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Twenty two or sometimes two-two.

Do I have to go back to Merry Old England again to teach you the correct terminology sign01

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Patrick

Joe,
are still hunting WEASELS ? ... that one that got away from us will always be a hell of a memory ... that one really DANCED around trying to avoid you from killing him :lol:

Patrick

Patrick me old fruit bat, me old soup tureen, me old cruet set, me old geegaw collector and pith helmet polisher, I think you have your answer.

Perhaps to help you remember the correct way, two two is a calibre twenty two is a number.

Two countries separated by a common language. :lol:

It's a two two, unless it's a ten/twenty two sign01

I generally say "two two", but just to throw a cat in among the pigeons here I'd say that "twenty two" is more correct strictly speaking, as it's a "22" (twenty two) calibre and NOT a ".22" (point two two) calibre bullet that it fires. One calibre is a hundredth of an inch, so 22 calibre is a shade over five and a half millimetres; on the other hand, .22 calibre is about half the thickness of a piece of paper.

*duck and cover*

Cheers,

Gaz

GazMorris wrote:I generally say "two two", but just to throw a cat in among the pigeons here I'd say that "twenty two" is more correct strictly speaking, as it's a "22" (twenty two) calibre and NOT a ".22" (point two two) calibre bullet that it fires. One calibre is a hundredth of an inch, so 22 calibre is a shade over five and a half millimetres; on the other hand, .22 calibre is about half the thickness of a piece of paper.

*duck and cover*

Cheers,

Gaz

What?!

Its a .222" projectile... So how would one caliber be 100/in?

Wikipedia Caliber Page wrote:When the barrel diameter is given in inches, the abbreviation "cal" is used in place of "inches." For example, a small bore rifle with a diameter of 0.22 inch is a .22 cal; however, the decimal point is generally dropped when spoken, making it "twenty-two caliber" or a "two-two caliber".

Its a sticky question really, and I had a think about it again after posting...

We say three-oh-eight, or two-two-three not three-hundred and eight, and two-hundred and twenty three... and we say one-seven hmr, not seventeen hmr...

but then theres the odd ball like the thirty odd (or oh) six... where its 2 digits and its thirty... however, I imagine thats something adopted from the yanks....

I say stick with two-two : just seems more... right.

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Dave

What does that make a trigger job on a rim fire?...

TattooedGun wrote: What?!

Its a .222" projectile... So how would one caliber be 100/in?

Wikipedia Caliber Page wrote:When the barrel diameter is given in inches, the abbreviation "cal" is used in place of "inches." For example, a small bore rifle with a diameter of 0.22 inch is a .22 cal; however, the decimal point is generally dropped when spoken, making it "twenty-two caliber" or a "two-two caliber".

Umm, because it's an approximation. After all 308 bullets are generally referred to as 30 calibre and not 31 calibre, no?

I'm abroad at the moment, so I can't go and dig out the relevant passage from one of the reference texts on the subject; however as something for thought in the meantime look at the following images of Sierra, Berger, JLK, Hornady and Nosler bullet boxes...

http://www.biggamehunt.net/graphics/pho ... ierra1.jpg
http://www.gunreports.com/media/newspic ... es-500.jpg
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg22 ... LK70GR.jpg
http://www.sportsmanswarehouse.com/img/ ... 4919_1.jpg
http://images.bizrate.com/resize?sq=300&uid=2331036943

...and tell me what you notice about the bits where it says xyz calibre. Yup, no decimal point in any case. Coincidence? I think not.

Cheers,

Gaz