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Definition of .45 caliber
1. Adjective. Of or relating to the bore of a gun (or its ammunition) that measures forty-five hundredths of an inch in diameter.
Lexicographical Neighbors of .45 Caliber
Literary usage of .45 caliber
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elementary Naval Ordnance and Gunnery: Including Close-order Infantry by Hobart Cole Ramsey (1918)
"In the same way a 6-inch gun, 25 feet long, is called a 6-inch,-caliber gun, and
a 6-inch gun, 22| feet long, a 6-inch, 45-caliber gun. ..."
2. World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Ill., 1893 by United States World's Columbian Commission. Committee on Awards (1901)
"The same greatest height for the .45-caliber Springfield rifle is 8.16 feet, ...
The arms used were the .45 caliber Springfield rifle and the experimental ..."
3. The United States Navy in the World War: Official Pictures Selected from the by James Clayton Russell, William Emmet Moore (1921)
"Mean draft 28 feet 6 inches. Normal displacement 27.000 tons. Horse-power (main
engine) 28.373. Trial Speed 21.05 knots. Guns: 10 14-inch, 45 caliber: 6 ..."
4. A Text-book on Field Fortification by Gustave Joseph Fiebeger (1900)
"At 1000 yards range, in the same target, the penetrations in pine were: .30-caliber
rifle, 11.44 inches; .30-caliber carbine, 11.22 inches; and .45-caliber ..."
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