To: armyboy
Sorry, I'll have to correct your spelling for the non-shooters here.
The T-shirt says "671 grains of diplomacy".
I had to add the "R" in "grains".
For the people who have never seen it, it's a t-shirt of a sniper and a sniper rifle chambered for the .50 Browning Machine gun cartridge. The bullet alone weighs 671 grains. There are 7000 grains in a pound.
194 posted on
04/17/2004 8:07:39 PM PDT by
Shooter 2.5
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To: Shooter 2.5
thanks for catching that.
195 posted on
04/17/2004 8:15:36 PM PDT by
armyboy
(Posting from Sustainer Army Airfield Balad, Iraq. All Gave Some...Some Gave All.)
To: Shooter 2.5; armyboy
Actually, I doubt that the Marine snipers are using ball ammo in their work with the .50 caliber.
They're probably using the 750 grain match ammo if it's available.
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