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    I was waiting to be cleared to go on base at the security gate. The TV was tuned to the yokel Forks News, when what to my wondering eyes did appear but a bumbling ticker tape crawl to the rear.

    Local elementary school locked down!

    8 year old student finds gun, puts in backpack to turn over to authorities!

    Mother finds 25 mm automatic handgun laying in crosswalk near school!



    Erm... 25 mm? That's a one inch bore! Talk about a tear your arm off and beat you with it gun.

    I don't think Roockii and Schvartzenooger combined could hang on to that puppy.
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  • #2
    The only thing that i can think of is that it is a Paintball gun, of some sort...

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    • #3
      Your story reminds me of this.

      Okay, you're going to go for the commentary by the utterly pathetic Jean Teasdale on the side of the page. Admit it.
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      • #4
        Quoth Kazim View Post
        The only thing that i can think of is that it is a Paintball gun, of some sort...
        Nope. real live firearms, fortunately unloaded, that some doof forgot on top of their car.
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        • #5
          In that case the term "Hand Cannon" gets a whole new meaning :P

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          • #6
            Quoth Kazim View Post
            In that case the term "Hand Cannon" gets a whole new meaning :P
            Hints: It wasn't a hand cannon. It was a real gun, but more of a purse/pocket pistol.
            I am not an a**hole. I am a hemorrhoid. I irritate a**holes!
            Procrastination: Forward planning to insure there is something to do tomorrow.
            Derails threads faster than a pocket nuke.

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            • #7
              Math fail. That pesky little decimal actually means something.

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              • #8
                Now all I can picture is a "purse popper" with a tripod mount...
                "If your day is filled with firefighting, you need to start taking the matches away from the toddlers…” - HM

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                • #9
                  I think they probably mis-reported it, and meant .25 caliber, which seems to be growing in popularity both among the thug class and concealed carry folks. I think they call them cannons above 20mm.
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                  • #10
                    Yeah... .25 sounds more reasonable.
                    I don't know if they make any handgun rounds bigger than the 50 cal... and if they did i'd hate to see what they cost!


                    Sounds like the reporters were confusing their calibers. Most handgun rounds are actually referred to by the diameter in inches - like .22, .25, .38, .40, or a .45 - while the 9mm is named for its circumference instead (the diameter is .35). But since the 9mm was popularized by police & military contracts it's become the most popular caliber at the moment.


                    Edit: Wait! I found it! 25mm ammunition! It exists.



                    However... I don't think you're going to find a handgun that can withstand that kind of power.
                    Last edited by PepperElf; 02-06-2012, 07:01 PM.

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                    • #11
                      Quoth PepperElf View Post
                      Sounds like the reporters were confusing their calibers. Most handgun rounds are actually referred to by the diameter in inches - like .22, .25, .38, .40, or a .45 - while the 9mm is named for its circumference instead (the diameter is .35). But since the 9mm was popularized by police & military contracts it's become the most popular caliber at the moment.
                      9mm is also the diameter, not the circumference (.35 is 9mm converted into inches). If the circumference were 9mm, the diameter would be roughly .11 inches - smaller than a BB. Metric calibers either originated in Europe, or (for the military 7.62 mm NATO and 5.56 mm NATO) are used in both North America and Europe.

                      With shotguns, except for .410 (which is the bore in inches), the "gauge" refers to how many solid balls to fit the bore (don't try this with a choked shotgun - cylinder bores only) can be made from a pound of lead. After all, shotguns are the direct descendant of the smooth-bore musket (although those tended to have their caliber given in inches).
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                      • #12
                        25mm is huge.... the picture doesn't show it but they are about 4" long IIRC. When we fired off our 25mm cannon the entire ship rocked....

                        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M242_Bushmaster

                        it took 2 people to just lift the barrel... You aren't going to have a pistol version of that thing.

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                        • #13
                          9mm is also the diameter, not the circumference (.35 is 9mm converted into inches). If the circumference were 9mm, the diameter would be roughly .11 inches - smaller than a BB. Metric calibers either originated in Europe, or (for the military 7.62 mm NATO and 5.56 mm NATO) are used in both North America and Europe.
                          oops.

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                          • #14
                            Whereas a .25 calibre is a teeny tiny thing.

                            http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.25_ACP
                            http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beretta_418 <- Ian Fleming gave Bond one of these, originally XD

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                            • #15
                              I just saw in LawDog's blog a link to a video showing how to convert a shotgun shell into a .70 slug. Basically the shell is modified so the whole business goes flying out the barrel in one piece, rather than bursting and spraying shot like it's supposed to. Don't blame me if you break your gun trying this, though... http://thelawdogfiles.blogspot.com/2012/02/ringers.html

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