JMayo
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Interesting; correct pronunciations, gun talk
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Totally inadequate list! Didn’t even show Lapua orl Vihtavuori.
How about Unertl?
Caliber, originally the bore diameter in hundredths of an inch. And for its bullets, too, even if they are thousandths bigger. Some used the case or chamber diameter for early black powder rounds.
45 caliber, 30 caliber.
The naming of the 38 Special cartridge using 35 caliber bullets is interesting. Then there's the 44 Magnum that uses 42 caliber bullets.
Metric designations used both bore and groove or bullet diameters
45 caliber, 30 caliber.
The naming of the 38 Special cartridge using 35 caliber bullets is interesting. Then there's the 44 Magnum that uses 42 caliber bullets.
Metric designations used both bore and groove or bullet diameters
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I guess Kahles is too easy to be mentioned.
pirate ammo
Guaranteed to take the wind out of their sails
Phideoux,,is that fidu or fido, or neither. only a south La. Cajun would know.
Ledd Slinger
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Sako = "sock-oh"
Tenon = "tehn-en"
Ogive = "oh-jive"
Tenon = "tehn-en"
Ogive = "oh-jive"
Show off!
Ledd Slinger
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Lol!
KMart
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Leupold = Loy-pold
At least according to Dr. Manfred Leupold, a German I worked for years ago. I worked for a German company and every 2-4 years, we got a new German boss.
As a side note, he said his father didn't return home from the Russian Front until 1953. Seems the Russians understood slave labor.
At least according to Dr. Manfred Leupold, a German I worked for years ago. I worked for a German company and every 2-4 years, we got a new German boss.
As a side note, he said his father didn't return home from the Russian Front until 1953. Seems the Russians understood slave labor.
jds holler
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I'm still trying to wrap my mind around "ogive". I've been pronouncing it oh-give all my life.
Of course, I've been listening to folks try to pronounce my last name "Scholer" all my life -- usually wrong. Germans put a weird twist on a lot of words. jd
Of course, I've been listening to folks try to pronounce my last name "Scholer" all my life -- usually wrong. Germans put a weird twist on a lot of words. jd
Ledd Slinger
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It's ok, I pronounced 'tenon' as "tee-non" for a loooong time.
And for many years I said 'Kahles' as "kay-elz" (actually "Kay-less" according to a documentary of their factory I watched on the outdoor channel)
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