Grains - The Shooter's Unit of Measurement

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What is a "grain"? What exactly are shooters referring to when they talk about grains? Bullet weight? Amount of powder in the case? Weight of the oxygen in the gun barrel? Experienced shooters know all this, but a great number of people are a bit "cloudy" about all this, I believe.
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@CareyHolzman 12 лет назад

Thanks for the explanation. Now i have a MyGrain...:)

@cablrus1885 3 года назад

Lol CareyHolzman shoots?

@erikagehr8273 6 лет назад

You know you're American when you point to things in a book with a bullet, I love Hickok

@sleepn_on_me2473 2 года назад

Lol i hella noticed he was treating it like a yard stick.

@SramNalgbtq 2 месяца назад

Jebać USA

@hickok45 12 лет назад

"important" is relative. The "important" points I wanted to make were made.

@pitchforkpeasant6219 4 года назад

hickok45 as always. Hence your popularity 😁

@pitchforkpeasant6219 4 года назад

Without firearms we are nothing more than peasants with pitchforks

@-_.._._--_.-.-_-_-_-...-.- 3 года назад

@FEDSJ More than likely they would just reclassify them as "assault" pitchforks if they are either longer than three feet, have more than one tine, or are sharpened. Any one of those 'assault features' automatically makes it an unregistered "assault" pitchfork. There is no longer any way to register unregistered "assault" pitchforks. Possession of "assault" pitchforks is now a felony and no one is grandfathered in. Greetings from California. Literally what we have here.

@03SilverMustangGT 10 лет назад

I wanted to know the difference between grains when it comes to bullets, so I figured hickok45 would have a video explaining the difference, and surely enough he did! You can deffidently tell he was a teacher. He is great at explaining things. Love the videos! Fun, AND educational.

@eljuanzas9589 5 лет назад

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@jeremiahfyan 5 лет назад

@@eljuanzas9589 I reply to your comment 1 month later

@flaymix1 4 года назад

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@mikesbreakfast1976 4 года назад

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@flaymix1 4 года назад

Mikes Breakfast 15 hours later

@kellydavis3108 9 лет назад

Your like the shooty uncle I never had

@Borntheman 6 лет назад

Kelly Davis *you're

@MatthewStout 6 лет назад

He reminds me of my gramps. RIP

@SUBARCTICPSYCHO 5 лет назад

*you're

@LuisRivera-dg5bu 4 года назад

You mean to tell me that your uncle didn’t teach you about guns or grammar?

@gnomemercy8219 4 года назад

He should teach us how to make booby traps too

@bigbadwimp 11 лет назад

Wow, I have to admit: I was one of the crowd who thought the grains were talking about the powder and not the bullet. Thank you, Hickok. This is a great, informative channel. Keep up the good work.

@oscarbear7498 2 года назад

ME TOO!! I was looking at reloading and was thinking the same thing.

@saileencruileen2163 7 месяцев назад

Yep. Me too! So glad I found this video. He sure knows how to explain a thing!!

@lawnstar1441 Месяц назад

Sames.

@pjrmunoz27 4 года назад

The Walter white of firearms.. explains without confusing his students and viewers! Keep up your good work !

@christopherpottie8474 8 лет назад

1 gram = 15.432 grains 1 grain = 64.798 milligrams

@Wourghk 8 лет назад

+Keyser Soze Sure, but did you miss all the clarification about the context of mass measurements? Hickok45 may be a tad on the verbose side here, but it's a point that needs to be strongly made.

@Allan_aka_RocKITEman 8 лет назад

Christopher - Thanks for posting the metric info. Although I *AM* American, I prefer using metric for small measurements, especially for model work. I *HATE* fractions. They are *NOT* my friend...LOL

@the_black_rose3336 7 лет назад

Thanks for that. I was going to ask.

@MrJohnnyDistortion 6 лет назад

Keyser Soze Hickok is "detail oriented." You'll probably only appreciate him when he's gone one day. Even his melon selection is something to revere.

