Does it bother you?

[Alpo]

When people do not use the decimal when writing about calibers?

People get so upset about the silliest things. "There's no such thing as 45 LONG Colt." "It's not a CLIP, dammit, it's a MAGAZINE."

So, when someone says they bought a new 22 rifle, or got themselves a sweet 45 auto, does it annoy?

It does not bother me - probably because I do that myself. I own 22s, 38, 357s, but I never write the decimal point.

Although it makes me laugh when I see reference to a .12 gauge shotgun or a .9mm pistol.

Metrics without the point does tend to bother me. 223 is fine, but 556 isn't. Should be 5.56.

 

[OLDNAVYMCPO]

The other night on one of those NCIS type documentaries, the reporter kept stating that the shotgun found in the perps procession was the same caliber as the one used in the murders. Drove me insane.

 

[Maze 686]

Doesn't bother me a bit.
Just don't call soda, "pop ".

 

[ibewbull]

It bothers me more to see the guns marked with just .22
I miss old .22 S,L,LR
I also miss the $.45 .22 shorts and the $0.75 Long Rifle.
The .22 Long , well I don't miss it at all.

How about the 13MM Gyro Jet Rocket round?

SODA, POP or SODA-POP fine don't call an orange soda a Coke.

Plus the stuff coming out the faucet in NJ isn't wooder. I didn't learn English until I moved out of Jersey 1972.Thank God for spell check or I still would not spell correctly.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

There are plenty of things that bother me a lot.
So I don't need to get upset about any of this!

 

[1morethan8]

"SODA, POP or SODA-POP fine don't call an orange soda a Coke."

But, that's one way us Rebs can spot a Yankee!

 

[elm_creek_smith]

"SODA, POP or SODA-POP fine don't call an orange soda a Coke."

But, that's one way us Rebs can spot a Yankee!

"What kind of Coke do you want?"

"I'll have a Dr Pepper!"

 

[indiandave]

Doesn't bother me a bit.
Just don't call soda, "pop ".

I've always called it pop. It's more of a Midwestern thing I guess, but in Western Pennsylvania we called it pop.

 

[redlevel]

When I was growing up, there were three kinds of col' dranks; Co'Cola, R-uh-C Co"Cola, and NEHI, either orange or grape.

 

[Alpo]

Trying to remember where I heard that. Some comic, I think, on the radio. Jerry Clower, maybe. An "R-o-C Co'Cola and a moon pie."

 

[redlevel]

By the way, that's pronounced "cole drank," and that means the reference is to a carbonated beverage, as opposed to "eyes watuh."

"Gimme one'em cole dranks to drank with this yere 'loney meat sammich."

"I ain't got no cole dranks, jes' eyes watuh."

 

[DeadAye]

When people do not use the decimal when writing about calibers?

People get so upset about the silliest things. "There's no such thing as 45 LONG Colt." "It's not a CLIP, dammit, it's a MAGAZINE."

So, when someone says they bought a new 22 rifle, or got themselves a sweet 45 auto, does it annoy?

It does not bother me - probably because I do that myself. I own 22s, 38, 357s, but I never write the decimal point.

Although it makes me laugh when I see reference to a .12 gauge shotgun or a .9mm pistol.

Metrics without the point does tend to bother me. 223 is fine, but 556 isn't. Should be 5.56.

But clips ARE clips..... Just sayin'

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Did somebody say NEHI? They made more flavors than just about anybody.
Dr. Nehi (Dr. Pepper-like flavor)
Nehi Blue Raspberry
Nehi Chocolate
Nehi Root Beer
Nehi Berks County Root Beer
Nehi Lemonade
Nehi Wild Berry
Nehi Grape
Nehi Peach
Nehi Strawberry
Nehi Orange
Nehi Berry
Nehi Blue Ice Cream
Nehi Ginger Ale
Nehi Fruit Punch
Nehi Blueberry
Nehi Watermelon
Nehi Lime-lemon
Nehi Diet Lime
Nehi Cherry
Nehi Blue Cream
Nehi Red
Nehi Pineapple
Nehi Birch Beer
Nehi Black Cherry
Nehi Bounce ("almond-flavored cola")
Nehi Cola
Nehi Cream Soda
Nehi Grape Punch
Nehi Grapefruit
Nehi Lemon
Nehi Lemon Sour
Nehi Luau
Nehi Orange-Ade
Nehi Sangria
Nehi Sarsaparilla
Nehi Sparkling Water
Nehi Monkey
Nehi Upper 10 (with lithium)[2]
Notice there is a Cola. Interesting, as they were owned by Royal Crown Cola, 'RC'

Down South, these were sometimes called 'belly washers'.

 

[Alpo]

But clips ARE clips..... Just sayin'

I agree. And a revolver is a pistol, and I shoot 45 Long Colt in several of mine.

But some folks get upset about it.

 

[Jessie]

I don't understand the 22/556 or .22/5.56 part.
They both are quantifying the fraction of an inch/millimeter.
Why does one bother you but not the other?

