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August 30th, 2003, 10:22 AM
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Re: where did the 50BMG go?
oh, so that's what it is.
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September 3rd, 2003, 05:05 AM
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Re: where did the 50BMG go?
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September 3rd, 2003, 07:59 AM
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Re: where did the 50BMG go?
The "Bullet" was a 7.62mm round (or a 308 for you Americans) not a 50 cal. If it was a 50 cal it was a rather poorly distorted Version of one.
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September 3rd, 2003, 05:19 PM
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Re: where did the 50BMG go?
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Originally posted by Tigbit:
The "Bullet" was a 7.62mm round (or a 308 for you Americans) not a 50 cal. If it was a 50 cal it was a rather poorly distorted Version of one.
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No way! The case has almost no neck and the diameter is too small when compaired to the length. (Actually, I think it was just a drawing of a generic round) It is much closer to a high-velocity artillery round. I have a large shell casing that looks exactly like the one in the picture (no round of course) It is about 100mm at the neck and perhaps 150 to 175mm an the base and stands about 30 inches high.
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To us Yanks, it would be 7.62 NATO
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September 3rd, 2003, 05:38 PM
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Re: where did the 50BMG go?
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Originally posted by Thermodyne:
quote:
Originally posted by Tigbit:
The "Bullet" was a 7.62mm round (or a 308 for you Americans) not a 50 cal. If it was a 50 cal it was a rather poorly distorted Version of one.
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No way! The case has almost no neck and the diameter is too small when compaired to the length. (Actually, I think it was just a drawing of a generic round) It is much closer to a high-velocity artillery round. I have a large shell casing that looks exactly like the one in the picture (no round of course) It is about 100mm at the neck and perhaps 150 to 175mm an the base and stands about 30 inches high.
Small arms cartridge specs http://www.reloadbench.com/cart.html
To us Yanks, it would be 7.62 NATO
Yer smoking gunpowder. It's definitly not an arty round. It does actually have characteristics of a few different types now that I think hard about it. In all liklihood it's not even taken from a real round. Still looks more like the 7.62. I have an unspeant one I took from range a long time ago... wish I could remember where it is.
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September 3rd, 2003, 05:43 PM
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Re: where did the 50BMG go?
I might have inhaled more than my share of cordite, but it aint a 308. I’ve fired thousands of them and they all had necks that were about 8mm long and more than the diameter of the round. The neck in the picture is about 1/6 the diameter of the round.
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September 3rd, 2003, 06:05 PM
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Re: where did the 50BMG go?
You are right, the round is smaller than the casing... but it is still not an arty round.
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September 3rd, 2003, 09:06 PM
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Re: where did the 50BMG go?
Ya know....they could have just made it up....ya know a "wild cat" round 
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September 5th, 2003, 07:11 AM
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Re: where did the 50BMG go?
i think Mottlee might have got it.
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