@hurricane1nox 6 лет назад

Keyser Soze well, you didnt really have to say anything.... im 100% positive NO ONE cares about your opinion compared to ol hickok

@Tula1940_LB 8 лет назад

There are 7000 grains in a pound. Grains are not grains of powder like grains of sand. Bullet and powder are both measured in grains. Say is someone says this 9mm round is 124 grains. that's the weight of the bullet not the amount of powder. The bullet is just the part of the cartridge that is fired at the target a bullet is NOT another word for ammo. There are 4 parts the a cartridge 1 The bullet (The object that leaves the barrel and is sent at the target) 2 The case (The brass part of a cartridge that holds the powder the bullet and the primer) 3 The powder (The nitrocellulose propellant that burns (not explodes) that pushes the bullet out the barrel due to high pressure in the case due to expanding gasses as a result of combustion) 4 The primer (The round object put in the base of the case that is impacted by the firing pin and detonates burning the gun power and causing a shot to be fired) There are the basics of ammo.

@Lukasblade2 8 лет назад

Thanks for the explanation

@livlauren422 7 лет назад

Excellent posting. Although I thoroughly enjoy +hickok45's vids, this one came up a little short. A "grain" is nothing more than a unit of measure so 150 grains of lead weighs exactly the same as 150 grains of powder. Potency, on the other hand is an entirely different matter. Although 10 grains of powder A weighs the same as 10 grains of powder B, powder A may be many multiples more potent than powder B.

@edwinpascua2653 6 лет назад

Logan Barnette ..thanks lot man!

@Hoody2Times 4 года назад

Logan Barnette woah! Nice breakdown, I would love to hear more!

@SWTmel 4 года назад

Logan... That was a really good breakdown.

@markej4801 3 года назад

As a retired nurse, I remember learning about grains and minims in school. Once we got out in the workforce, though, only the oldest doctors actually used those measures. Everything had moved into the metric system with mg, mcg, ml, etc. Always a good reminder of just how small this measurement is.

@astrogirl1usa 8 лет назад

Your property is so nice... I wish we all had a place to go 'plink and think'. Learning from your knowledge base is better than trying to use Google, or something like that. My son and I have learned SO MUCH, just from watching your videos. I trust you for accurate and unbiased information. Thanks for the education!

@bushcraftohio7320 5 лет назад

im not sure that's his property. I recall in 1 of his older vids. I believe its a range he goes too. think not positive but it is awesome no doubt

@justlemons4077 4 года назад

Damn. I'm visiting this video 8 years late. Great content, then and now.

@MrAzrancher 9 лет назад

The elusive and misunderstood "grain". A grain is old English measurement of weight equal to 01 grain of mature barley. This was known as tower weight measurement. In the attempt to standardize weights and measurements the International System of Units agreement established 01 grain as equal to 64.7 milligrams. Used to measure bullet weight and gunpowder today. To become a great shooter, this is where it all starts. When I went to the Marine Corps Scout Sniper program many moons ago this was minute one of class one. The GySgt showed us a single grain of gunpowder and told us to learn about this, then layer everything that was built around it from casing to chamber to optics/sights all of the way to the target and we would understand how to be a great shooter. It all begins with a chemical reaction and rapid expansion of gas pushed in the path of last resistance. Master that and you master the weapon. Thank you for a great topic which all shooters should at least have a basic understanding of. Many Thanks Sir!

@AllanFolm 9 лет назад

MrAzrancher I'm not sure hickok is 64.8 kg.

@finophile 9 лет назад

Thank you for defining it straight up. That it related to a barley grain made sense.

@Nickadoo500 8 лет назад

+Allan Folmersen he didn't say hickok was 64.7 mg. he was comparings grains to mg. nothing about hickok's weight

@johnwarren4688 8 лет назад

Thanks for YOUR explanation & your service. I wish Hickok45 had broken it down like you did. NOW grains make sense.

