Vocabulary Word
Word: caliber
Definition: ability; quality; diameter of the inside of a round cylinder; Ex. work of very high caliber
Definition: ability; quality; diameter of the inside of a round cylinder; Ex. work of very high caliber
Sentences Containing 'caliber'
Luxman were primarily specialists in making vacuum tube amplifiers of the highest caliber.
The barrel is 22, 23, or long, depending on the caliber.
Depending on variant and caliber, the barrel is 22, 23, or .
Another feature of the M120 is the M303 Sub-Caliber insert, which allows the mortar to fire 81 mm ammunition.
The cannon system mounted can be an ATK, Oerlikon, Mauser or Giat model in the 20–30 mm caliber range.
Between 160 and 210 rounds are carried on the mounting, depending on the caliber.
The Schwarzlose enjoyed moderate export success in the years leading up to World War I. Apart from the armies of the Austro-Hungarian empire (8 mm caliber) it was adopted by the armies of Greece (6.5 mm caliber), the Netherlands (6.5 mm caliber) and Sweden (using the 6.5x55mm cartridge and designated "kulspruta m/1914").
Calhoon cartridges are a class of .19 caliber cartridges created by James Calhoon, a firearms designer with an interest in .19 caliber cartridges.
Calhoon began working with .19 caliber after his interest was piqued from learning about British sub-caliber rifle trials in the early 1970s.
.19 caliber rifles have thicker rifling than .17 and .20 caliber rifles, which helps the barrel stay clean longer and improves barrel life.
The .19 Calhoon Hornet is a .19 caliber rifle wildcat cartridge.
Having a larger bore than the .17 caliber centerfires helps mitigate some of the fouling problems that rifles in that caliber tend to have.
.19-223.
The .19-223 is the second in a set of .19 caliber rounds created by James Calhoon.
The .19 Badger is the third (currently in 2007 the latest) of the .19 caliber rounds created by Calhoon.
The Rx4 is the first .223 caliber carbine in Beretta's Storm-family.
They were equipped with one 5 in (127 mm) 54 caliber Mark 42 gun forward, an ASROC abaft the gun and forward of the bridge.
The ships were fitted out with either three or four 3"/50 caliber guns but the last two also got one 5"/38 caliber gun - a superior weapon which had proven its effectiveness in the antiaircraft role and which all later classes of APA received.
This article lists firearm cartridges which have a bullet in the to caliber range.
As of 1999, he lived "...on nine acres in southern Idaho with his pet skunks and his wife and 100-plus guns of varying caliber."
But with musicians of the caliber and experience of bassist Kai Eckhardt, drummer Alan Hertz, and Fareed Haque on guitars, there is nothing tentative about this recording.
The cartridge is based on the .378 Weatherby Magnum necked up to accept the 11 mm caliber bullet.
He accomplished this by necking up the .378 Weatherby Magnum case to accept a .458 caliber bullet.
However, Roy Weatherby was not the first cartridge designer to neck up the .378 Weatherby Magnum to .45 caliber (11.6 mm).
The .460 Weatherby Magnum provides a significant step up in performance over other production .458 caliber (11.6 mm) cartridges.
Typically, Weatherby cartridges exhibit velocities greater than over the more popular similar caliber cartridges.
These Hornady .458 caliber round nose and solid bullets were later found to have a performance envelop of not exceeding in the .458 caliber.
Hornday's performance envelop for the .458 caliber DGX and DGS bullets are between and the same rating they had assigned earlier to the more lightly constructed InterLock bullet.
It is capable of firing 5.7mm rounds and four different caliber airbursting 40mm grenades.
However, that was tainted by the lack of higher caliber competition due to other first class pros boycotting the ABA.
The dancing really comes to forefront only in the third act. As the music is not the caliber of a Tchaikovsky or Glazunov, this can be a challenge.
Other testimony involved Leiterman's roommate at the time who testified that he was an avid hunter and had owned a .22 caliber handgun along with several other guns in 1969.
.22 was the caliber of the murder weapon.
The neighborhood subsequently went into decline again, and so did the caliber of businesses occupying the space.
A further problem is that, if the warhead is contained inside the barrel, its diameter becomes overly restricted by the caliber of that barrel.
Terminal ballistics is relevant both for small caliber projectiles as well as for large caliber projectiles (fired from artillery).
The final three holes at University Ridge provide a great finish to a great round on a championship caliber golf course.
The competition is part of USA Track and Field's Visa Championship Series and attracts high caliber athletes, including Olympic and World medalists.
These five-shot "Paterson" revolvers featured folding triggers, and were available both with and without loading levers in .28, .31, and .36 caliber.
In failing health, Colt expanded his factory on the eve of the Civil War, and began production of a new, lightweight .44 caliber Army revolver, followed a year later by a .36 caliber Navy version.
A six shot cylinder was used if the caliber was .36 or the .44.
If the caliber was .56, a five-shot cylinder was used.
Capabilities of the plant include: Small arms cartridges; components such as percussion and electric primer; pyrotechnics; small caliber ammunition (5.56 mm; 7.62 mm; .50 caliber and 20 mm); performs reliability testing of small caliber ammunition (5.56 mm; 7.62 mm; 9 mm, .22 caliber; .45 caliber and .50 caliber); demilitarization and disposal of small caliber ammunition and explosives.
Activities range from air rifle to large caliber shooting on a 50 meter range.
It also has a championship caliber golf course, a museum of ancient life and a movie theater.
The 22A is a single-action semi-automatic .22 caliber pistol.
In 2012 CZ-USA reintroduced the 357 caliber revolver in stainless steel.
They were larger, had better armour, but nine guns of only 280 mm caliber.
Modern BB guns usually have a barrel with a bore and caliber of and are available in many varieties.
Oakland officers are allowed to carry .40 caliber firearms.
While all cartridges in the Whisper family must be capable of accuracy using subsonic loads, most of the smaller caliber cartridges of the family (.308" and under) are also capable of being loaded to supersonic velocities using relatively lightweight bullets for their caliber, increasing their utility.