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Caliber "Caliber" is a word for the diameter of the bullet or the bore of the gun.
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Where is the bore of a gun?
The bore is the inside diameter of the barrel. Simply put, it's the hole down the middle of the barrel.
What do you mean by calliber used in gun?
Diameter of either the cartridge or the bore, dependent on how the measurements are taken.
How is a 20 inch gun measured?
In the US, rifled guns (handguns, rifles, machine guns, and cannons (artillery) caliber is measured from "lands to lands" (inside the bore); in Europe caliber is measured from the grooves. The lands are the raised portion of the inside steel barrel (inside the bore), the grooves are the cut portion, the valleys of the bore's interior. Therefore, a 20" gun would measure close to 20 inches directly across from one "land" to the other "land." If you measure from groove to groove, the diameter will be larger.
How big are machine gun bullets?
If they are intended for anti-personnel (that's killing people), they are the same size as rifle bullets. The US .50 round (half-inch bore diameter) was larger and developed after World War 1 for shooting down aircraft, but the Russians and British had even bigger machine guns than that. When the the bore diameter is 20mm or more, it is considered a cannon instead of a machine gun, even if it shoots faster.
This gun is a muzzle loader and appears to be Civil War or earlier. The word Herzberg is written on it in long hand. What is this gun?
Cranpin im Herzberg??
What mean by bore of a gun?
The bore of a gun relates to the diameter of the hole in the barrel - and in turn the diameter of the bullet the gun can fire.
How do you bore out a screw?
get a bore attachment to a screw gun or drill.
How do you spell Beart as in i beart a gun?
The word sought may be bore, and there are two possible connections.The "right to bear arms" means to bear, or carry. The past tense would be that someone bore (carried) a gun. Similarly, there is a use of the verb to bore which means to drill out, and this is the origin of the term bore (inside barrel, or size) or a gun.There is no past tense beared, and instead it is bore.
Is the word bore a noun?
Yes, the word 'bore' is a noun, a singular, common noun; a word for:a drilling toola hole or passage made by use of a drillthe hollow part inside a gun barrel or other tubethe caliber of a firearma person whose talk or behavior is dull and uninterestingThe word 'bore' is also a verb: bore, bores, boring, bored.
Large bore gun?
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What is the origin of a boroscope?
A boroscope is an instrument for looking down a narrow tube or bore such as down a gun barrel. The word comes from a combination of 'bore' and 'scope' because of this primary initial use.
What is the definition of a gun moll?
A gun moll is a female who handles a firearm. Another meaning for a gun moll is a gangster's girlfriend. The word "gun" is derived from the Yiddish word for "thief".
What is the noun form of the word bore?
The word 'bore' is a noun, a word for:a drilling toola hole or passage made by use of a drillthe hollow part inside a gun barrel or other tubethe caliber of a firearma person whose talk or behavior is dull and uninterestingThe noun forms for the verb to bore are boredom and the gerund, boring.
How do you type gun gauge?
bore diameter
What does caliber mean?
Caliber is a word used to describe the bore diameter of a gun. It is also informally used as a synonym to grade or rank.
What side is the bore on a gun?
The bore refers to the hole in the gun barrel thru which the projectile (bullet) passes. Some guns have a smooth bore, but many modern guns, both pistols and especially rifles, have a rifled bore, that is, the bore has a helical (spiral) groove that causes the projectile to spin as it flies thru the air. The diameter of the gun's bore determines the size of the bullet or shell (e.g. .22, .45, 9mm, etc.)
What does the diameter of The bore in a gun mean?
The bore is the inside of the barrel- that is, the hole that the bullet is fired through. The diameter of the bore is measuring how wide the bore is from one side to another.
