Re: [ihc] Diameters, not of cylinder bores, but I will cease and desist after this

[Steven Stegmann <steve.stegmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Last time I saw an orange tip on a round it was a
tracer.

Steve

--- John Hofstetter <hofs@domain.elided> wrote:

> On Nov 1, 2004, at 7:05 PM, Ryan Moore wrote:
> 
> > That's a 30-06 cartridge.  At least that's what
> the picture was under.
> > Iguess they might have taken the picture of the
> wrong round and used it
> > everywhere though.  Nothing to do with a .22,
> everything to do with the
> > silvertip/nickle 30-06 cases, since those are the
> ones I'm talking 
> > about.
> 
> Raises my anxiety level to have you talk about
> nickel cases. I suspect 
> that a cartridge case made out of nickel would be
> virtually useless, 
> and very expensive.
> 
> Wiinchester made a good move when it went into a
> collaboration with 
> Nosler to develop these rounds.
> 
> By the bye, did you guys know that the the 223, the
> 222 Remington, the 
> 219 Zipper, the 218 Bee, the 220 Swift,and the
> 22-250 all use bullets 
> that are the same diameter?
> 
> Did you know that the .357 SIG cartridge is 9mm? Did
> you know that the 
> .44 bullet is .429 ? Did you know that the .270 is
> .277 ? You probably 
> did know that the 30-06 is .308.
> 
> What's in a name?
> 
> John
> 
> John Hofstetter
> Ol' Saline
> www.goldrush.com/~hofs