Wood) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Spider Silk Message-ID: <11372@cbnews.ATT.COM> Date: 13 Nov 89 16:11:29 GMT References: <11224@cbnews.ATT.COM> Sender: news@cbnews.ATT.COM Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Calif. Lines: 37 Approved: military@att.att.com From: eos!woody@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Wayne Wood) In article <11224@cbnews.ATT.COM> willey@arrakis.nevada.edu (James P. Willey) writes: > >From: James P. Willey > [query about spider silk deleted] at one time the reticles in binoculars and sniper scopes were made from silk... i don't know if it was spider silk... and i surely don't know if it was sepcifically black widow silk. it would appear that it is possible... i believe spiders spin a finer thread than silk worms thus providing a finer reticle. i also believe the reticles in spotting scopes for the 106 RR may have been silk... i didn't get to look through them too many times. the marine corps was using redfield and unertl [inertl? sp?] scopes on their sniper rifles when i left... you can check with either of those companies to see what they use. the redfield was 3x to 9x variable and similar to the "WIDEFIELD" [tm] scopes. the unertl's were 10x fixed. FREE EASTERN EUROPE! TEAR DOWN THE WALL! /*** woody **************************************************************** *** ...tear down the wall! *** *** -- Roger Waters, Pink Floyd *** ****** woody@eos.arc.nasa.gov *** my opinions, like my mind, are my own ******/