Bluto said:
Gunny456 said:
Calling a .308 and .30-06 a different "Caliber".
Ha! Yep, when you hear that, you have to decide, do I want to go full cartridge nomenclature snob on this person or just let it ride!
This is pretty much an exclusive to the OB issue where one has to be the most right and most righteous above everybody else.
In almost every single normal conversation when somebody is asking about, bragging about, talking about, etc. a rifle or pistol "what caliber" is amongst the most commonly asked questions or descriptions about the gun. And the response is always a specific chambering that is universally understood.
Same with shotguns - nobody asks what the actual chamber is when you say "12 gauge" or "20 gauge", although specifying the length of the chamber would be the "correct" way to describe the shotgun specifics. After all the gauge is nothing more than the ratio of the barrel diameter to how many balls of that diameter can be cast from 1 lb of lead.