"Bullet Heads"

[finnbear270]

It's even spread to others who shouldn't be encouraging it, listed on the home page,

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCIQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.guns.gb.com%2F&ei=rpQbVYK-MYnOaJHggdgH&usg=AFQjCNHkrzFInCBCvvP-daww831JvFiU5Q&bvm=bv.89744112,d.d2s&cad=rja

 

[Discopete]

I think you guys need to get off your soap box and get a life, who cares what there called its not the end of the world! Just because you know the exact terminology doesn't mean you shoot better than anyone else.

 

[private fraser]

Possibly not..... but it does mean we know the Correct terminology

 

[Uncle Buck]

It would appear as some are losing their "heads" over this one Buck 52.
as they say... they'll just have to bite the "bullet" !

 

[phaedra]

That's "Boolit" to you

 

[Sauer90]

Ignorance serves as its own punishment.

 

[private fraser]

Also, if you type "head" into a search engine, you could get something not at all do do with bullets (I would imagine he hastened to add ).

 

[Greener Jim]

No soap box here....but

All sport has correct terminology. If I called a football 'header' a 'ball head butt' you'd know what I meant BUT it'd be wrong and I'd open myself up to jokes similar to the one's above.

If you buy factory ammunition then you maybe don't need to know what a cannelure or a meplat is but I do feel you should know a little bit about the ammunition you use and what it's properly called.
A fair number of people presume that all ballistics tips are the same and all soft points are the same (in their chosen caliber and weight) when infact they could be wildly different.

Gaining a little knowledge and calling stuff by the correct name leads to knowing more in general and that can only be a benefit.

 

[Biathlonjimmy]

Correct terminology prevents confusion. I find it bizarre that there are plenty of members who jump to defend the lazy use of language by others. How difficult is it to use correct terminology? It is not difficult. I understand that people often feel comfortable using slang because it creates a feeling of membership in a particular group or community. I wouldn’t however feel overly comfortable chatting with someone who had shot a deer by referring to the action as “f*@king up this deer with my shooter” even though I think I know what they meant. Language, especially online, creates an impression, good or bad and which some care about and others don’t. Personally I like the use of correct terminology but that is just my opinion which, ultimately, is worth nothing to an online forum .

Have a great Easter weekend,

J

 

[tackb]

 

[willie_gunn]

If you buy factory ammunition then you maybe don't need to know what a cannelure or a meplat is but I do feel you should know a little bit about the ammunition you use and what it's properly called.

I've been reloading my .308 for probably 15 years now, and without looking it up I wouldn't know what a cannelure or a meplat are. To be honest, I think I can live with that lack of education

For me, reloading is a means to an end, not an end in itself. I really, really, don't need to understand everything there is to know about reloading and ballistics. The recipe I've been using for 15 years works, as evidenced by the deer that somehow still seem to fall down despite my appalling lack of knowledge of the correct nomenclature

Oh, and when I pop in to Reloading Solutions I just ask for "a box of 150 grain 30 cal Nosler Ballistic Tips" and they still seem to understand

 

[Lupus]

Not wishing to be a pedant Discopete, but it's 'they're' not 'there'.

Wolfie

 

[Yorric]

& what about those who don't know the difference between the meaning of "to" & "too"?

Ian

 

[willie_gunn]

& what about those who don't know the difference between the meaning of "to" & "too"?

Ian

There, their, they're....don't get upset.

 

[JTO]

Does excessive 'head space' mean you have resized the neck wrongly?

 

[tackb]

If I was researching how to get firearms banned I would read this and realise that I didn't need to do anything to get them banned I'd just have to wait for shooters to self destruct themselves..............

 

[paul o']

no! but its worth a look at its arsehole if you live in Texas

Do you check for the head hole when you shoot a beast?

 

[bobjs]

Bullet case,

No handle,nowhere to put my clothing and no wheels on it,

Boltface,

no eyes, no mouth and no ears.


Rifle butt,

No cheeks, no A" hole in it and I never use bog roll on it...ever,


Now what else is on the rifle that has a name that I really don't care about,

Bob

 

[ejg]

Does excessive 'head space' mean you have resized the neck wrongly?

see how much trouble is caused just because they got the name giving on the cartridge wrong day one.
the head should sit on the neck, which in turn sits on the shoulder.
Some twit called the arse the head........

I think everyone who calls a bullet also a head is actually correct, calling the arse the head...is wrong and should be corrected.
edi

 

[Dalua]

I think everyone who calls a bullet also a head is actually correct, calling the arse the head...is wrong and should be corrected.
edi

That is because you are unable to resist applying your merciless Teutonic logic in realms where it is neither appropriate nor welcome. In any case, as you are personally responsible for the arcane jargon of German Jaegerei, you are disbarred from commenting on idiosyncracies and absurdities of terminology in the languages of other nations.

'Casebase' might indeed be a better term for the head of a cartridge-case. However it is nevertheless not the correct term; which is and remains 'head'.
Und damit basta!