@richavic4520 6 лет назад

Path of last resistance. You are so right.

@jakirmalik9399 9 лет назад

All I could say is WOW...You break everything down when it comes to firearm and you make it so educational. Most people just shoot their guns because they just wanna show off and their self esteem is so low and a gun makes them feel good about themselfes but you are not like that at all. I really admire your videos on firearms and you are like the Bob Ross of guns...lol...Keep up the good work and best of luck and please dont change on how you are..

@TheTonytodd 8 лет назад

Excellent lesson! I've been licensed to carry and have carried concealed for 21 years now. So I'm not a complete newbie to guns. BUT within the last 3 weeks I learned what a "bullet" actually is by getting sidetracked into it when studying "grains" on Wikipedia. I love and learn much from topics and videos!

@alfaivre2990 4 года назад

I wanted to say thank you for your videos. As a new firearm owner I'm trying to educate myself as much as I can and videos like this are very helpful and well done. I appreciate it, thank you sir.

@hickok45 12 лет назад

Thanks. I don't get accused of that very often, although I have to admit that gunpowder, heavy lead, copper jackets, cartridges, firearms, etc. are pretty darn "sexy"!!

@dcanmore 8 лет назад

one grain = 65 milligrams; 437.5 grains = 1 ounce Grain measurement is used for arrows as well.

@rmfleming69 8 лет назад

+dcanmore One grain=6.479891 mg

@jaffawho 9 лет назад

There is a bird that tweets the same song in every video

@MrVivaLAcannabis 4 года назад

Damn I never noticed now I can't stop hearing him lol

@allen_p 4 года назад

Mockingbird, but sometimes a Northern Cardinal

@BIaccCat 3 года назад

Jaffawho that’s definitely not a mockingbird lol like really guys come on...

@secluded30 10 лет назад

Awesome tutorial, thanks Hickok :D

@DaddyLongLegs44 9 лет назад

Unique is the most common powder. lol

@julduke4605 7 лет назад

DaddyLongLegs44 ironic right?

@Dbl3dge 6 лет назад

I thought the exact same thing.

@mouthbreather280 6 лет назад

lol

@fiascodon8996 6 лет назад

"Someone ask me how much I can bench press... Uuggghh.. 2 million...." LoL Classic Hickok...

@rabiguerrero 4 года назад

As a new firearm owner and getting the hang of things hickok45 is right there along the way with you. Thank you for the lesson, you all are greatly appreciated.

@ColtJustice 12 лет назад

Thanks Hickock. I've been reloading for about 20 years, and I've been asked this question a time or two. As an NRA basic firearms instructor, teaching those who have very little knowledge of a gun or ammo, you're video will help me explain it. Thanks for the great work!

@IAmTheKurgann 8 лет назад

A very informative 15 minutes. Much appreciated.

@baseballalltheway18 9 лет назад

Everyone is acting like Americans need to use the metric system. WE DO! We learn both in school, and only use metrics in science class. We also often refer to liquids in terms of liters. For example, a big bottle of soda for multiple people is a 2 liter. Most Americans can use both extremely effectively, we just use imperial units more often in day to day conversation.

@alexmoore1506 9 лет назад

We pretty much use metric when it's truly needed, like precise measurements

@randomlyentertaining8287 8 лет назад

+theAwakener Yeah, most Americans. I only ever use metric when talking soda, artillery guns (up to 203mm or 8 in), or long distance shooting (even then it's 50/50)

@hurricane1nox 6 лет назад

well we know your profession ^^

@vinay4358 6 лет назад

Hahah .. You crashed an isreali plane because the isrealis use metres/sec and you use foot/sec

@higherintellectgaming115 6 лет назад

It's feet idiot not foot it's not singular

@frank006able 5 лет назад

Thanks, Hickok for your teaching style. You take complex topics and make them totally understandable to folks. Anytime I'm not certain about a topic involving firearms, cartridges, powder or anything else pertaining to shooting, I always go to your channel to get the score. Thanks, sir.

