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Re: pest control

The number in the description of a rifle (which is a gun with "rifling" or
curved grooves in the barrel to spin the bullet, making it more accurate)
designates the size of the bore.  A .3006, or "30 ought  6" if you want to
fit in with the crowd that will have them, shoots a bullet that is close to
a third of an inch in diameter.  Not something you'd go squirrel hunting
with--for that you use a .22.  Shotguns have an entirely different
classification scheme, with a 20 gauge being the squirrel gun and a 10 gauge
used mostly to break your arm when you try to shoot the thing.  This is
probably off-topic, but what the heck, I'm a red-neck so I don't know any
better anyway :)

BTW, this is a great group, we really enjoy you guys!

Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael D. Cook <mikecook@pipeline.com>
To: veggie-list@eskimo.com <veggie-list@eskimo.com>
Date: Monday, January 05, 1998 7:25 PM
Subject: Re: pest control


>At 07:02 PM 1/5/98 -0500, you wrote:
>.   But what  is a 30-60, or whatever it is, already?  -Lauren
>>B. Z6 NY
>>
>Hi, Lauren.  A 30.06 (or .30-06, I forget) is some kind of a hunting rifle.
> I think you hunt a large animal, like elk and bear, with this weapon.
>
>
>
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