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12-20-2006, 02:14 PM

#11

Chantecler111

Join Date: Nov 2006

Location: NW Arkansas

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RE: you know what, i'm just gonna ask it.

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ORIGINAL: BrutalAttack

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ORIGINAL: metaldonnieg

I can't believe I've gone all this time not really knowing the real meaning of that...

hey don't be ashamed my friend. I mean look at me. I learned everything I know about firearms from reading Soldier of Fortune.

Folks, take that statment Brutal made, with a grain of salt.

12-20-2006, 02:29 PM

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triggerhappy

Join Date: Feb 2003

Location: Augusta KS USA

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RE: you know what, i'm just gonna ask it.

Just remember folks drug dealers deal in grams and shooters deal in grains and you never want to mix the two.

12-21-2006, 06:11 AM

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statjunk

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Join Date: Aug 2004

Location: Michigan

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RE: you know what, i'm just gonna ask it.

Lots of hunters don't know the answer to this question. Shoot even some sales people don't know. I was in a place once and they guy told me buy the 180gr bullets because they have more powder in them. Oh well I thought.

Good question.

Tom

12-21-2006, 06:58 AM

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Champlain Islander

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Join Date: Dec 2004

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RE: you know what, i'm just gonna ask it.

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ORIGINAL: BrutalAttack

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ORIGINAL: metaldonnieg

I can't believe I've gone all this time not really knowing the real meaning of that...

hey don't be ashamed my friend. I mean look at me. I learned everything I know about firearms from reading Soldier of Fortune.

That one "made my day" BA

12-21-2006, 07:53 AM

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eldeguello

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Join Date: Feb 2003

Location: Texas - BUT NOW in Madison County, NY

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RE: you know what, i'm just gonna ask it.

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ORIGINAL: metaldonnieg

Say for instance we're talking about a 130 gr .270 cartridge.

Does that gr stand for "grams" as in the weight of the bullet itself or "grains" as in how much powder is in there.

I can't believe I've gone all this time not really knowing the real meaning of that...

Neither one, actually! The term "Grain", as used in U.S. ammunition terminology, is for a unit of weight, the GRAIN. There are 7000 GRAINS weight to a pound and 15.42 grains per gram.

Theterm "grain" can beconfusing, because we also sometimes refer to one little piece of propellant powder as a "grain". However, this use of the term is actually incorrect.