Definitions
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- noun plural See 5th
grain , n., 2 (b). - noun plural Pigeon's dung used in tanning. See
Grainer. n., 1.
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- noun Plural form of
grain . - noun
pigeons 'dung used intanning . Seegrainer .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The distribution of the grains is at first uniform, but it is found that the grains accumulate progressively in the lower layers until a limiting distribution is reached with reversible settling or expansion depending on whether the temperature is lowered or raised.
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Our agriculture, which depends so largely now upon those members of the grass family which we call grains, is the result of accident, not the result of science.
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I don't know that the 300 grains is any better than the 240 grains since mine are almost always pass-through lung shots and deer don't really slow either slug down that much from what I've seen.
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Yes | No | Report from GregoryS wrote 21 weeks 5 days ago to get what i want in grains and the amount of powder i want to use. but also thanks to the democrates reloading saves me thousands of dollars also
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All Replies from rocky d bashaw wrote 38 weeks 4 days ago depends on what you will use the gun for. i would go with 30-06, the range of bullet grains is so great it will do anything and everything these calibers will do.
.270 or 25-06 2009
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I don't know that the 300 grains is any better than the 240 grains since mine are almost always pass-through lung shots and deer don't really slow either slug down that much from what I've seen.
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Yes | No | Report from GregoryS wrote 21 weeks 5 days ago to get what i want in grains and the amount of powder i want to use. but also thanks to the democrates reloading saves me thousands of dollars also
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In recently researching other folks ills with Hornady Interbonds, I turned up statements that bullet weight varied as much as 7 grains from the same box.
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In addition, extra atoms are often present in grains causing planes of distortion called dislocations.
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In recently researching other folks ills with Hornady Interbonds, I turned up statements that bullet weight varied as much as 7 grains from the same box.
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