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kennyc wrote:

Mr_Logic wrote:Yes, the page talks of bullet heads; it means bullets. Now it has been suitably admonished it must learn from its mistake and repent its sins :-)

did you see the other links to pages naming "heads" tongueout now we have settled that, can we start on the great "head v base" debate ?

Lots of people misuse the apostrophe. They're wrong too!

Mr_Logic wrote:

kennyc wrote:

Mr_Logic wrote:Yes, the page talks of bullet heads; it means bullets. Now it has been suitably admonished it must learn from its mistake and repent its sins :-)

did you see the other links to pages naming "heads" tongueout now we have settled that, can we start on the great "head v base" debate ?

Lots of people misuse the apostrophe. They're wrong too!

that will be a "maybe" then

I started this thread as an informational one, as a few folk seemed to be using the wrong term for BULLET

This confusion is not restricted to end-users of bullets - several RFD's & even major importers also seem to struggle with the facts about what the correct name for part "X" or component "Y" is....but the as the latter group are not users of the items in question, and are purely concerned with sales targets & profit margins; calling an item by the wrong name makes no difference to them so there is no incentive to learn what is correct & what is not...
It's a cause of MUCH confusion in the gun trade as too many folk (both FAC holders & RFD's) trying to order "bullets" from the trade actually mean AMMUNITION - hence the surprised looks when the TNT driver delivers their package & they find out that the parts that go bang are nowhere in sight...

Seems that the folk that have spat their dummy out/thrown teddy in the corner the most are the ones calling a bullet a head...sorry that some folk are so thin skinned...and NO personal digs/attacks were meant/implied/intended

As Lewis Carroll wrote,

'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.'

So
- if you are bored by this thread - don't read it - the internet is a BIG place (if you DO find the end of it let me know...)
- if YOU choose to use the wrong terminology - don't get all upset when others pull you up for it (how are THEY supposed to know if you are close minded to learning, or not?) As AR15COM would sum it up,

- if you using the wrong term. - please DO keep that use to yourself - along with any other strange practices you may get up to. New shooters have enough information to absorb as it is.

IF I HAD INTENDED TO KICK OFF A MAJOR BUN FIGHT I'D HAVE STARTED A THREAD OFF WITH A POLITICS/RELIGION THEME & SAT BACK TO ENJOY THE SHOW

Now, a quick question....


I await more hand bag attacks/dummy spitting....now, where's my popcorn?

We are so good at this :lol:

Blu wrote:
Well that's the thing about opinions, they're much like bums, everybody has one but there ain't no two the same.

Blu

I always preferred 'everybody has one, but no-one wants to hear it.'

Harrier1980 wrote:

Blu wrote:
Well that's the thing about opinions, they're much like bums, everybody has one but there ain't no two the same.

Blu

I always preferred 'everybody has one, but no-one wants to hear it.'

Yep that works as well. Right then I'm off to do some reloading, now where did I put those Hornady 150grn pointy dangerous things that sits on top of the case.

Blu

Pointy things (TM Blu) works for me :cheers:

ovenpaa wrote:Pointy things (TM Blu) works for me :cheers:

...already in previous usage!!

those are bodkins (needle and pile), Type 16s, horseflies and a swallowtail....

meles meles wrote:those are bodkins (needle and pile), Type 16s, horseflies and a swallowtail....

....glad someone that knows was the first to respond!!

Have loosed many a cloth yard shaft into a wand in my day - best fun since they banned short bang sticks