"Dave Hinz" wrote in message
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On 01 Feb 2005 05:19:43 GMT, Gunluvver2 wrote:
Last time I looked, the 50s were bolt action. Not likely to mow
down.

BAR - Browning Automatic Rifle - doesn't sound like a bolt action to me.

Bob,
The B.A.R. is not a .50 caliber it is a .30 caliber. More like the old
30/06

Exactly like a .30-06, actually, that being the caliber.

Well, that's .30/06, the '06 referring to the year it was first put into
use. .30/40 and .30/30 refer to the caliber and then to the
grains-equivalent (of black powder, although they were generally loaded with
smokeless) they were loaded with. .22-250 refers first to the caliber, and
then to the designation of the .25-caliber cartridge it was derived from.
..25/06 refers first to the caliber, and then to the latter part of the
designation of the cartridge it was derived from (.30/06). The .25/06 was
*not* introduced in 1906.

The numbers can mean a variety of things. To two-digit accuracy, .30/06 is
still a .30-caliber.

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Ed Huntress