Glossary entry

Russian term or phrase:

Охотничий порох

English translation:

hunting powder

Added to glossary by Jack Doughty
Jun 29, 2007 13:17
16 yrs ago
Russian term

Охотничий порох

Russian to English Other Military / Defense
Охотничий порох.

Спасибо большое!
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Jun 29, 2007 13:17: changed "Kudoz queue" from "In queue" to "Public"

Jul 5, 2007 18:16: Jack Doughty Created KOG entry

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hunting powder

Lots of references, including:

IMBEL - Industria de Material Bélico do Brasil ::
Description:, Single Base Powder (Hunting Powder). No image for this product. TYPES REX 1200 -REX 1624 - REX 2836 TUCANO - PV 2P ...
imbel.gov.br/index.php?centro=verproduto&id_produto=15&id_categoria=8&lang=en - 12k - Cached - Similar pages
19c Embossed Leather Hunting Powder Horn
Outstanding 19th Century Embossed Leather & Brass Hunting 5 Pound Powder Horn; with elaborate hunting scene on both sides depicting a man taking aim at game ...
www.goantiques.com/detail,19c-embossed-leather,159141.html - 26k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages

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Live link to first reference:
http://imbel.gov.br/index.php?centro=verproduto&id_produto=1...
Peer comment(s):

agree James Fite
2 mins
Thank you.
agree Alexander Demyanov
10 mins
Thank you.
neutral The Misha : "Hunting" in most of your references relates to horn, not powder. You may still be right though. Absolutely so. But since hunting is a modifier to horn, rather than powder it does not prove very well that "hunting powder" is an acceptable usage.
53 mins
So? A hunting powder horn contains hunting powder.//OK, check these two. www.outdoorsyp.com/index.asp?searchkey=1812 www.guns.connect.fi/gow/arcane1.html
agree Alexander Onishko
5 hrs
Thank you.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you, Jack!"
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black powder

As opposed to synthetic pyroxilin powder used by the military
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5 hrs

sporting-powder

Это может показаться невероятным, но это факт, например - когда- то я задавал вопрос в KudoZ и выяснил, что sporting rifle - это спортивная ИЛИ ОХОТНИЧЬЯ винтовка

см. http://www.proz.com/kudoz/579747

В качестве ещё одного аргумента, могу привести то, что многоуважеаемый Вебстер переводит sporting-powder на немецкий как Jagdpulver т.е. дословно "охотничий порох"

http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/SPORTIN...
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