"dsi1" wrote in message
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On Monday, February 15, 2021 at 8:10:58 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> "Bruce" wrote in message news > On Sun, 14 Feb 2021 15:59:09 -0500, Sheldon Martin >
> wrote:
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> >On Sun, 14 Feb 2021 14:18:51 -0500, David Crossley
> > wrote:
> >
> >>In article >,
> >>says...
> >>>
> >>> Everything is usually 12 gauge. So what's your point?
> >>>
> >>Exactly, what kind of sissy uses a 16 gauge anyway?
> >
> >A 16 GA. IS A SISSY GUAGE... MAY AS WELL USE 20 GA.
> >The lower the gauge the more powerful. None of yoose use firearms.
>
> Get over yourself, you were just a cook in the navy.
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>
> Lower gauge is rarely more powerful. Power i.e. energy delivered is a
> multiple of projectile weight and velocity. With firearms a larger calibre
> e.g. .308/7.62 is not as fast as a .223/5.56 but delivered energy is far
> greater. If you want a huge difference look at the hitting power of a .50
> cal. In Shotguns a 12 gauge slug is massively bigger and with a more
> powerful punch than a 20 or even smaller .410, Lower gauge is more
> powerful
> is totally wrong.

What you say is true. OTOH, I think people are thinking in terms of the
gauge number instead of bore size i.e., a bore size with a higher number
will be less powerful than one with a lower number.

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Ah OK, so not the 'smaller' the Gauge, just the lower the gauge 'number' and
only in that case in relation to shotguns. See over here shotguns and
firearms are classed differently e.g. we have a shotgun certificate for
smoothbore guns or a firearms licence for those with rifling. But then we
also refer to 12/16/20 Bore rather than gauge. Different strokes for
different folks!

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