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Tip 1: Caliber vs. Gauge.
Gauge is a measure of the inside diameter of a shotgun barrel,
while caliber generally refers to the diameter of rifle and handgun
bullets. However, a . sunglasses for
sale , 410 is the caliber of a small shotgun, which is
never called a 67?-gauge. Gauge was developed hundreds of years
ago, before accurate devices allowed for precise measurement.
Tip 2: Caliber.
Caliber refers to the diameter of a bullet,
and can be expressed in either metric (7mm) or English (. 284)
measurements, depending on where it was developed (Europe or the U.
S. ), or the whims of the marketing department of the company that
first designed the bullet.
Tip 3: Numbers Aren't Always Exact.
The . 38 Special and . 357 Magnum are both 38-caliber, but the
bullet is actually 357-thousandths of an inch in diameter. The .
30-30, . jerseys
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, 300 Winchester Magnum, and . 308 are all different, non-
interchangeable rounds that are all 30-caliber. However, 30-
caliber bullets are . 308-inches in diameter. I once saw a
customer go ballistic (pun intended) because he wanted to handload
his . 30-30, and the clerk gave him bullets that were . 308-inch in
size. The clerk was right.
Tip 4: Those Other Numbers.
So if
a . 30-30 and a . 30-06 are both 30-caliber rounds, that are . 308
-inch in diameter, why do they have those extra numbers? In the
case of the . 30-30, it meant that there was originally 30-grains
of smokeless powder inside the case. However, for the . 30-06, the
-06 has nothing to do with powder--that was the year, 1906, that
the round was adopted by the U. S. Army. There are other
cartridges, such as the . 30-378 Weatherby Magnum that is 30-
caliber (. 308), but it used a necked-down . 378 case. And then
there are rounds like the 7. jerseys nba , 62×39
and the 7. 62×51, where the 39 and 51 refer to the length of the
case.
Tip 5: Never Assume.
A . 22 LR (long rifle) is much
different from a . 220 Swift, a . nba jerseys , 22-250, or
a . 22 Hornet. A . 300 Winchester Magnum will not work in a .
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spacer to make a . 300 Super Short Magnum work in a . 300 Short
Magnum. I was once ridiculed by a friend when I wanted to buy a .
44 Magnum rifle, because everyone knew that the . 44 Magnum was a
handgun cartridge. The joke was on him, as there are a number of
rifles chambered to shoot handgun rounds, and a few handguns that
shoot some rifle cartridges.
Tip 6: Other Language Problems.
Language is constantly changing, and the rules can change as
popular usage changes. It drives me nuts when a gun's magazine is
called a "clip. " However, I often use the word "bullet" to
indicate an individual round or cartridge, even though the bullet
is actually just one component of that cartridge.
Tip 7: Why So
Many?
Looking through a reloading manual, I found bullets with
actual diameters of . 257, . 264 (6. 5mm), . 277, and . 284 (7mm).
Do we really need bullets in so many diameters that are so similar?
Well, I don't need them, but someone does. Bullet diameter is only
one variable in the performance of a particular round. The case
size and shape, as well as the kind of powder and primer, all have
an affect on the downrange performance. To each his own.
Shooting.
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