1/21/20 - Clinton WMA Range Improvements Completed

[vdep217]

5 minutes ago, MGHunter66 said:

I know your little engineer mind is working in overdrive overthinking this one. A 30 caliber bullet is .308. But is a 7.62 legal to shoot there?  

Ooo pick me pick me I know I know

[Lunatic]

5 minutes ago, MGHunter66 said:

I know your little engineer mind is working in overdrive overthinking this one. A 30 caliber bullet is .308. But is a 7.62 legal to shoot there?  

I know very little about guns but if 7.62 is in mm then no if the limit is 0.30 dia. If the limit is 0.308 dia., then yes 

[nickmarch]

2 minutes ago, Lunatic said:

I know very little about guns but if 7.62 is in mm then no if the limit is 0.30 dia. If the limit is 0.308 dia., then yes 

7.62mm =.30

Edited January 24, 2020 by nickmarch

[MGHunter66]

1 minute ago, Lunatic said:

I know very little about guns but if 7.62 is in mm then no if the limit is 0.30 dia. If the limit is 0.308 dia., then yes 

But if the 7.62 is .308 then wouldn’t it be called 30 caliber for reference?

[vdep217]

1 minute ago, Lunatic said:

I know very little about guns but if 7.62 is in mm then no if the limit is 0.30 dia. If the limit is 0.308 dia., then yes 

30 caliber guns shoot a .308 bullet.  Just like a 22 caliber shoots a .224 bullet

[BowhunterNJ]

It's all about land-to-land bore diameter

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Caliber: In Firearms, the diameter of the bore measured from land to land, usually expressed in hundredths of an inch (.22 cal) or in millimeters (9mm). In ammunition, a naming system that indicates cartridge dimensions as well as bore diameters, and can be the same as the Firearm caliber.

The firearm itself is .30 caliber land-to-land bore diameter and capable of firing .30 caliber bullets of which are .308" diameter.  Similarly 7.62mm is the metric measurement for the land-to-land bore diameter of the firearm which also fire bullets that are .308" diameter.

X = .30"

 

 

 

[nickmarch]

3 minutes ago, MGHunter66 said:

But if the 7.62 is .308 then wouldn’t it be called 30 caliber for reference?

.308=7.8232mm

[BowhunterNJ]

Merged topics, no sense in having two of the same convos going on.

[Lunatic]

 

8 minutes ago, MGHunter66 said:

But if the 7.62 is .308 then wouldn’t it be called 30 caliber for reference?

I don't know but I was wrong the  7.62 is exactly 0.30" so its good at the range

[BowhunterNJ]

2 minutes ago, Lunatic said:

I was wrong

I just wanted to capture this in a quote as a milestone in NJW&W history where @Lunatic admitted he was wrong

[Lunatic]

10 minutes ago, nickmarch said:

.308=7.8232mm

7.62 = 0.30 not .308

7.62/25.4=0.30

[MGHunter66]

8 minutes ago, nickmarch said:

.308=7.8232mm

7.62 loads/shoots a .308 bullet... thus 30 caliber

[nickmarch]

1 minute ago, Lunatic said:

7.62 = 0.30 not .308

7.62/25.4=0.30

??? 

[vdep217]

6 minutes ago, Lunatic said:

 

I don't know but I was wrong the  7.62 is exactly 0.30" so its good at the range

But 7.62 shoots a larger diameter bullet.  7.62x39 actually shoots a .311 or .312bullet 7.62x54 r shoots .308

Edited January 24, 2020 by vdep217

[nickmarch]

1 minute ago, MGHunter66 said:

7.62 loads/shoots a .308 bullet... thus 30 caliber

I just showing mms and inchs