Whatver, punt guns

why is 20 smaller than 12?

How many balls of lead you can make the diameter of the barrel from a pound of lead.

It's the same measurement as 'bore' for rifles.

So if you take a pound of lead, you can make 20 perfect spheres of 20 gauge diameter, but only 12 spheres for 12 gauge diameter, 8 for 8 gauge, and so on.

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that makes now thanks alot @Somi

I've been wondering what that meant for a while

It's a bit counter intuitive until you've been explained how it works.

's back from the time of muzzle loading and casting your own bullets and such.

I highly recommend a series on YT called 'Shotguns 101'

By Synchronizor.

If it was just the bore diamater, it would have made way more sense

That's only the case with the smallest shotgun shell, .410.

Which is, as you might imagine, .410 in diameter.

how many gauges is that?

67 gauge.

jesus

The thing about shotgun shells is that not just the gauge but also the shell length matters

Loading a 3" shell into a gun that only supports a 2 3/4" shell is begging for long term, or even short term, problems.

(Vice versa is just fine)

@Somi did you stop being a patron?

No?

In fact, I upgraded from a custom 2.5 to 5 dollars a month to access the first tier of Sargon's patreon rooms on Athens.

I'd donate, but I have a few people I'm not donating to that I kinda wanna prioritise before donating to sargon.

Very educational on the gages @Somi

I'll admit while I knew somewhat, how the guage system worked I did learn something today

but then it took me ages to learn what "calibers" meant when referring to gun lenght

Well, let's share that with people then: Often, with cannons, especially the very large ones, you'll find indications such as '8.8cm L/71' or just generally '8"/43'

The '/number' figure indicates the length of the barrel in caliber diameters. So, for example, the feared German 88mm gun fitted in the King Tiger tanks, the KwK43 8.8cm L/71, means 'Kampfwagen Kanone (tank cannon), 88 millimeter caliber, barrel length 88x71 mm'.

Very educational. I will do my best to store this away for later use.

I'm practically always available for any questions related to firearms, or weaponry in general, from antiquity to modern day, and from small arms to strategic nukes.

I have been here for one day and already found several new types of ammo and guns I want/need.

For those into vidya gaems

Shotgun in Halo is 8 gauge.

If people want to get learned, just ping me.

I used to enjoy shotguns in fps ***shooters*** when I played them more.

I was never a fan of shotguns in fps

It's a bit redundent to write `fps shooter`

I liked a lot of weapons, but enjoyed the one hit from point blank.

you do know what the s in fps stands for right?