pdowg881
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.223 you call it two two three or two twenty three?
how do you say it
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Medusa
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Five-Five-Six NATO
brentwal
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Anyway you want, just don't get too technical went buying it at WalMart.
"I'll take a 40 rnd box of WWB .223 Remington."
They always hand me a 20 rnd box of Remington .223 Remington.:banghead:
"I'll take a 40 rnd box of WWB .223 Remington."
They always hand me a 20 rnd box of Remington .223 Remington.:banghead:
R.W.Dale
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Round these parts it's generally known as "two two three"
aufevermike
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What about twenty two three?????............actually when I talk about my miny 14 I say ..two, two, three and sometimes two, twenty-three
Myself and others I have orally conversed with have always called it "two twenty three." Simply due to the way other cartridges are pronounced. .222 Remington (Two twenty two), .218 Bee (Two eighteen), .220 Swift(Two twenty), .325WSM (Three twenty five), etc, etc, etc.
JoseM
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Two Two Three....actually, I may have been hiding under a rock (probably just never paying attention) but I've never heard it called a Two Twenty-Three
joab
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I've never heard it called anything but two twenty three
Hemicuda
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i only buy empty .223 brass... (so i can neck it up to 7mm, or .284, if you wish) it is the casing used in the making of 7mm TCU rounds...
when i do buy it, i ask for "two twenty three brass, please"...
when i do buy it, i ask for "two twenty three brass, please"...
ctdonath
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"two two three".
BTW:
BTW:
is NOT .223 - there ARE differences between those rounds; while most guns that take one will take the other, some .223 guns cannot handle 5.56mm dimensions/pressures.
unixguy
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It's all about conservation!
two-two-three is the required pronunciation of .223, in order to comply with ISO rules to reduce the time and effort to communicate.
OK, so that's a bogus explanation. I've always called it two-two-three, and if I have to come up with a reason I'll say that it's because there are fewer syllables.
two-two-three is the required pronunciation of .223, in order to comply with ISO rules to reduce the time and effort to communicate.
OK, so that's a bogus explanation.
I've always called it two-two-three, and if I have to come up with a reason I'll say that it's because there are fewer syllables.jdkelly
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...I've never heard of a two twenty three...
Respectfully,
jdkelly
I must beliving under a similar rock as I've never heard of a two twenty three either. (I don't think)
Respectfully,
jdkelly
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The guy with the gun can say it any damn way he wants. I prefer seven point six too FULL METAL JACKET...... HOO! 
Ash
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Two twenty three, in the english language, is easier to say than two two three. There is effenciency in speaking that goes beyond sylables. For instance, millimeter is easier to say than MM because each consonant is seperated by a vowel. Nobody says 9 M M, they say 9 millimeter.
I've never heard it pronounced two two three, just as I have never heard three zero zero six, four five seven zero, three zero four zero Krag, two seven zero, two eight zero, two two, three zero zero, or three zero eight (although three oh eight is what I hear).
To me, calling it two two three is pretty Cliff Claiborn, but to each his own.
Ash
I've never heard it pronounced two two three, just as I have never heard three zero zero six, four five seven zero, three zero four zero Krag, two seven zero, two eight zero, two two, three zero zero, or three zero eight (although three oh eight is what I hear).
To me, calling it two two three is pretty Cliff Claiborn, but to each his own.
Ash
retnav05
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agree with ash
two twenty three
seven by fifty seven
three fifty six
Thats how you say it.
When you say how much you payed for a gun, do you say "three five zero" or "three fifty" Pull your head out!
two twenty three
seven by fifty seven
three fifty six
Thats how you say it.
When you say how much you payed for a gun, do you say "three five zero" or "three fifty" Pull your head out!
MatthewVanitas
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Another vote for "two two three"
I offer a parallel:
DROP FIVE-ZERO
FIRE FOR EFFECT, OVER
(Or for the 08s, "-50, FFE k", for non-08s "reduce the elevation of your howitzer so as to bring the impact back fifty meters, and fire all six guns, thanks.")
I'm not quite sure what the technical name is for the military habit of referring to numbers individually (until hundreds and thousands), but saying "fifty meters" will cause unpleasant things to happen to any artilleryman.
I suppose I do say refer to guns as "forty-five", "forty-four", "three-eighty", but I also consistently say "two-two-three", "five-five-six", "seven-six-two", "three-five-seven mag".
Come to think of it, I also say things like "seven-six-two by fifty-four rimmed". I guess I have no truly consistent system, but I am set in what I say for each particular cartridge.
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I offer a parallel:
DROP FIVE-ZERO
FIRE FOR EFFECT, OVER
(Or for the 08s, "-50, FFE k", for non-08s "reduce the elevation of your howitzer so as to bring the impact back fifty meters, and fire all six guns, thanks.")
I'm not quite sure what the technical name is for the military habit of referring to numbers individually (until hundreds and thousands), but saying "fifty meters" will cause unpleasant things to happen to any artilleryman.
I suppose I do say refer to guns as "forty-five", "forty-four", "three-eighty", but I also consistently say "two-two-three", "five-five-six", "seven-six-two", "three-five-seven mag".
Come to think of it, I also say things like "seven-six-two by fifty-four rimmed". I guess I have no truly consistent system, but I am set in what I say for each particular cartridge.
-MV
JohnBT
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two twenty
two twenty two
two twenty three
two forty three
two eighty
People really say two two three? Okay, to each their own. Do you pronounce the decimal point, too? Point two two three? I haven't owned one in two oh years.
John
two twenty two
two twenty three
two forty three
two eighty
People really say two two three? Okay, to each their own. Do you pronounce the decimal point, too? Point two two three? I haven't owned one in two oh years.
John
Stevie-Ray
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Two twenty three, of course. All you guys that say you've never heard it this way, probably will never hear it the other way in this part of the country.
beerslurpy
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Say it like the number 223. It isnt like old guns where you say "0" as "ought."
"I'd like some three ought eight please." *smack*
Although I asked at walmart if they had 7.62x39 (seven point six two by thirty nine) and the clerk looked at me like I tried to grab his balls or something. "Is that some kind of exotic cartridge?"
"I'd like some three ought eight please." *smack*
Although I asked at walmart if they had 7.62x39 (seven point six two by thirty nine) and the clerk looked at me like I tried to grab his balls or something. "Is that some kind of exotic cartridge?"
GeoW
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"I offer a parallel:
DROP FIVE-ZERO
FIRE FOR EFFECT, OVER
(Or for the 08s, "-50, FFE k", for non-08s "reduce the elevation of your howitzer so as to bring the impact back fifty meters, and fire all six guns, thanks.")"
Spoken like a true canon cocker
GeoW
DROP FIVE-ZERO
FIRE FOR EFFECT, OVER
(Or for the 08s, "-50, FFE k", for non-08s "reduce the elevation of your howitzer so as to bring the impact back fifty meters, and fire all six guns, thanks.")"
Spoken like a true canon cocker
GeoW
Wow, I was gonna say it was silly to say "two two three," as for me it sounds goofy. Then I realized that I say "three oh eight" instead of "three hundred eight." I also say, "three eighty," but "seven six two NATO." I got no consistency, but I say "two twenty three" for what it's worth.
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