Couldn't be more OT if it tried! Re: (OT, in a way...)

From: Jack Peacock <peacock_at_simconv.com>
Date: Tue Jun 16 12:12:02 1998

-----Original Message-----
> Well if you want to be exact, the .308 and 7.62mm rounds are two
>different things! .308 is the commercial designation and 7.62mm is
the
>military designation and the two rounds are slightly different. Many

There are numerous .30 caliber rifles and pistols. I was referring to
the diameter. There is the .30-06 (WW I/II vintage), the .308 (late
50's, early Vietnam vintage, NATO), the 7.62x39 (Russian, Korea to
present), the .30-30 (the famous lever action Winchester of the late
1800s), the .300 Savage (first rifle to exceed 2000 fps, also late
1800s), the .30 M1 carbine (WW II vintage), the .300 Winchester Magnum,
the 7.62 Nagant, etc. All use the same basic diameter .308 bullet.
Received on Tue Jun 16 1998 - 12:12:02 BST