I was thinking about Diesel fuel, they had low sulfur diesel, now it's ultra low sulfur diesel. Pretty soon it's gonna be Hella Mega Super Ultra Low sulfur diesel (HMSULSD for short).
"Is 'milk bottle' literally a racist term?"
"It is now." - Jack Fraggs
Because whoever comes up with the cartridge gets to name it whatever he/she wants to name it, even if the name is misleading.
To understand it, you have to go back to the days of cap and ball revolvers. Unlike modern cartridge revolvers, the chambers in cap and ball revolvers have no "throat". The part where the powder sits and the part where the bullet sits are the same diameter. In fact, the bullet, chamber, and groove diameter of the barrel (the bore) were all the same. Therefore, a .38 caliber cap and ball revolver had a .38" diameter bullet.
The "new" .38s were made with the bore shrunk by twice the thickness of the case wall; which meant about .357" (.360 for the .38 S&W). Because of familiarity, the manufacturers kept the cartridge designation- .38 caliber - the same.
The .36 Cap and ball revolvers shot a .375 diameter ball. Which I think is the reason we arrived a .38 name for a .357 bullet. I don't think there were any revolvers called .38s until the cartridge era. Put a .38 caliber ball in a .38 bored cylinder and it will roll out.
Concealed carry is for protection, open carry is for attention.
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I think the Ferrari is what makes him.
I'm workin on that, give me a few days. How bout a coke bottle necked down to a phonograph needle?:tooth:
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
"It is now." - Jack Fraggs
To understand it, you have to go back to the days of cap and ball revolvers. Unlike modern cartridge revolvers, the chambers in cap and ball revolvers have no "throat". The part where the powder sits and the part where the bullet sits are the same diameter. In fact, the bullet, chamber, and groove diameter of the barrel (the bore) were all the same. Therefore, a .38 caliber cap and ball revolver had a .38" diameter bullet.
The "new" .38s were made with the bore shrunk by twice the thickness of the case wall; which meant about .357" (.360 for the .38 S&W). Because of familiarity, the manufacturers kept the cartridge designation- .38 caliber - the same.
http://www.vintagepistols.com/357_vs_38.html
― Douglas Adams
I always thought it was the mustache
Has to have a Hawaiian shirt too.
Well I sure a hell am pretty sure it isn't Rosie O'Donnell.
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.