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I used to use that but have moved to 12ft-lbs as apparently that’s better.Originally Posted by bighit
Despite Brexit, I suspect moving to Joules would be easier.
I too get a bit OCD about this stuff. I think I have bored members before about various of my linguistic OCD things.
It’s not a foresight, it’s a front sight. That kind of thing.
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Everyone has to start somewhere and it's our duty to welcome them and bring them on in our sport.
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I do hope that no one mentions "should of" then
It's my pet hate!!!!
Dodgy Diana User
It’s not a telescopic sight. It’s possibly a telescope sight. It’s definitely an optical sight. Or a glass sight. Unless it is rubbish and has plastic lenses.
Open sights do not include aperture sights, because they are closed.
Sigh. Here I go again.
may also be employed in conjunction with a drawn reciprocation dingle arm, to reduce sinusoidal repleneration
It IS a 'telescope sight', and it is a graticule, not a reticule.
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"Wembley Ain't Rifle".....a pistol perhaps?
may also be employed in conjunction with a drawn reciprocation dingle arm, to reduce sinusoidal repleneration
I brought a pellet gun from a garage, with two springs, so when it is cocked, it is cocked twice, so the penertration is amazing, one dustbin and a Yellow Pages. It shoots 11.9 fart-pumps and the scopes on it means its range is 300 yards and the SAS (Special Army Soldiers) use this kind of gun on special missions where they can't have gunpowder (siege in a fireworks factory in a built-up area).
It will go right through a rabbits eye at 100 yards and its 2.2 so its more powerful.
Dodgy Diana User
Sadly, it appears that reticle, reticule, and graticule are synonyms.
Of course, cross-hairs aren’t made of hair any more.
As for “ball ammunition”....
The whole “bullet head” nonsense was the fault of UK dealers back when FAC holders could mail order ammo. Apparently people complained that they had thought they’d ordered fully-assembled cartridges, but only got bullet “heads” rather than the assembled ready-to-fire “bullets” (I.e. cartridges).
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I thought ball referred to the propellant, it being flat disk shaped
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Dodgy Diana User
Nope, it dates back to when muskets shot round balls. The name stuck - the first successful bullet for a rifle musket was called the Minie ball, even though it was a bullet, not a ball anymore.
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maths. ... ?
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Whenever I hear someone say “Can I have a one” or “I would like a one” I can hear my late Dad’s voice mimicking his Schoolmaster booming out “It’s not a one or a two boy – it’s “Can I have one!”
Funny that innit?
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I second that!!I do hope that no one mentions "should of" then
It's my pet hate!!!!
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RETICULE - a woman's small handbag, typically having a drawstring and decorated with embroidery or beading.
RETICLE - a pattern of fine lines or markings built into the eyepiece of a sighting device.
Although somewhat interchangable the correct word in English is I believe GRATICULE.....sounds so much nicer
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The grocer's apostrophe . . . . . . . . . . .
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