On Wed, 02 Nov 2005 08:40:29 +1300, Tom wrote:

Gunner Asch wrote:

On Tue, 01 Nov 2005 09:56:14 +1300, Tom wrote:


The diameter of the bullet is 7.62, indeed, but its NOT the same as
the CARTRIDGE designated as the 7.62 x51, which is what the FN-FAL
fired..the basiclly equivelent of our 308 Winchester......

I don't think so, that is the bore of the barrel..

Gunner

Tom

7.62, is .308 diameter. The 7.62 Cartridge (x 51) is physically
identical to the commercial civilian version we call the .308
Winchester. There are some minor differences between the throating of
a x51 weapon and the civilian 308. Btw...the usual name for the
military cartridge is the 7.62 Nato..as its one of the common rounds
for Nato usage.

Like the 5.56 Nato..we in the States call the .223 Remington, when
fired from sporting arms.

Ive owned and fired enough FN-Fals to know what goes down the tube G

Gunner

The calibre of a gun is not the diameter of the projectile..
7.62mm does not equate to .308" 7.62 relates to the .30
calibre bore which it shares with a myriad of cartridges
which also use a .308 projectile. 30.06, .30 Rem, 30-30Win,
.300 Sav. etc etc..
That Winchester went against convention when they named the
.308 is beside the point, this is a metalworking newsgroup and
you made a sloppy statement. Please step up! :-)
As for firing the weapon in particular, where I come from it
was standard issue, albeit Australian made, so possibly my
experience may exceed yours..:-(
BTW, the 5.56 Nato also relates to the calibre rather than the
bullet diameter..

Tom

Too true Tom. But often ballisticians (or at the least the US ones)
(and marketing wonks) consider groove diameter, rather than purely
bore diameter to be the deciding/naming convention factor, so there is
indeed some sloppy terminology. It is indeed a .30 caliber, using a
..308 diameter bullet. As far as going against convention..then
perhaps so did the originators of the .243, the 270, the .223, the
..257 Roberts, the 264 Mag, the 375 H&H, and so forth? G
Oddly enough..its the Euros that do the bore diameter thingy..the 303
Brit, the 6/7/8 mms...and then of course..the 6.5s

As far as possibly exceeding my experience..unless you have fired more
than somerwhere over 80,000 rounds through the Fals...shrug

Your L1A1 is an interesting rifle, able to accept inch or metric
magazines.

Btw..Ive several Lithgow SMLEs in the collection.

Gunner



"Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire.
Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us)
off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give
them self determination under "play nice" rules.

Think of it as having your older brother knock the **** out of you
for torturing the cat." Gunner