Am I the only one who sees calibers everywhere?

[UberPhLuBB]

The number of the address of my favorite gun store is 357. Inevitably, someone drew in a decimal before the number years ago.

 

[Edmond]

Zach,

That's one reason why I got a Sig.

 

[benEzra]

I once had a campus bike sticker that was #223. I got a permanent marker and put in the decimal point.

I worked in an auto parts store while in high school and was interested in engine building for a while (subscribed to Hot Rod magazine and all that). I saw engine displacements everywhere--283, 289, 302, 305, 327, 350, 351, 400, 427, 454, 500...

I think it's just the way the human brain works, to try to draw associations to the familiar with anything you see. Sort of like a numerical Rorschach test.

 

[enfield303]

My apartment # is 308.
Because that's where the Big Shooter lives

 

[sendtoscott]

Because that's where the Big Shooter lives

Dry fire it much?

 

[Stickjockey]

telephone number was 223-3030.

Forest Grove up here near Portland has the Powder Horn; 357-4570.

The airline I work for assigns flight numbers of four digits, beginning with 2. So for me, it's

2450
2308
2223

and so on.

 

[Bear Gulch]

Zach sounds like a bingo to me!

 

[MajMikeW]

Calibers

I wonder how many gun safes or other locks have a combination comprised of some combination of .22, .38, .44 or .45. Our gun range was .45/70 and '73 for the year of the Peacekeeper for a long time.