{"id":1141,"date":"2003-11-23T22:35:34","date_gmt":"2003-11-24T06:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ogre.nu\/wp\/?p=1141"},"modified":"2006-11-24T09:06:13","modified_gmt":"2006-11-24T17:06:13","slug":"the-mystery-caliber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bendwavy.org\/wp\/?p=1141","title":{"rendered":"the mystery caliber"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saturday at a gun shop, my eye was caught by the archaic stocks of a couple of Ruger “Vaquero” revolvers (modern versions of obsolete guns, made for rodeo sports). Looking closer, I saw that their calibers were .45 and .32. That puts me in my place.<\/p>\n

2004 Sep 04:<\/strong> Oops! This post formerly linked to one (from 2002 Oct 05) that has now vanished. It said: <\/p>\n

Rex Stout, author of the ‘Nero Wolfe’ mysteries, made a point never to use real-life brand names. But in “Death of a Demon”<\/a> (1961) he went one step further: the murder weapon is a .32 revolver, and I at least have never (otherwise) heard of such a thing. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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