Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 I was reading a report of the Mahatma Mohandas Gandhi's assassination and it reported he was shot with a "seven bore" pistol. I thought it may be a different caliber in British jargon, but can find no reference of such a thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/beretta-m1934-the-gun-that-killed-gandhi-8413458/ 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 (edited) A seven bore is 22 mm. 88 caliber. The smallest size on the conversion chart I was looking at was 67 bore, which is 41 caliber. Since he was shot with a 380, which is 36 caliber, possibly it is a 70 bore. And either 40 misread, or whoever wrote it mistyped. No, that ain't it. I just found another conversion table, and 70 bore would be 405. 100 moreBORE is .359 caliber, 9.14mm. Edited February 16 by Alpo otto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 The Beretta used was a 1934 model, chambered in .380 ACP, or as known in Europe as the 9mm Short or Korto. it held 7 rounds in the magazine. Probably the reporter was as knowledgeable about firearms as those today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 17 minutes ago, DeaconKC said: Korto Kurz? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creeker, SASS #43022 Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 37 minutes ago, Pat Riot said: Kurz? Court - Euro for short. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 57 minutes ago, Pat Riot said: Kurz? Kurz is German, Corto is both Spanish and Italian, and Court is French. All mean the same - short. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619 Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 7 Bore is British for 7 Gauge. It's an error in the story for sure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 So we have 9mm korto, kurz, court…what’s it called in India where Ghandi was murdered? Oh, I know, 7 bore 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 I guess you can take your choice. It would either be English, because England owned India, so that would be 9 mm Browning Short, or it would be Italian because the gun was Italian, so it would be 9 mm Corto. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 4 minutes ago, Alpo said: I guess you can take your choice. It would either be English, because England owned India, so that would be 9 mm Browning Short, or it would be Italian because the gun was Italian, so it would be 9 mm Corto. Eye roll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 2 hours ago, Rip Snorter said: Eye roll. Darn! There’s another name for the .380? Do they call it the 9mm Eye Roll or is it the .380 Eye Roll? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderRiverCowboy Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 4 minutes ago, Pat Riot said: Darn! There’s another name for the .380? Do they call it the 9mm Eye Roll or is it the .380 Eye Roll? well he was shot 3 times so maybe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderRiverCowboy Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 7 minutes ago, Pat Riot said: Darn! There’s another name for the .380? Do they call it the 9mm Eye Roll or is it the .380 Eye Roll? Or we could send Alpo down a rabbit hole and tell him that south of Equator bullets spin the other direction like Typhoons 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crooked River Pete, SASS 43485 Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 I wonder if it was a 7.65 and someone turned that into 7 bore? 15 hours ago, PowderRiverCowboy said: Or we could send Alpo down a rabbit hole and tell him that south of Equator bullets spin the other direction like Typhoons Only if it was fired from a Colt. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted February 18 Author Share Posted February 18 On 2/15/2024 at 4:23 PM, Pat Riot said: Kurz? German word for Short / Korto. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 On 2/15/2024 at 11:15 PM, Pat Riot said: Darn! There’s another name for the .380? Do they call it the 9mm Eye Roll or is it the .380 Eye Roll? .380 iRoll. <====. Apple version. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crooked River Pete, SASS 43485 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 9 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: .380 iRoll. <====. Apple version. I roll with a .380 occasionally. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 (edited) If the original report was written in Hindi or one of the other 120 or so languages in use in India, it is conceivable to me that the problem was in translation. In Gandhi’s time it was not yet mandatory for everyone to learn two languages, one of which must be either Hindi or English as it is now. I was told that for kids entering school, if their spoken tongue is not Hindi, most of them choose English as their second language. Edited February 18 by Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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