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@XDC_Wolf wrote:
erm a 270 caliber rifle would be huge, in fact it would be a cannon!
Nope, bullet is actually rather light, just has a large charge behind it. The .270 Winchester is essentially a necked-down .30-06, so same charge but smaller bullet. This means a fast, flat trajectory, but laws of physics means it loses impetus rapidly after a certain distance, and lacks penetration at range. The bullet can be easily deflected by bone because of its weight and speed too, so not good for anything larger than deer, although I have shot Wildebeest and Kudu with a .270, its a bit light for them.
lol, I was more pointing out the missing decimal point you muppet, a 270 callibre as oppsed to a .270 callibre, comprends?
@TurksMeister wrote:
Im going shooting at Bisley in October… with me mum!
Theres a trophy there named after some dude in my family… Whitehead innit 🙂
Bisley has a great atmosphere. i loved shooting there as a kid in the schools shooting competition.
Agreed. Shot there myself when I was in the local ATC shooting team. Great place, great atmos. We were firing the 303 and some other big sod of thing with a hair trigger and one hell of a kick… cant remember what it was thou?
😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀@=XDC=Morgan wrote:
Agreed. Shot there myself when I was in the local ATC shooting team. Great place, great atmos. We were firing the 303 and some other big sod of thing with a hair trigger and one hell of a kick… cant remember what it was thou?
😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀7.62 SLR by any chance?
@XDC_Wolf wrote:
lol, I was more pointing out the missing decimal point you muppet, a 270 callibre as oppsed to a .270 callibre, comprends?
Dont try and get pedantic on my ass you twat… I didnt invent the nomenclature for these things. The guy who showed me his guns called the 270 a 270 and the point 22 a point 22. I believe this is actually quite prevalent – though I may be wrong on that score. Why the ‘point 22’ is given its decimal status when other calibres arent is a mystery to me 🙂
@=XDC= MadHippy wrote:
7.62 SLR by any chance?
Nah it wasnt that , even thou I di fire the old SLR hundreds of times and my section was one of the last sections to use it on our passing out parade in the RAF.
It might have been the L81-A2?
The thing I remember is that it had a hexaganal barrel, was acurate as hell and kicked like a mule!!
Any help in kick starting my failing mind would be helpfull. 😕the L82-a1 is the barret i think. maybe wrong. if thats what you’re talking about then yeah it would have a fair o’l recoil to it
as for the way people talk about various calibres it more to do with ease of saying it. i.e its easy to point two two whereas point two seventy takes longer…laziness at its best i guess…damn syllables and all that
@xdc the doc wrote:
@XDC_Wolf wrote:
lol, I was more pointing out the missing decimal point you muppet, a 270 callibre as oppsed to a .270 callibre, comprends?
Dont try and get pedantic on my ass you twat… I didnt invent the nomenclature for these things. The guy who showed me his guns called the 270 a 270 and the point 22 a point 22. I believe this is actually quite prevalent – though I may be wrong on that score. Why the ‘point 22’ is given its decimal status when other calibres arent is a mystery to me 🙂
.22 maybe because that would equal 5.5mm and .177 because it would equal 4.5mm
If you don’t give it the decimal then your are in theory not stating the correct calibre, it’s just down to laziness…
duh?
the muppet bit was aimed at pharty, someone who is supposed to know about these things, you big scottish queen!
@To0THBRU5H wrote:
@xdc the doc wrote:
@XDC_Wolf wrote:
lol, I was more pointing out the missing decimal point you muppet, a 270 callibre as oppsed to a .270 callibre, comprends?
Dont try and get pedantic on my ass you twat… I didnt invent the nomenclature for these things. The guy who showed me his guns called the 270 a 270 and the point 22 a point 22. I believe this is actually quite prevalent – though I may be wrong on that score. Why the ‘point 22’ is given its decimal status when other calibres arent is a mystery to me 🙂
.22 maybe because that would equal 5.5mm and .177 because it would equal 4.5mm
If you don’t give it the decimal then your are in theory not stating the correct calibre, it’s just down to laziness…
duh?
Just ‘cos you got yerself a snazzy air rifle T00thy 😉
@xdc the doc wrote:
@XDC_Wolf wrote:
lol, I was more pointing out the missing decimal point you muppet, a 270 callibre as oppsed to a .270 callibre, comprends?
Dont try and get pedantic on my ass you twat… I didnt invent the nomenclature for these things. The guy who showed me his guns called the 270 a 270 and the point 22 a point 22. I believe this is actually quite prevalent – though I may be wrong on that score. Why the ‘point 22’ is given its decimal status when other calibres arent is a mystery to me 🙂
Doc is correct as far as nemenclature goes.
Wolf you stop cocking yer leg at me or its back to the pound fer yer
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