shazz wrote:Is there any actual meaning behind Americans calling the 30-06 Springfield "30 ought 6" ?
Seems stupid to me regardless, why you wouldn't just stick with numbers, but does it mean something or is it just a random nickname they came up with.
Gwion wrote:I think it's a contraction of "naught", ie: zero. "it all comes to naught".
Mind you, there could be something in Halberg's theory!
happyhunter wrote:I'd only ever 00 buck shot referred to as 'double zero' buck shot until one day I heard it called 'double ought' in an American movie. I've also heard it called 'man stoppers' on an American TV cop show.