The firearm thread

[jono035]

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One of these days I'm going to start selling penis enlargement pills through spam mail, just as soon as I can find something that will (safely) turn someone's skin blue after they take it or something.

Nothing would educate the public quite like being able to look around and say 'hey look, another idiot who thought that buying drugs sold online through spam was a good idea!'

[Swoop]

I'd say

.308 of an inch long is certainly 'sawn-off'.

Bahahahaha!!! Well spotted Sir!
Bloody decimal point getting into places where it shouldn't be...

[Mr Merde]

Bahahahaha!!! Well spotted Sir!
Bloody decimal point getting into places where it shouldn't be...

I'd blame the French for that. If it wasnt for them we wouldnt have that damn metric system and therefore no decimal point.

[Wolf]

There's medication that'll fix that right up mate. Just turn off your spam filters...

"You must spread some reputation..."

[Wolf]

I'd blame the French for that. If it wasnt for them we wouldnt have that damn metric system and therefore no decimal point.

What's that thing in front of an "Imperial" calibre called?
.303 .357 .44 etc

[Mr Merde]

What's that thing in front of an "Imperial" calibre called?
.303 .357 .44 etc

Breaking goos inches down into a metric (decimal) representation

what was wrong with guage, dram, 1/32, 1/64, 1/128th etc, 2 bore, 4 bore, 12 bore, furlong , yard,

rule of thumb (1 ")

chain and all the really good stuff.

[Wolf]

Breaking goos inches down into a metric (decimal) representation

what was wrong with guage, dram, 1/32, 1/64, 1/128th etc, 2 bore, 4 bore, 12 bore, furlong , yard,

rule of thumb (1 ")

chain and all the really good stuff.

Pommy bloke at work vilifies the metric system then mentions "1.4 inches" - I told him "there's no such thing as point four of an inch; the Imperial system is not decimal."

How long have they been referring to decimalised calibres, O fount of Firearms History? When and where did it start?

You have referred to the Brown Bess as a .75. Was that how its calibre was reckonned in the 1700s or was it a something-gauge?

[Mr Merde]

Pommy bloke at work vilifies the metric system then mentions "1.4 inches" - I told him "there's no such thing as point four of an inch; the Imperial system is not decimal."

How long have they been referring to decimalised calibres, O fount of Firearms History? When and where did it start?

You have referred to the Brown Bess as a .75. Was that how its calibre was reckonned in the 1700s or was it a something-gauge?

No the bess was never classified by the calibre.

I cant remeber the excact termionology the used.

Trantor who made pistols called them by "bore" size.

Rifles were measured by "bore"

Its an interesting line of questioning and I am going to check out my resourses to see if I can find an answer.

I have this nagging suspicion that expressing the size of a pistol by metrification of its bore diameter may have come from the Americas

[Wolf]

I have this nagging suspicion that expressing the size of a pistol by metrification of its bore diameter may have come from the Americas

Wouldn't surprise me, bloody Yanks always get everything wrong...

Kind of ironic if they did create the decimalised calibres - considering they were one of the last in the World to adopt the metric system then they dropped it again as it was "unAmerican".

[Mr Merde]

Wouldn't surprise me, bloody Yanks always get everything wrong...

Kind of ironic if they did create the decimalised calibres - considering they were one of the last in the World to adopt the metric system then they dropped it again as it was "unAmerican".

http://www.oldguns.co.uk/william_tranter.html

"During this period it was normal practice to describe the diameter of the bore in bore size rather than calibre. The bore size being the number of round lead balls of that diameter needed to weigh one pound. The most common ones used by Tranter were 120 bore (.320"), 80 bore (.380"), 54 bore (.442"), 38 bore (.500") and 24 bore (.577"). "

[ManDownUnder]

I'd blame the French for that. If it wasnt for them we wouldnt have that damn metric system and therefore no decimal point.

(***psst***) the Frogs use a comma...

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[Wolf]

http://www.oldguns.co.uk/william_tranter.html

"During this period it was normal practice to describe the diameter of the bore in bore size rather than calibre. The bore size being the number of round lead balls of that diameter needed to weigh one pound. The most common ones used by Tranter were 120 bore (.320"), 80 bore (.380"), 54 bore (.442"), 38 bore (.500") and 24 bore (.577"). "

so the Bess would be around the 11 bore mark, by my calculations

[Wolf]

(***psst***) [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_separator#Countries_using_Arabic_numerals_ with_decimal_comma"]the Frogs use a comma...

smart-arse.

Edit: and no, they don't. According to my French teacher, it's called a "vergule"

[Mr Merde]

so the Bess would be around the 11 bore mark, by my calculations

Thats about right.

I have a number of 12 guage brass cases to load for my shotgun, These are solid brass with no plastic. To get the right sized wads and over shot cards I had to import a large number of Circle Fly 11 guage items.

A 12 guage shotgun has a barrel diameter of .735

The Bess is .75

[Wolf]

I have a number of 12 guage brass cases to load for my shotgun, These are solid brass with no plastic. To get the right sized wads and over shot cards I had to import a large number of Circle Fly 11 guage items.

Dude, I have so got to find time to get over to your place and learn how to reload!

A 12 guage shotgun has a barrel diameter of .735

The Bess is .75

And the 10ga is .775 so 11ga seemed most likely.

I read that bore diameter can be calculated as 1.6699" x 1 divided by the cube root of the bore number and calculated 11ga out at about .751