If .50 calibre takes off....

[Buddha 3]

i have to pace out metres.....

despite going through a metric education system, anything beyond small measures i do in Imperial.

That's just because your "thing" sounds bigger in centimeters, right?

Phnar....


Okay, I'll shut up.

 

[TheGurkha]

fit even more in gurk!

that was my first thought, but it wont work :-( nex internals me thinks (although thinking about it, i'd need a whole new system!!)

 

[John C]

Did not know that you could get a bullet that big fired out of a hand gun by gas?
And thats the same .50cal

LOL

Thats the difference between gas operated and gas powered.


Im no gun nut, I shall confirm this with a friend who is. But im pretty certain they mean the hot gasses from the bullet are used to re **** the loading mechanism.
The energy is still stored in the gunpowder.

Of course you may be joking in which case egg and my face are in alignment.