@petermccarthy4803 8 лет назад

A worthwhile subject very close to the heart of a true reloader. Quite common for experienced shooters to know what powder someone is using just from the smell of the gun smoke, or even the extent of fouling the powder produces. Just like knowing what brass comes from who's gun after a club day shoot by looking at the primer indentations. Great videos, keeping this sport alive and kicking, good on you Hickok45.

@ald.5147 8 лет назад

Great video! This is one of many videos that I found to be very informative and help full. You are very professional and an advocate of gun safety and correct practice in the use of firearms. Keep up the support of the 2nd Ammendment.

@izzyh.3581 4 года назад

"a nice BIG, LONG number when SHE gets on there". I'm surprised you're still making videos after this comment 😂😂

@RobertARuiz-dw6ud 3 года назад

And you’re still alive after this comment?? Must have a truly loving wife!👍😂😂😂😂😂, mine of 43 years would just given me the hairy eyeball!

@patch2288 8 лет назад

Great video hickok45. Looking into purchasing my first firearms and the more I research the more questions continue to have. The whole grains term had been confusing me for a while until now. Finding your channel has made me more confident and educated on all firearms. Thanks and keep up the good work!

@yaguarete79 4 года назад

Great to have this educational material available sir! I had the misconception of grains as referred to powder and got co fused all the time. Googling it didn't clarify enough. Thanks for the complete explanation.

@bigapple0828 12 лет назад

I like how you're going into a reloading video sub-category! I've loved reloading and try to convince anyone who shoots a lot to get into it. I don't know if you mention it in the video, but 1gr = 1/7000 lbs. So, 7000grs = 1 lb. You may want to put that in the description. Thanks for the video!

@BCtruth 5 лет назад

Wasn't clear on this, so I Googled it. Should've known ol' Hickok45 would have the best answer.

@davidbreen4727 3 года назад

i didn't google, i was wondering myself, knew hickok45 would know and have a video, just had to ask the right question

@TheLTDANTN 12 лет назад

That was very educational. Thank you for taking the time to post this. Life is really good with hickok45 videos.

@EDarien 12 лет назад

Now, as for a comment to Hickok, since this is your video, sir : Thanks. It's nice to just see some of these things clearly explained in a way that's easy to understand and not condescending or judgmental. For the most part, I'd say shooters are the friendliest and most helpful community I belong to and it's something most people who aren't shooters find most surprising when I talk about it.

@edwardprice140 7 лет назад

"In the gunsafe lies my treasure, with lead and powder of equal measure."

@alwaysdeviced 10 лет назад

Those are some loud, brave birds in the background.

@Sciguy95 4 года назад

They shut up when they see his gun come out, like an annoying neighbor. Lol

@BeardedBoonieHat 10 лет назад

Thank you for posting these "Basics" videos. Learning so much. This one answered a question that I have had in the back of my brain for a while.

@frank006able 12 лет назад

You are a great teacher, Hick45. You do a wonderful service as a teacher, coach, and as a person.

@theshapeexists 7 лет назад

man, I've put so many rounds down range in old crappy ranges, and breathed in so much burnt powder and lead over the last 25 years. I know the lead is bad, obviously, but I wonder if the burnt powder can create adverse health effects later in life?

@hickok45 7 лет назад

I'd say all the carbon monoxide we breathe driving around and living in town is a lot worse than anything we just breathe on occasion.

@hurricane1nox 6 лет назад

everything causes adverse health effects later in life

@ianmccombs7353 7 лет назад

ha, him and his friends were "comparing loads"

@redrambler2000 5 лет назад

Ian McCombs thats what she said

@Sheridan2LT 5 лет назад

xDDDDD

@LouSassoleSledgecock 4 года назад

Most massive loads you will ever see, judging by the heroic character of this man

@LouSassoleSledgecock 4 года назад

Droppin loads!!!!