Actually, why does either one bother you? You know what they're referring to.

 

[DR505]

It is spaghetti SAUCE. Not GRAVY!

 

[Oddball]

Stuff like that used to bother me also but I got over it. Life is too short.

 

[DR505]

I am precise when testifying in court. But on the internet? I will look more favorably upon the writer's words when they are precise and take the time to be factually correct, but I don't expect it.

 

[JohnSW]

writing about calibers?

Isn't caliber supposed to be the diameter of a bullet? If so, why isn't a .357 called a .38 Magnum?

 

[Mcwsky09]

I don't understand the 22/556 or .22/5.56 part.
They both are quantifying the fraction of an inch/millimeter.
Why does one bother you but not the other?

Actually, why does either one bother you? You know what they're referring to.

Perhaps because a leading or trailing decimal can be implied but the decimal in 5.56 is not when in written form - though often omitted in spoken communication. Although I don't think I have every heard in called Five Hundred Fifty Six - as that would imply the decimal is either leading or trailing - whereas saying Five-Five-Six can imply the decimal.

Mathematically calibers should be written as 0.22 and 0.45 if you really wanted to prim an proper - and 9.0mm. But then the nomenclature, although derived from mathematical measurements become labels unto themselves that don't necessarily always correspond exactly the mathematical quantity indicated.

If someone is communicating effectively but happens to use the technically incorrect term on occasion it does not bother me - what does bother me a bit is when people (especially the media) insist on repeatedly using numerous inaccurate terms without any effort to do the research and know what they are talking about.

In conversation if you say clip when you meant magazine - unless we are having a technical discussion about a particular firearm - I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. If you start talking about a shoulder thing that goes up I'll most likely just walk away.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hou0lU8WMgo

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Does 30- aught- 6 bother you guys?
30- awful - 6?
That round started life as the 30-03. That just don't sound right, does it?

 

[Aticus]

Since the decimal number describes the size of the bore in most cases; not using the decimal when speaking/writing about the caliber of ammunition doesn't bother me at all. 22 LR, 22 Long Rifle, 38 Special, 357 Magnum, 44 Magnum, 30-06, 308 Winchester are the generally accepted names of cartridges not caliber so no decimal is needed IMHO. Using the contraction of the number only is still a description of the cartridge not the caliber. Still doesn't bother me.

Rant over.

 

[Alpo]

I don't understand the 22/556 or .22/5.56 part.
They both are quantifying the fraction of an inch/millimeter.
Why does one bother you but not the other?

Actually, why does either one bother you? You know what they're referring to.

I don't know. I don't SAY the point - seven point sixty two by thirty nine. I just say seven sixty two. But when it's written, I want to see the point.

I guess I'm just weird.


Although, if I'm talking about a one-decimal-point metric, I do say the point - seven point nine by fifty seven. But if it's a two-decimal-point metric, I just say the numbers - seven sixty two NATO.

 

[shouldazagged]

I notice that kind of stuff, sure. But I'm old and tired, and have vastly more important things to be upset about.

These days I consider that kind of irritant to be half-vastly important.

 

[Smoke]

The other night on one of those NCIS type documentaries, the reporter kept stating that the shotgun found in the perps procession was the same caliber as the one used in the murders. Drove me insane.

I love it when the Medical Examiner on Castle takes a glance at the body and states authoritatively that "the vic" couldn't have been shot with a lowly 9MM but must have been done in by a much bigger round like a .357

 

[redlevel]

Isn't caliber supposed to be the diameter of a bullet? If so, why isn't a .357 called a .38 Magnum?

I was reading an old Jack Higgins book earlier this week. A character referred to a .38 magnum. The character was British, and I wondered if it was a Brit thing.

 

[BobC357]

No. Everybody knows what they're talking about and, a ga is not a factional part so a .12 gauge would be a might big bore! 12 gauge is the correct way to express it.

It doesn't bother me because it is understood. If somebody says "Chicago", is it wrong that they don't also say "Illinois, USA"? of course not. Everybody understand what Chicago is and, if they use it for the name of a different Chicago such as Chicago, Guatemala, then a fully qualified name should be used.

So, saying 270 Win is fine. If you are relating to the measurement, then .270 would be appropriate. Usually if you reference a Caliber, then the decimal is not used -- e.g., 270 cal.

If someone says they're shooting a 22, I know what they mean. If they say, "I went out to shoot my .22 today.", the sentence now has two periods and while grammatically correct, is awkward.

 

[rwsmith]

22 and 45

In informal settings if somebody says they bought a 22 or a 45 Colt, we all know what they're talking about and we can be pretty sure the other person does, too.

However, in a formal setting there is no reason not to state caliber exactly. A '22' is not the same thing as a .223 or 5.56. If a person is writing to a general audience, they need to have their info right.

 

[wbraswell]

OK, if Nehi made Red, Strawberry, and Cherry, why did they make the Raspberry blue? Monkey?

 

[feralmerril]

No, it doesnt bother me as long as I know what they mean. Now I am going back to my electric radio and listen to rush.