Astonishing Facts....

[tertius]

Digger said:

fomb said:

Last Visit said:

Only one person remains alive who was born in the 19th century. Nabi Tajima.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabi_Tajima

Not any more. She died.

I’m confused, she was born in 1900...

Which is the last year of the 19th century.

[Vaud]

tertius said:

Digger said:

fomb said:

Last Visit said:

Only one person remains alive who was born in the 19th century. Nabi Tajima.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabi_Tajima

Not any more. She died.

I’m confused, she was born in 1900...

Which is the last year of the 19th century.

Correct. The 19th century was a century that began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900.

[Mr2Mike]

glenrobbo said:

They took a long time to really take off because of the conveyer belt.

Also for a brief period they were named Jefferson Inconsequential Ballistic Missile.

Jefferson Aircraft?
Nonsequiteur, have a virtual cigar from me.

They tried Jefferson Hovercraft, but it floundered a bit and never really took off.

[Saleen836]

The new Farm Foods advert with the Hoff, as tacky and naff that it is the blonde playing the part of his fiance is actually his fiance!
he is 63 she is 36, they met when she asked for his autograph

[Ayahuasca]

At any given moment there are more than 1,000 Boeing 737s in the air.

[Ayahuasca]

You cannot fold a piece of paper in half more than seven times.

[Digger]

Ayahuasca said:

You cannot fold a piece of paper in half more than seven times.

Tracing paper you can...

Maybe.

[anonymous-user]

Dixy said:

All the water on the planet has probably come down as rain thousands of times.

All of the water on the planet has passed through dinosaurs

[Dr Jekyll]

Any glass of water you drink now probably contains some water that was in Julius Caesar's last pee.

[Ayahuasca]

Dr Jekyll said:

Any glass of water you drink now probably contains some water that was in Julius Caesar's last pee.

Any lungful of air that you breathe now probably contains some air that was in Hitler's last breath.

[Digger]

Inhale Hitler...

[louiechevy]

A rifle barrel depending on the calibre will last at most about ten seconds of actual shooting before it's worn out. Some calibre rifles with higher muzzle velocities even less!

[Zoobeef]

louiechevy said:

A rifle barrel depending on the calibre will last at most about ten seconds of actual shooting before it's worn out. Some calibre rifles with higher muzzle velocities even less!

I think we need more information on this. As if it's as straight forward as what you say then I'm skeptical.

[Ayahuasca]

louiechevy said:

A rifle barrel depending on the calibre will last at most about ten seconds of actual shooting before it's worn out. Some calibre rifles with higher muzzle velocities even less!

For the mighty SLR that works out at 15,385 rounds, or 769 magazines worth. Should be enough for most purposes!

[tumble dryer]

Zoobeef said:

louiechevy said:

A rifle barrel depending on the calibre will last at most about ten seconds of actual shooting before it's worn out. Some calibre rifles with higher muzzle velocities even less!

I think we need more information on this. As if it's as straight forward as what you say then I'm skeptical.

Thinking about it, collective time actually spent in the barrel probably adds up, in seconds, to a serious amount of shooting.

[Ayahuasca]

There is only one dinosaur fossil for every 10,000 years of history. Nobody knows what lived on earth for the vast majority of its history.

[Zoobeef]

tumble dryer said:

Zoobeef said:

louiechevy said:

A rifle barrel depending on the calibre will last at most about ten seconds of actual shooting before it's worn out. Some calibre rifles with higher muzzle velocities even less!

I think we need more information on this. As if it's as straight forward as what you say then I'm skeptical.

Thinking about it, collective time actually spent in the barrel probably adds up, in seconds, to a serious amount of shooting.

That's what I mean, I assume bullet moving in barrel rather than finger on trigger. Although I bet most GPMGs are over 10 seconds nowadays.

[Ayahuasca]

tumble dryer said:

Thinking about it, collective time actually spent in the barrel probably adds up, in seconds, to a serious amount of shooting.

Yes, I already worked it out for you!

[Ayahuasca]

Zoobeef said:

That's what I mean, I assume bullet moving in barrel rather than finger on trigger. Although I bet most GPMGs are over 10 seconds nowadays.

GPMGs have changeable barrels. Maybe they all have new ones now.

[louiechevy]

The actual time the bullet is in the barrel for is a small fraction of a second, especially with muzzle velocities over three thousand meters a second. Put five or ten thousand rounds down the barrel it's pretty much worn out. A few years ago I had the barrel replaced on my 1916 Lee Enfield and the gun Smith who replaced it gave my this bit of information. Also telling me that on firing the pressure in the breach is over fifty thousand psi!

It's even worse with tank guns the challenger 2 main gun is good for about 1500 rounds before it needs replacing!

Edited by louiechevy on Tuesday 24th April 21:14