Cartridge Names
They mostly don’t make sense. But here’s a good read on why some cartridges have the name they do.
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January 27th, 2011 at 1:13 pm
I prefer “brontosaurus” to “apatosaurus” and Pluto is still a planet. However, my 9mm shoots the same diameter bullets as my .38 Special and my .357 Magnum, and each of those names are perfect for the cartridges used in those guns.
January 27th, 2011 at 3:04 pm
I’ve been partial to the .22 Eargesplitten Loudenboomer moniker you posted about last year.
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January 27th, 2011 at 3:17 pm
That article was actually sadly short on the why, which is the interesting part.
(I mean, if you’re going to talk about the fact that .38 is really .357, and .44 is really .429, shouldn’t you mention heeled bullets and the reason why the notional and modern actual diameters don’t match?)
(Also wish he’d have noted the muzzle energy differences between 9mm +P+ and .357 Magnum, rather than just velocity. Because when you take into account the heavier bullet, you begin to see that they’re not equivalent rounds.
1328/451 vs. 1650/755.
Though, Jesus, I wouldn’t want to try and find 9mm +P+, let alone fire it in most guns. Even if they’re strong enough to take it, sounds like it’d be pretty brutal in anything lighter than a 1911.)
January 27th, 2011 at 8:03 pm
If the .45 ACP pistol round can be made from a cut down .30-06 case, and the 9mm Parabellum pistol round can be made from a cut down 5.56mm case, then what pistol round can be made from a cut down .50 BMG case (even though you can’t have one because your rights have been infringed)?