where did the 50BMG go?

[Puke]

at least it sort of looked like one. you know, the big bullet on the header for the forum?

[Fyron]

Well... there is some talk about it in this thread:

http://www.shrapnelgames.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=23;t=009828

I too miss it. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

[Thermodyne]

I think it was an arty round. Neck was to short for a 50. Perhaps a 105mm.

[Ed Kolis]

You say the bullet's gone? Still there for me... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif

[geoschmo]

Originally posted by Ed Kolis:
You say the bullet's gone? Still there for me... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif <font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">If you look now it's proably gone. Or hitting refresh will make it go away. If you are seeing it anywhere it's from your browser Cache.

[ August 29, 2003, 20:56: Message edited by: geoschmo ]

[Captain Kwok]

I prefer the new one over the bullet.

[Puke]

Originally posted by Captain Kwok:
I prefer the new one over the bullet.<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">so do i. actually, i really like the grenade pin logo.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

grenade pin?

[Jack Simth]

Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
grenade pin?<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I suspect he is referring to
http://www.shrapnelgames.com/images/web_new/newlogoleft.gif http://www.shrapnelgames.com/images/web_new/newlogoright.gif

[Lord Kodos]

I, too, liked the bullet.

The bullet will be sorely missed. Missed the bullet shall be. Be missed the bullet shall.

^__^ Thew new one is kind of spiffy, but, as I just said, the Bullet was superior.

We should start a site, like WELOVETHEIRAQIINFORMATIONMINISTER.COM

WELOVETHESGIFBULLET.COM

^__^ man, I need some sleep.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

oh, so that's what it is.

[Kamog]

Just noticed that the bullet logo is still there if you use the forum "search" function. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[Tigbit]

The "Bullet" was a 7.62mm round (or a 308 for you Americans) not a 50 cal. If it was a 50 cal it was a rather poorly distorted Version of one.

[Thermodyne]

Originally posted by Tigbit:
The "Bullet" was a 7.62mm round (or a 308 for you Americans) not a 50 cal. If it was a 50 cal it was a rather poorly distorted Version of one.<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">No way! The case has almost no neck and the diameter is too small when compaired to the length. (Actually, I think it was just a drawing of a generic round) It is much closer to a high-velocity artillery round. I have a large shell casing that looks exactly like the one in the picture (no round of course) It is about 100mm at the neck and perhaps 150 to 175mm an the base and stands about 30 inches high.

Small arms cartridge specs http://www.reloadbench.com/cart.html

To us Yanks, it would be 7.62 NATO

[Tigbit]

Originally posted by Thermodyne:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Tigbit:
The "Bullet" was a 7.62mm round (or a 308 for you Americans) not a 50 cal. If it was a 50 cal it was a rather poorly distorted Version of one.<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">No way! The case has almost no neck and the diameter is too small when compaired to the length. (Actually, I think it was just a drawing of a generic round) It is much closer to a high-velocity artillery round. I have a large shell casing that looks exactly like the one in the picture (no round of course) It is about 100mm at the neck and perhaps 150 to 175mm an the base and stands about 30 inches high.

Small arms cartridge specs http://www.reloadbench.com/cart.html

To us Yanks, it would be 7.62 NATO</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yer smoking gunpowder. It's definitly not an arty round. It does actually have characteristics of a few different types now that I think hard about it. In all liklihood it's not even taken from a real round. Still looks more like the 7.62. I have an unspeant one I took from range a long time ago... wish I could remember where it is.

[Thermodyne]

I might have inhaled more than my share of cordite, but it aint a 308. I’ve fired thousands of them and they all had necks that were about 8mm long and more than the diameter of the round. The neck in the picture is about 1/6 the diameter of the round.

[Tigbit]

You are right, the round is smaller than the casing... but it is still not an arty round.

[mottlee]

Ya know....they could have just made it up....ya know a "wild cat" round http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[narf poit chez BOOM]

i think Mottlee might have got it.