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Why is it 'bbl' ?
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<blockquote data-quote="Brown Dog" data-source="post: 104801" data-attributes="member: 1622"><p><strong>Why is it \'bbl\' ?</strong></p><p></p><p>Today's random 'niff-naff and trivia' question:</p><p></p><p>Anyone know why in the US gun industry 'barrel' gets abbreviated to 'bbl'?</p><p></p><p>...and not something more logical (like 'brl')</p><p></p><p></p><p>I suspect it might be some weird historical thing like the answer to why are tanks (as in main battle tanks) called 'tanks'</p><p></p><p>...I'm not losing sleep over it; just idly wondering if anyone had a reason/explanation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brown Dog, post: 104801, member: 1622"] [b]Why is it \'bbl\' ?[/b] Today's random 'niff-naff and trivia' question: Anyone know why in the US gun industry 'barrel' gets abbreviated to 'bbl'? ...and not something more logical (like 'brl') I suspect it might be some weird historical thing like the answer to why are tanks (as in main battle tanks) called 'tanks' ...I'm not losing sleep over it; just idly wondering if anyone had a reason/explanation. [/QUOTE]
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