@Chris901 4 года назад

Was laughing at that too glad I’m not the only one

@ShaytownDown 2 года назад

Recently became interested in shooting and delving deeper. Gotta say this was a really great video. Super concise and well explained. Thanks hickok45

@rollndice83 12 лет назад

Thank you Hickok45 you've became my all time guide to shooting and technique and my accuracy and over all shooting ability has increased. I've been shooting for 3 years now and I've always thought that the grains on the box meant the powder and amount of punch....Never knew it was the bullet weight. Thanks again you have been so helpful.

@bgglarus2095 10 лет назад

That is why metric system is the best way to measure things. Can't understand why US is not using it and the Celsius vs Fahrenheit. Using Lb (and call it a pound), once, pint, qtr and etc. Metric is so much easier and less possibilities for mistakes.

@hughtanner3340 10 лет назад

Grains is NOT part of the metric system. and 1 grain is 0.06479891 grams. and in the match ammo I produce we are doing to .01 grain or 0.0006479 gram accuracy. They are different. NOT better

@florix7889 5 лет назад

@@hughtanner3340 he didn't say that it was part of the metric system he only said that it was better

@stevemahalko1720 8 лет назад

Just watched your video on the 10mm hog hunting....but it just hit me watching this video..just out of curiousity Hick..how many acres do you have and how did you clear all those trails ???

@hickok45 8 лет назад

+Steve Mahalko All the trails you see in the "hog hunting" video were just part of an open field when I bought the place 30 years ago. For the most part, I just began keeping trails mowed and let the rest grow up into woods. It worked, but it took a few decades to grow trees there.

@foster37again 8 лет назад

+hickok45 ...Is this facebook?...How do I like?

@Danidevange 12 лет назад

Thank you very much for talking about grains :) I was watching all of your other "basic" videos, and wondering along what you talked about in this video :) Thanks Hickok! :D

@radishfever 12 лет назад

Hickok45, Thanks for taking the long way around the barn. Many of us have learned so much from you. The more reloading videos the better.

@littlepolarbears 8 лет назад

that bird must have seen the hunger games movies... 14:48

@mylesphoenix3498 8 лет назад

I see what you did their

@TheTarrMan 7 лет назад

Birds have some of the sharpest eyesight.

@Yophillips3272 8 лет назад

If they just used mg there wouldn't be any confusion. People think of grains as in grains of sand, what looks like grains of sand gunpowder. But i guess if they switched over it would confuse people even more lol

@tjp353 6 лет назад

People who are _that_ confused don't really matter - they're unlikely to be loading their own ammo.

@yoji58 12 лет назад

Dearest Hickok45, You have inspired me sir. In the last 2 days i've taken my dremel to my g19c, thinning out the trigger guard. Disassembled my slide and cleaned it out (thank you so much. Was disgusting!) and polished my feed ramp on the g19c and the 1911. And built a brass "bead" out of a brass rod for my dad's marlin model 97 (built between 1905-1915). Thank you for the confidence and the fun. Subscribed!

@grizzlydan8 6 лет назад

That is the best tutorial I have seen on the relationships of grains, bullets and powder. Thanks

@hickok45 12 лет назад

Not really. Every manual and scale in the reloading world is based on grains. I'm afraid it's totally "ingrained" in anybody who reloads. Any other measurement system would be like traveling to another planet now. :-)

@odewy5234 4 года назад

"we were comparing loads"......

@blkdeath 12 лет назад

Great video! I am a fairly new firearm owner and only shot before as a kid with my father. Being a new owner, your videos are quite helpful and this one is no different.I watch quite a bit before going to shop for anything. You've got yourself another subscriber here my friend....thank you for your videos!

@alexfrederick9019 2 года назад

Had to go back 10 years to find a video where Hickok45 isn't shooting anything! Still relevant information. Thanks for putting it out there.

@downthelaneway8725 9 лет назад

goddamn i love hickok45

@karigreyd2808 8 лет назад

I never understood why they don't use milligrams for mass.

