Once again, I have to chuckle at Ed's comments. When I was involved in the minigun trials I remembered seeing 7.62mm brass just pouring down the tube and into these whacking great 44 gallon plastic oil drums. We filled up drum after drum with the stuff, firing most of the day during the series of timed and technical trials. There's no doubt that we were firing it faster than they were loading it, that's for sure as when it overflowed the drums, we were shovelling it up. Happy days........... I took my son to one afternoon of the trial and let him have a go with a tethered gun with a burst of 2,000 rounds or so........

We all used to sit around with a cup of tea at the end of the day to unwind and get the cordite smell out of our system and discuss bits of the trial. Son Robert, who had been helping to sweep up and shovel the brass into the huge boxes, quite innocently asked if someone had to take it home to reload it and if they DID, could he come and help for some pocket money!

The trial Officer said that it was a kind thought, but we could UNload it faster than he or even Radway Green could load it!