REALLY The Smallest Working Firearm - Page 2

P95Carry · January 13th, 2006, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by jarhead79

What's it shooting? .22 shorts???

Jar - no - way smaller!! Special stuff - see my image grab below -

Quote:

Wonder the price ?

Bud - don't even think about it!! $5k may be close!!

Bud White · January 13th, 2006, 11:18 PM

i was thinking 7500 or so

P95Carry · January 13th, 2006, 11:21 PM

Here's a graph of the trajectory info - guess still give you a pin ***** at 25 yards - on a good day

Hmmm - maybe even $10k - gonna be real spendy that's a given!

Bud White · January 13th, 2006, 11:25 PM

Alright how far is 112.5 meters I refuse to do the metric system more than i have to i want it in yards.

P95Carry · January 13th, 2006, 11:27 PM

125 yards Bud!!!!!

(375 feet!)

P95Carry · January 13th, 2006, 11:55 PM

Let's go other end of the scale too!! My ''corrected'' version of the UN gun!

Euclidean · January 14th, 2006, 12:08 AM

A yard and a meter are roughly the same (although the difference is significant, treating them as the same can help one gain a sense of size or scale).

0 degrees Celsius is where water freezes, 100 degrees Celsius is where it boils, and 20-25 degrees is typically comfortable room temperature.

A quart and a liter are pretty close.

1 kilogram is roughly 2 pounds.*

A millimeter can be thought of as the width of your fingernail, a centimeter can be thought of as the width of your finger, a decimeter can be thought of as the width of your hand, and a meter as the length of your arm. This one works best on an adult woman in my experience.

Note that these are not conversion factors. These are only little tidbits I've collected and taught over the years to math and science students who have no sense of scale with the metric system. The purpose here is to give you something to relate it to, so a distance like 300 meters has some sort of meaning to you because you can compare it to something.

Then remember that 1 inch is 2.54 centimeters, and that 1 L = 1000 mL = 1000 cc = 1 cubic decimeter, and that 1 L of water is 1 kg.

*I'm aware that it's a bit misleading to compare a unit of mass to a unit of weight, but it's the only thing that seems to make any sense to people! The proper comparison should be grams to slugs or pounds to Newtons, but no one uses slugs or Newtons very much in the general public!

QKShooter · January 14th, 2006, 12:19 AM

Bud White · January 14th, 2006, 12:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Euclidean

A yard and a meter are roughly the same (although the difference is significant, treating them as the same can help one gain a sense of size or scale).

0 degrees Celsius is where water freezes, 100 degrees Celsius is where it boils, and 20-25 degrees is typically comfortable room temperature.

A quart and a liter are pretty close.

1 kilogram is roughly 2 pounds.*

A millimeter can be thought of as the width of your fingernail, a centimeter can be thought of as the width of your finger, a decimeter can be thought of as the width of your hand, and a meter as the length of your arm. This one works best on an adult woman in my experience.

Note that these are not conversion factors. These are only little tidbits I've collected and taught over the years to math and science students who have no sense of scale with the metric system. The purpose here is to give you something to relate it to, so a distance like 300 meters has some sort of meaning to you because you can compare it to something.

Then remember that 1 inch is 2.54 centimeters, and that 1 L = 1000 mL = 1000 cc = 1 cubic decimeter, and that 1 L of water is 1 kg.

*I'm aware that it's a bit misleading to compare a unit of mass to a unit of weight, but it's the only thing that seems to make any sense to people! The proper comparison should be grams to slugs or pounds to Newtons, but no one uses slugs or Newtons very much in the general public!

Not to be mean Euc but when meters come up again im gonna ask for it in feet or yards again you dont expect me to really rember all that stuff do ya?

Would get crowded with all the part#s i got to rember for work

Euclidean · January 14th, 2006, 12:27 AM

I've made eighth graders remember it.

January 13th, 2006, 11:27 PM	#15
P95Carry Assistant Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: South West PA Posts: 25,366	125 yards Bud!!!!! (375 feet!) __________________ Chris - P95 NRA Certified Instructor & NRA Life Member. "To own a gun and assume that you are armed is like owning a piano and assuming that you are a musician!." If a BG dies as the result of pointing a gun at me, then he has merely succumbed to an occupational hazard of being a thug

January 13th, 2006, 11:55 PM	#16
P95Carry Assistant Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: South West PA Posts: 25,366	Let's go other end of the scale too!! My ''corrected'' version of the UN gun! __________________ Chris - P95 NRA Certified Instructor & NRA Life Member. "To own a gun and assume that you are armed is like owning a piano and assuming that you are a musician!." If a BG dies as the result of pointing a gun at me, then he has merely succumbed to an occupational hazard of being a thug

January 14th, 2006, 12:08 AM	#17
Euclidean VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 3,213	For the Metric Challenged A yard and a meter are roughly the same (although the difference is significant, treating them as the same can help one gain a sense of size or scale). 0 degrees Celsius is where water freezes, 100 degrees Celsius is where it boils, and 20-25 degrees is typically comfortable room temperature. A quart and a liter are pretty close. 1 kilogram is roughly 2 pounds.* A millimeter can be thought of as the width of your fingernail, a centimeter can be thought of as the width of your finger, a decimeter can be thought of as the width of your hand, and a meter as the length of your arm. This one works best on an adult woman in my experience. Note that these are not conversion factors. These are only little tidbits I've collected and taught over the years to math and science students who have no sense of scale with the metric system. The purpose here is to give you something to relate it to, so a distance like 300 meters has some sort of meaning to you because you can compare it to something. Then remember that 1 inch is 2.54 centimeters, and that 1 L = 1000 mL = 1000 cc = 1 cubic decimeter, and that 1 L of water is 1 kg. *I'm aware that it's a bit misleading to compare a unit of mass to a unit of weight, but it's the only thing that seems to make any sense to people! The proper comparison should be grams to slugs or pounds to Newtons, but no one uses slugs or Newtons very much in the general public! __________________ I am The Armed Educator.

January 14th, 2006, 12:19 AM	#18
QKShooter Assistant Administrator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Off Of The X Posts: 20,000	I Like This Pic ~ Who Made This Holster? __________________

January 14th, 2006, 12:27 AM	#20
Euclidean VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 3,213	I've made eighth graders remember it. __________________ I am The Armed Educator.

January 13th, 2006, 11:18 PM	#12
Bud White VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Elsewhere Posts: 17,476	i was thinking 7500 or so

January 13th, 2006, 11:25 PM	#14
Bud White VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Elsewhere Posts: 17,476	Alright how far is 112.5 meters I refuse to do the metric system more than i have to i want it in yards.

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