@caracaes 8 лет назад

+Krevin Grard Because blackpowder predates the Metric system, and the most successful firearms companies are from the UK and US, which still uses the imperial system (although the UK is transitioning to metric). It is hard to change because most engineering processes and tools involving firearms and ammunition production are still in Imperial, and people from the area just grow used to using the imperial system and see no reason to change. In the engineering world, the metric system most times only show real advantages when dealing with fluids, electricity and energy/power. In uses for solids measurement, velocity, force, torque and energy, it is just a matter of being used to the system, either metric or imperial.

@etatsopa 4 года назад

The rest of the world does. The imperial system is hanging on in the firearms industry because of how influential the American market is. Things are so much simpler and easier to understand with a single unit of measurement for mass. Milligrams and grams 😍

@klesmer 12 лет назад

Great vid Hickok, this subject is close to my heart-been handloading for almost 40yrs. What I can't understand is how could one person dislike this let alone 12?

@timryan6879 10 лет назад

I know that you posted this video a while ago, but I'm a new shooter (to guns anyway - cameras for the last 30 yrs). I found this extremely helpful and answered most of my questions. I kept getting asked what kind of grain that I shoot; my response was "whatever the box says that I'm shooting and in this day and age whatever I can get my hands on." I also was thinking that it was the powder load; thanks for clarifying. Maybe you can do a future video of what grain (in my case 9mm) would be best for self defense, home defense or just plinking away at paper targets or defenseless pumpkins or melons. Thanks so much.

@Calvinatorzcraft 7 лет назад

Why not use grams?

@PhillRS 5 лет назад

you'd have a huge number full of .0000 something!

@danielcruces4374 5 лет назад

@@PhillRS miligrams could be used too

@granddukeofmecklenburg 5 лет назад

@@danielcruces4374 mg is to small, g is to large...Grains works perfectly, since metric doesnt have a unit that works well for explaining bullet weights, or powder

@danielcruces4374 5 лет назад

@@granddukeofmecklenburg I honestly know nothing about firearms, I just mentioned that as a possible option. Yeah, I guess that if grains have been used for centuries it's because it works well for bullets. Thanks for the reply

@florix7889 5 лет назад

@@granddukeofmecklenburg there's centigramme and decigramme too with all this you're sure to find what you're looking for

@oldfish64 9 лет назад

Who came up with 1/7000th of a pound for a grain in the first place? 437.5 grains to an ounce. Wonder why it wasn't 1/1000th or 1/10,000th.

@oldfish64 9 лет назад

I looked it up, and evidently it began in biblical times. It was the weight of 1 grain of cereal grain. Maybe barley. The English standardized it . it's used in pharmacies for medicines too.

@oldfish64 9 лет назад

ChrisHallett83 I agree. The transition from one to another has been long, painful and still incomplete. As a tool and die maker, most of my life, it has been a nightmare. You remember, even the Hubble telescope was screwed up because of that.

@shotbytim9624 6 лет назад

The old system was established around commonly occurring things that made convenient measures. The metric system was established to make calculations easy. All the math is decimal. In the old system, all the math is in multiples of 2.

@klumbo12 12 лет назад

Wow this is one of the most informative shooting related video i have seen yet, you explained everything really really well, much appreciated.

@FrightTrail Год назад

Wanted to start 2023 learning about gunpowder and grains. I just kinda knew you would have a video on the subject. I really thought grain meant the actual powder in the round. You have totally schooled me. Thank you for your videos. I never watch one and don't learn something. All the best in 2023. Rich at Fright Trail

@elborix7 8 лет назад

So frustrated...couldnt watch this video because the birds in the background were making my bird scream

@JD_BigBLANKETS 8 лет назад

Headphones, you're welcome.

@carebear2707 6 лет назад

Or get a dog instead weirdo

@ricjohns545 6 лет назад

Get a cat. That'll take care of all your bird problems.

