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THE IDEAL SYSTEM OF NUMBERING BULLETS | |
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THE IDEAL SYSTEM OF NUMBERING BULLETS
This system is much appreciated by sportsmen when once familiarized. There is very much of a mix up in the so-called calibers, causing many mistakes, some bullets being called .32 caliber that are smaller than the .30 calibers, while some .38 calibers are as large as .40 calibers. This, of course, is confusing and misleading to those who are not familiar with the subject, and the source of much trouble and many mistakes which may be avoided, if dealers or individuals will order by the numbers designated. The aim is to individualize the bullets with a certain number for each particular one and at the same time have the number of the bullet designate its standard diameter, also to inform people what arms use bullets of that particular standard size; for instance, when a person knows that the standard size of the bullet for his rifle is say .308, he will know that any of the variety of bullets numbered, whose first three figures is 308, will fit his arm, and with the assistance of the numbers and illustration, he can select the diameter, shape and weight of bullet, with which he may desire to experiment. Thus, all through the numbering, the first three figures of the number is the standard diameter (in thousandths) of the bullet it designates.
It must be remembered that the caliber of a rifle is the size of the smooth bore before it is rifled, and not the size of the bullet, as many suppose. If a rifle barrel is bored .30 caliber (.300) and rifled .004 of an inch deep, it will require a bullet .30 in diameter to fit to the bottom of the rifling. The .45 Government rifles are bored for .45 caliber (.450), but require a bullet .457 in diameter, on account of the depth of the rifling. The depth of rifling is varied by different manufacturers. Different depths of rifling will affect the fit of bullets, while the bore or caliber may be the same. There are, in fact, but very few rifled arms that are actually what they are called by calibers.
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