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The general rule that is mostly true a lot of the time is that "caliber" is the diameter of the bore (the hole inside the barrel through which the bullet passes) as expressed in decimals, using inch units of measure. So a "thirty caliber" rifle would have a bore of .30 inch or 30/100 inch. A "twenty two caliber" gun fires a .22" diameter bullet.
But "caliber" also means a particular name of a specific cartridge of a certain height, weight, width, angle, and gunpowder charge. For example, a .22 "long rifle" bullet weighs 40 grains and moves at an initial velocity of 1000 feet per second. But a .220 Swift rifle cartridge fires a bullet of the same diameter, but longer and heavier, and at over 3,000 feet per second. Two different caliber cartridges, but in each case the hole in the rifle's barrel is about 22/100 inch.
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What does calibre stands for in relation to firearms?
"Caliber" refers to the size of the bullet the gun fires, or more specifically, the size of the bore, which is the size of the hole in the barrel.
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What is the caliber rating?
If you're talking about firearms, caliber refers to the diameter of the bullet or the bore size of of the gun.
Did marlin firearms manufacture a 32 caliber pistol?
yes they did
What are the different caliber of firearms?
there are dozens of calibers from .17 to .70
What is the value of a Model 94 rifle serial 939974 in good condition?
Need to know who made it, barrel length, barrel profile, caliber, type of sights, finish. Where did you get your definition of what "good" means in relation to firearms?
What does does GBB stand for?
In relation to? Without more clarification, I can only assume that you're talking airsoft. GBB for airsoft stands for Gas BlowBack. I have never seen this term used in relation to firearms. That doesn't mean that it is not. I would assume that the definition would be the same.
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50-260 or so
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Any that have the appropriate sized barrel
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In the usual sense of caliber, it means the diameter of the bullet. The smallest commercial caliber is the .17 rimfire, but there have been MUCH smaller caliber firearms, down to the 1-2 mm range. That is about .05 to .10 caliber.
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Two different meanings for firearms. For artillery, caliber is the relation of the diameter of the bore to the length of the barrel. A gun on a Navy Destroyer might be known as a 5 inch 38 caliber- meaning it fires a 5 inch diameter shell, and the barrel is 38 times 5 inches long. However, for rifles and handguns, it means the fractions of one inch that equal the diameter of the bore. So a .30 caliber rifle has a bore than measures ABOUT .30 inches, a .50 caliber ABOUT .50 inches, and so on. Some firearms have measurements from the metric system- a 9millimeter pistol has a bore diameter of ABOUT 9mm.
What is the value of a 22 caliber?
Anywhere from $5 to $5,000. There are thousands of diferent .22 caliber firearms. Giv eus some information, and we can give you an answer.