@abuzaben 9 лет назад

That's one annoying bird in the background

@polarfly73 9 лет назад

abu zaben That's funny. I wouldn't have noticed the bird had you not made the comment. But this one time while fly fishing, the spring black birds made me want to slaughter them all, kind of like red squirels. What's almost as annoying is how this guy assumes his audience cannot comprehend the difference between powder and bullet weight while using the same unit of measurement. Now I'm really annoyed. Actually a great video though. At the end a different bird chimes in...literally.

@willfourth 8 лет назад

+abu zaben Great, now I can't NOT hear it.

@brentsaylor1725 6 лет назад

You probably wouldn't enjoy the woods and outdoors very much.

@flyingtentacle7631 6 лет назад

~115 grains would solve that problem

@anonanonymous8397 6 лет назад

I enjoy all nature sounds.

@Krispykashew 9 лет назад

Thanks Hickok! You do an awesome job with your explanations and references!

@Krispykashew 9 лет назад

Tell your camera man to get a external mic and a windsock lol other than that, Love you videos!

@briandawsonii4451 4 года назад

I love this channel. Great info. And you always keep it simple. Thank you

@mrrobotica 12 лет назад

I love how you weigh a million grains and can bench two million.

@emanueladamache7034 9 лет назад

Sir, what great state do you currently dwell in? Gun control seems non-existent in this holy land.

@BradMillsXRP 9 лет назад

BlackJack 1199 he is right outside Nashville Tenn.

@emanueladamache7034 9 лет назад

Thank you. Now I finally have my dream state to live in.

@carebear2707 6 лет назад

Come to Texas. It's better.

@wardawg4871 5 лет назад

BlackJack 1199 move to Texas. Lots better

@ryana.1254 5 лет назад

Missouri is good, for now anyways ;(

@flyingbeagles8328 10 лет назад

Appreciate the detailed explanation. The powder details help to understand why a 357 is a more powerful bullet than 38 special despite having so many other similarities. Always enjoy your vids.

@firearmsndmore 12 лет назад

@ hickok45 Thanks for this video. I've been misinformed this entire time about grains up until now. Great informational video, and keep up the great work!

@killinbrabs9809 7 лет назад

What about grams why don't they use grams

@DirectCurrent4u 6 лет назад

I wish someone would tell us why they don't use grams? Great question???

@shotbytim9624 6 лет назад

In Europe, they do. Here, its for the same reason we use miles, feet, inches, etc. In the UK, it's even worse. You'll actually hear sentences like "I drove 100 kilometers at 60 miles per hour". You'll hear a guy quote his height in meters and his weight in stone.

@RalphReagan 6 лет назад

good thing bullets not in stones :) although as an American I'd be more amenable to that than the metric system

@christopherpottie8474 8 лет назад

Imperial = .45 acp cartridge with a 230 gr bullet and 5.7 gr of powder Metric = 11.43mm acp cartridge with a 14.9 gram bullet and 0.369 grams of powder. Metric just sounds silly

@Glad_Scientist 6 лет назад

It depends on the origins or the cartridge. If a bullet was manufactured in Europe, it will likely have dimensions that look better in metric descriptors, and vice-versa with the US.

@redrambler2000 5 лет назад

In places where they use metric they're not even allowed to have .45 acp. Now thats silly.

@stankheadb 12 лет назад

Great video, as usual, and a nice change of pace. Looking forward to parts 2 and/or 3 that DO go into even more detail haha. Very Interesting subject matter and the shooting community thanks you yet again for doing what you do sir!

@GovtWatchdog 12 лет назад

Soooooooooo many questions answered. Great video as always. Thank you :o)

@AndwiguZ 9 лет назад

Thank you for the clarification, however the world would be a lot simpler if americans converted to the metric system. A lot simpler..

@jeremylindemann5117 7 лет назад

What's that in grains, I wonder.

