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RicinYakima posted this 13 October 2021

Meplat (from the French word "méplat" meaning "flat") is the technical term for the flat or open tip on the nose of a bullet. The shape of the meplat is important in determining how the bullet moves through the air. In particular the size and shape of the meplat has a significant effect on the ballistic coefficient of a bullet.^[1]^[2] If the meplats on a group of bullets are uneven, the trajectory of the bullets will vary which will cause the bullets to strike the target at different vertical locations.^[3] Bullets of the same mass that have similar-shaped meplats will travel through the air in nearly identical fashion, making it easier to group shots together or hit a target multiple times.

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Paul Pollard posted this 14 October 2021

Not a misspelling, but a common error. Didn't even notice it for several years. The "N" would be tricky when trying to make the mirror image. The older steel mold had the backwards N, the newer aluminum has been corrected.

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sluggo posted this 12 October 2021

Well since it's near Halloween, boolit. ( just kidding).

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RicinYakima posted this 13 October 2021

My problem is that at my age my hands shake. So every time I touch the keyboard an "l" appears. And trying to proof read, my mind wonders off before I get to the end of the sentence.

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JeffinNZ posted this 13 October 2021

It's spelled ALUMINIUM.

(POKE, POKE)

Cheers from New Zealand

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Glenn R. Latham posted this 14 October 2021

Oh Threadmaster

How about Sprue, not Spue?

Glenn

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Glenn R. Latham posted this 13 October 2021

Every time I misspell "definitely" the spell check thinks it should be "defiantly."

Glenn

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4and1 posted this 13 October 2021

What about the proper use of, you're, your, ur, you are. Oh, and believe it or not, there are CAPITAL letters, to be used properly.

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David Reiss posted this 13 October 2021

Meplat or is it metplat?😁

Well since it is my thread, I will be the judge of what's added to the list. I think most people spell it as it sounds, so I say nay to that one it doesn't make the list, but very good try.

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David Reiss posted this 13 October 2021

Jeff and Tony,

While I know you spell it funny, I also know ya'll are upside down and look at everything funny. Poke, Poke!

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beltfed posted this 13 October 2021

fahrenheit ist

Auf Deutsch

beltfed/arnie

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cfp4570 posted this 14 October 2021

I still use mould for some reason. Maybe because I use gauge instead of gage. How about Minie? As in Minie ball or bullet.

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Shopdog posted this 14 October 2021

Use a gage to check the gauge of that sheet metal.

Try not to get mold on your mould.

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harleyrock posted this 18 October 2021

Some of the words we commonly use are not so common. I have to constantly correct my spell checker.

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John Alexander posted this 19 October 2021

As someone who sometimes spells a word so badly that that I can find it in the dictionary I shouldn't have standing to comment but what the heck. I occasionally see: Fowling Shot (a shotgunner's magazine perhaps) or front or rear sites.

John

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David Reiss posted this 12 October 2021

Mike,

I agree, it should be on the lists.

David

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- Also deal in: Land, Banjos, Nails, Firearms, Manure, Fly Swatters, Used Cars, Whisky, Racing Forms, Rare Antiquities, Lead, Used Keyboard Keys, Good Dogs, Pith Helmets & Zulu Headdresses. .