laurencen Posted May 16, 2023 Report Share Posted May 16, 2023 today I wanted to engrave the side of a M1A1 dummy upper, did this with a 1928A1 several years ago and figured I would just modify the text what I noticed the 1928A1 has CALIBRE 45 AUTOMATIC CARTRIDGE and the M1A1 has CALIBER .45 M1A1, why did they change the spelling of Caliber? in all the years I just noticed this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpbcps Posted May 16, 2023 Report Share Posted May 16, 2023 Many years ago, I read about that change in either 'TUTB' or 'American Thunder'. I always wondered why they made a mistake spelling Calibre on the M1 & M1A1s🤫 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anjong-ni Posted May 16, 2023 Report Share Posted May 16, 2023 Maybe it was Colt's peculiar fashionable way of spelling it. The 1911 commercial also spelt it "Calibre". ...Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeRanger Posted May 17, 2023 Report Share Posted May 17, 2023 Lots of words ending in "er" or "re" get them reversed between British and American spellings. Some like sabre/saber and meter/metre are still used in both versions here; calibre is not among them. Unlikely though that in 1921 the British spelling was still common in the US . What I really want to know is where the exrta i in "aluminium" comes from 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSMGguy Posted May 17, 2023 Report Share Posted May 17, 2023 It is what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD. Posted May 17, 2023 Report Share Posted May 17, 2023 My guess is since the Colt's used the word, "CALIBRE," Auto-Ordnance mandated Savage Arms continue the use for the Model of 1928s. Later, the Auto-Ordnance Bridgeport (AOB) factory adopted the same spelling on the 1928 models. When the M1 was introduced, the American spelling, CALIBER, was adopted. All just guesses...but fun to speculate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Quaid Posted May 28, 2023 Report Share Posted May 28, 2023 (edited) On 5/16/2023 at 9:32 PM, TD. said: My guess is since the Colt's used the word, "CALIBRE," Auto-Ordnance mandated Savage Arms continue the use for the Model of 1928s. Later, the Auto-Ordnance Bridgeport (AOB) factory adopted the same spelling on the 1928 models. When the M1 was introduced, the American spelling, CALIBER, was adopted. All just guesses...but fun to speculate! We're all glad to hear some speculation from a man of your... calibre. Colt started making guns in 1836, so maybe the spelling "calibre" was considered correct at the time and they just stuck with it into the 1900s out of tradition. If I was going to speculate, I would guess that the US military put the kybosh on spelling it "calibre" on the M1A1. Does the spelling "calibre" appear on any other WWII US weapons? The military loves to standardize things. Edited May 28, 2023 by Doug Quaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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