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No ammunition may exceed one (1) pound unless ...

Ammunition shall be constructed of the following materials:
i)   Open-cell foam
ii)  Closed-cell foam
iii) Tennis balls (may be punctured)
iv)  Golf tube or similar semi-rigid, shatter resistant tubing such as
Siloflex (PVC is NOT included in this definition)
v)   Cord
vi)  Duct and filament tape
vii) Film canisters, PVC reinforcement rings
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As the English language is somewhat ambiguous at times, the above
statement could be read to mean that siege ammo must be composed of all
the items from "i" through "vii", or it could be read to mean that any
of the seven materials can be used in some safe manner.  However, a
later section gives examples that clearly do not include all the
materials.

As Tennis balls do not collapse if not punctured, and the standards (as
written in a later section) clearly show that puncturing them is
optional, I took that to mean that siege ammunition is not required to
be collapsible.  

Further, to quote from a later section of the standards:

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Specialty siege ammunition: intended to simulate specialty ammunition
(i.e., flaming oil pots or flaming javelins) or effect weapons (i.e.,
diseased animal corpses or the heads of decapitated messengers)...

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So, that's the basis for my thinking they are legal.  As for safe, they
are as safe as the stuffed cows, hay bales, or fallen comrades folks
tripped over at Celtic Cattle Raids this weekend.  I'm glad my
colleagues on the fighting field aren't collapsible!

The severed heads aren't intended to actually be considered as weapons
that do damage, they are just there for fun.  

Andras

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David Wendelken
CASEtech, Inc.
 
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