As far as I understand, a .44 (rifled handgun or regular rifle) caliber is fairly accurate. Okay, I also understand that caliber is actually hundredths or thousandths of an inch so that a .22 is a little shy of 1/4 of an inch, .45 is almost a half inch, etc. Got that. What I am confused about is why an itsy bitsy single hundredth of an inch (.01")--which is the difference in diameter between a .44 and a .45 (as far as I understand it)-- makes such a difference in velocity and accuracy!!! I mean a .44 is as I said earlier, fairly accurate and yet a .45 is not supposed to be accurate beyond like 50 yards!! WHY??? This makes no sense to me!! How is it possible that so small a difference is crucial between these two calibers and yet you can, if you want, shoot a .38 bullet out of a .357 handgun which is a much bigger difference than the other two! Help!!
2007-03-19
13:27:02
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MICHAEL C
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