Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Ammo

Dear All,
c'č qualche appassionato di armi da queste parti?
Scena: la detective J. č al poligono di tiro e ha centrato il
bersaglio con una perfetta rosa di colpi. L'istruttore, dopo essersi
complimentato, le chiede:
"What kind of ammo are you using?"
"Triton .40 S&W, one thirty-five grain," J. said. "The one-stop
shots approach ninety-six per cent."
"That some serious firepower."
"A lot of law enforcement acencies use it."
Z. looked back to the paper target and grinned. "You pissed off
at anyone I know?"
Quello che mi blocca č 'grain', e poi 'one-stop shot' (credo voglia dire
'centro al primo colpo' ma non ne sono affatto certa).
Can anybody shed some light?
TIA,
-- 
Anna

 Anna
prova a leggere questo thread di it.discussioni.giallo
http://groups.google.it/group/it.discussioni.giallo/browse_frm/thread/4b722f884a3f5a73?hl=it#
potresti provare a chiedere a loro
(forse)
masgar

 Can anybody shed some light?
First of all, I won't assume that you know that 'ammo' is a shortened form 
of ammunition. I'm not a devotee of firearms, but I know enough about them 
to do a Google search.
Regarding one stop shot, it is the percentage of times that a person would 
be disabled enough to stop advancing from being shot just once.
http://www.greent.com/40Page/general/oss.htm
Regarding grain, it is a measurement of weight of the bullet.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061020175703AAc6MHx
Regarding the ammunition in general, here's a description. The writer may 
have looked at this very page.
http://www.handgunsmag.com/ammunition/triton_722/

 Can anybody shed some light?
Il "grain" è un'unità di peso (circa 1/20 di grammo) usata per pesare
vari oggetti di piccole dimensioni, e in particolare per le pallottole
e per il loro carico di polvere da sparo:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grain_%28mass%29#Usage_in_North_America
--
Cingar

 'centro al primo colpo' ma non ne sono affatto certa).
Il grano è un'unità di misura di peso; 1 grano = 64,8 milligrammi 
circa. Misura la massa dei proiettili di armi leggere e di polveri 
piriche.
-- 
Tchau, -João do Sabão

 piriche.
Rispondo qui per ringraziare tutti: grazie! :)
Dunque sarebbe "135 grani"? 
Grazie a TtIM per la spiegazione relativa a 'one-stop shot', per niente
semplice da tradurre, adesso ci penso su.
(Sì, conoscevo il significato di 'ammo', ma grazie comunque! :-))
Masgar: ho letto il thread, ma vedo che l'ottimo Luca Conti parla di
calibri e millimetri e non di grain o grani... Comunque grazie della
segnalazione, Luca è un fenomeno e leggerlo è sempre interessante.
Siete preziosi, as usual!
-- 
Anna

 Quello che mi blocca è 'grain',
The weight of bullets is described in grains. The projectile fired out of
the firearm is the bullet, which is part of the ammunition. The weight in
grains refers only to the weight of the projectile, and does not include the
weight of the casing and the powder.
The heavier the bullet, the more damage it can do.
Joe from Massachusetts

 The heavier the bullet, the more damage it can do.
Thanks Joe! Everything is crystal clear now.
-- 
Anna

> man, not an animal.
Credo che 'potere d'arresto' faccia al caso mio:
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potere_d%27arresto
-- 
Anna

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For decades, the standard police sidearm in the US was the 38-caliber
"Police Special" (sometimes referred to by police as the "Dick Special")
revolver, but it, along with the revolver in general, seems to have had its
heyday. A decade ago many US police departments were purchasing Beretta
sidearms, and it looked like the Italian weapon would become the standard
police-issue sidearm, but for the past several years the Austrian Glock has
eclipsed the Italian Beretta, and now seems to be on its way to becoming the
weapon of choice for police departments. Many police departments which had
previously chosen the Beretta switched to the Glock. Springsteen's song "41
Shots" might just as well have been called "41 Glocks", since the Glock is
now the standard issue police sidearm in New York City.
In the US, local and State police departments choose whatever weapon they
prefer, so there is a variety of weapons to be found in different police
departments in the US, in addition to the Glock and the Beretta.
For many years the standard sidearm for the US military was the US-made
45-caliber pistol, developed in 1911, but it too has been replaced, for now,
by the Beretta pistol as the standard-issue sidearm for the US Army.
Joe from Massachusetts