Re: Reloading terminology.
<span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">One reason a fella' might be confused is a lot of the ones writing about handloading don't know what they're talking about.
Thus:
A bullet is a projectile. Its not a round or cartridge, which is a loaded and ready to fire bullet, case, primer, propellant -components - combination properly loaded/assembled.
Bullets may be flat-based, boat-tailed, rebated boat-tail, very low drag as distinguished from one that is low drag, drag, or hi-drag. Either of these could require a drag bag, the size and contents of which depends on the duration of the drag show (match).
VVLD. Very, very low drag.
A case is a piece of brass. Its not a lawsuit, but if not done right it could be. NOR is a case a "casing" (sausage skin) or a "shell" or "hull" (shotgun). Casing is what BP and Halliburton boo boo'd on Deep Water Horizon.(RIP)
Flash hole is the orifice the primer flash blasts through to the propellant while crammed into the primer pocket of the case. Flash hole is not a reference to pornography. Same goes for rim.
Propellant is usually powder. When powder is weighed or measured or dropped into a case it becomes a charge. Propellant is thus the more exclusive term. Powder can be other stuff.
Shell holder. Not case holder. Case holder refers to the LE Wilson c'deaser that holds.....the case!....while trimming, not rimming, or pruning or cutting a case.
Optimal Charge Weight- The charge that provides the best ballistic performance. OCW is a good way to work up a load. a phrase that is not a vulgarity here, but might be elsewhere, like dropping a load (charge) into a primed case.
Ram is the big verticle rod in a press. The shell holder fits on the top of it. Dies fit on top of the press.
There are seater dies, de-capping dies, sizer dies, small base dies, neck dies, body dies, dies with mandrels, stems, expander buttons. Some dies are too long. Some shell holders are too thick, preventing sufficient shoulder set-back of the case when sizing. You'll use sizing lube while sizing cases.
The press fits on a table, top of a clothes dryer, or loading bench. Or you can hold it with your knees, but you'll tire of that.
Ogive is the curved nose (cone) of a projectile. Ogives may be secant (some express this as "c-cant, but that is illiterate) or tangent.
Mouth. Neck. Shoulder. Body. Rim. Base. Parts of the case. It does not have eyes. But a bullet has a nose. Some refer to the base as "the ass-end", and the nose as the front-end, though neither are correct.
Shell cases may be re-loaded, but the more accurate term is hand-loaded because a new case has never before been loaded so it cannot be re-loaded but it is certainly a handloaded round. Re-load implies re-bate, return, reject, etc. It is not a term of art.
Its okay to have a round in the chamber if you're ready to fire, but a bullet in the barrel is an obstruction that will cause damage if the round in the chamber enters the bore upon being fired.
A barrel means the whole rod looking thing having a hole from one end to the other. It has a bore, a chamber, a muzzle, a leade or throat, lands, grooves, pits and wear if its aged, and they all have a life. Those first several parts are supposed to form a line but many do not. So when you clean your barrel you will clean the exterior and the interior. Most clean the bore but if you clean the barrel its okay as long as you also clean the bore once in awhile.
A Sierra Match King Hollow Point is a target competition bullet. Its not a hunting bullet simply because its name contains the words "hollow point".
Some bullets are made of one metal. They are referred to as monolithic though it has nothing to do with pre-history. Like a monotheist might believe in one god, and atheist will not, generally.
An AR15 has a butt and a forearm or float tube depending on whether the forearm touches the barrel. An AR15 does not have a stock but a Remington Model 700 can. A shotgun has a stock. Its the butt but its made of wood which lends to the term stock better than the AR's butt might. The front part of a shotgun's wood or plastic part you hold on to is the forearm or fore-stock. The butt has a toe, heel, and comb and pistol grip which can be vertical on rifles but not usually on sporting shotguns although tacticool warrant serving door kickers like vertical grips on shotguns because they look cooler and more exclusive.
Many rifles have bolts but not all. A Ruger No.1 does not. Some self loading rifles also have a bolt carrier and when referred to together they become a bolt carrier group.
Plungers are not rubber things on a stick to unstop a commode.
Ejectors are not bar bouncers.
Extractors are not first responders.
Springs are not water holes.
Sights are not places.
Optics are both sights and viewing devices such as binoculars.
Crosshairs can be reticles. Reticles are crosshairs.
Knobs are not heads. They are turrets.
Turrets are not on tanks but scopes or optical sights.
Turrets have figures. Tall. Fat. Short. Knurly. Smooth.
Tank means to be finished. If used enough a barrel will tank in the future.
Milling means to cut, rather than to grind as in corn.
Lugs are not lazy, fat guys.
Dedicated is not a reference to one's character.
Muzzle does not mean shut up.
Crown is not a bejeweled hat or a birthing term.
Burn rate has nothing to do with cigarettes or road rash.
Bonded does not mean good friends.
Marine Tex is not an army guy.
We use adhesive, not glue.
Bedding is not sheets.
Pillars are not bedding.
Marine Tex is bedding.
An action is not a lawsuit.
Receiver is not a football player.
Hot is not good looking.
Smoking has nothing to do with smoke.
A load that hammers might drive nails but its not a hammer.
Butt spike is not a sex toy, necessarily, nor is bolt knob, necessarily.
Suppressor is not an over-bearing spouse.
SBR is a short barreled rifle but makes no sense since it should be termed short barreled carbine but that makes no sense either because carbine means short barreled rifle.
Butt pad is not a seat cushion.
Butt is not what you say when you're getting your ass chewed out.
Butt spacer is not to flatter.
Donut is not for hemorrhoids
Eye relief is not a pretty girl, or man, depending on one's caliber. haha.
Exit pupil is not an expelled student.
Long action is not the one hour prostitute.
Short action is not the half hour one.
Free base means you shot a match at Rifles Only, not to smoke crack.
Slide Glide is not personal lubricant, necessarily.
Wildcat is not a heretofore unexplored gas field.
Hot gas is not produced by flatulence.
Benchrest shooters sit while shooting. Hens set, as does Marine Tex.
Magazines are not clips. A clip is a unit of velocity.
Bridge base is not on the molars. It fits on the prostitutes.
Shoulder bump is not a dance. Get the gauge. Use it.
Headspace has nothing to do with t-tops. Get the gauge. Use it.
Rail does not go with road. Some of them go on prostitutes.
Its not picaninny. Its Picatinny.
E-tip is not illegal insider trading.
Ego is original sin.
And for the repentant is cancelled by the redemptive grace of the risen Christ.
"Improved" cases are mostly ego.
Torqued is not pissed.
Rifle does not mean to pilfer.
Free floater does not mean you've been eating right.
Hot load is not a dump truck full of fresh asphalt......or manure.
Trigger is not a conscious decision to give up one's sobriety date.
Single stage is neither a one ring circus nor the period between marriages.
Lagniappe: The need for the latest and greatest is compensation for an otherwise perceived inadequacy. Guess what it is?
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