Re: The joy of FORTRAN

On 3/3/25 2:53 AM, rbowman wrote:

On Mon, 3 Mar 2025 01:06:04 -0500, c186282 wrote:
 

    Typical load was a 200gr bullet at about 620fps. It's annoying to
    collectors that you can't really use the now-ubiquitous .357 bullets
    lest they 'rattle down the barrel'.

 Mosin Nagants have the same problem. Most of them are happier with .311
or .312 rather than the ubiquitous .308.  .303 British to the rescue. The
Brits measure between the lands rather than the grooves so the bullets
are .312.

   Use the .303 bullets to reload the Russian ctg
   or rechamber the Mosin to the Brit ctg ?

In Lyudmila Pavlichenko's autobiography she refers to the Mosin as a 3-
line, a line being 0.100, or .30 caliber. The book is an interesting read.
She was an active sniper but was then sent to the US on a propaganda
mission and became BFFs with Eleanor Roosevelt. The US had been reluctant
to send aid to the Soviets but she might have played a small part in
convincing FDR to get off the mark. Funny how US allies come and go.

   Enemy of my enemy .......