@jakegandy3853 7 лет назад

Jeremy Lindemann 1,750 grains

@isellcatlitter 7 лет назад

so why is it that a 10mm socket has a 1/4 inch drive, or a 3/8 inch drive??? just wondering

@colslw760 6 лет назад

your comment made me hungry >:O

@RalphReagan 6 лет назад

American=no metric system

@jnowakowski2627 7 лет назад

from 0:00 - 7:30, let me save you 7 mins... 'If someone says grains, they are talking about the bullet itself, not the powder.' there. done. carry on.

@juannorat5871 6 лет назад

Jeff Newman I sat through 14min 25 seconds of the same thing to get 56 seconds of what I wanted to know about. Incredible. Very knowledgeable. I get it. I am a rookie. I get it, but please assume we have some brains.

@chaddy1207 12 лет назад

I love how Hickok just slides new guns into videos! nice ppk......hopefully we will see it in a video soon!

@alejandro1924 Год назад

Man am I glad I found you. You are the man. I had seen you in other videos that only had your first name and initials. You’re an amazing shooter. The proof is in the puddin as they say. Much respect.

@Guds777 9 лет назад

please people use grams and millimeters, it is so much simpler..

@censorduck 7 лет назад

You americans could always adopt metric :P

@theshapeexists 7 лет назад

Censor Duck we are stubborn. doubt it will happen until China absorbs us, lol

@shotbytim9624 6 лет назад

Decimal math is too easy. We Americans like our fractions.

@RalphReagan 6 лет назад

isn't going to happen

@HankDCFC 11 лет назад

Thank you for taking the time to explain this. Good video, well done!

@mattblackburn3791 Год назад

.22 short is probably the smallest weight of a somewhat regular caliber and it's 27gr in a hollow point. That is still about 3.5 times the weight of a BB. The new Federal Punch in 22LR is 29gr and CCI stingers are 32gr but as always, thanks for all the wonderful information. You, Sootch00, and Paul Harrell are my go to guys for gun videos.

@blindwhitey70 12 лет назад

Excellent video, Hickok45. Very informative. I appreciate your no nonsense approach and I especially enjoy the fact that you stay pretty objective without being a zealot about this or that. Great job.

@GoGreenMan 12 лет назад

I feel this vid was made just for me. Thank you. Also I would love to hear more about the differnt powders.

@IshiTehFishi 12 лет назад

I love the show Hickok! Keep doing your stuff!!

@ericcamacho8910 6 лет назад

thanks once again hickok45 for a great informative video I've learned so much from watching you and John

@jeffreysgarcia5268 Год назад

Thank you for your time on educating me. New to shooting and now I know.

@plaguedguy85 12 лет назад

been shooting for around a year now and now for the 1st time I understand. Thanks hickok45

@BurnSurgery451 12 лет назад

Your videos are so good. Thank you again!

@MrNastytater 12 лет назад

Great key points Hickok. Nice job.

@shanebroomhall 10 лет назад

Thanks heaps for making this and your other videos. I am about to start reloading and every little bit helps. Keep up the great work with all your work, and despite not being able to have the same guns as you can in Australia, I love your reviews of those that I can.

@plistc 12 лет назад

Morning coffee and a Hickok education, great start to the week. Thanks bud, very helpful stuff. Oh hey - you're approaching your 600th video... I imagine you got something special planned... :)

@bikerdhill 12 лет назад

Thanks for clearing that up for me Hickok45, I am not a seasoned shooter, and did know that grains was bullet weight, but never knew why they were measured in grains, I clearly see now it is because the bullets are too light to be measured in ounces, Thanks for the video, I really appreciate your informative videos, as well as all the others too.

@MegaJosephdiaz 10 лет назад

Thank you very much for this video! You just answered all my qustions! I subcribed. Cuz your just that good! Keep doing what your doing and thx again.

@67NewEngland 12 лет назад

I agree. I also handload and videos like this just take my mind off of things for a while and slow life down. Reminds you that the simple pleasures are what life is all about. Thanks Hickok