My cartridge of the week is gonna be a wild cat ive been thinking about for sometime now. .20 AI Hornet. whatcha think of that?

As a fellow poster who locks alot of horns in real life and on the internet, let me show you how it could have gone done, and not be a Ja. Remember, you asked why a JA, so this is not a hard and fast rule, but a suggestion.

A quick and simple explaination could have been, "Hey, thats cartridge has alot of recoil and muzzle blast so not for me, but I assume you meant cartridge, not caliber, am I right?".

I bet ya, it wouldn't have been taken as JA or rude. Just a thought.

The CARTRIDGE HERE is the .378 Weatherby case necked down to fire .338 CALIBER bullets......

Well, I thank the CATTIGE is thet peece uh brass whut holds 'er all tergither, lak pouwdur &sech, and the Kalleebur is the siz aroun uvof the bullet critter (bullet beeing the thang whut flyze throo th ayre &killz thangs.)

Just to beat a dead horse, check out how Remington classifies its rifles. I was checking out the "cartriges" the CDL is offered in, and noticed that they refered to it as "caliber". So Who's right?
http://www.remington.com/products/firearms/centerfire_rifles/model_700/model_700_CDL_specs.asp

I don't know who is right, but i do know this...

When someone ask something like, "Will my 7mm kill a moose?" What's the NEXT question that you see for an answer????????? Everyone wants to know WHAT 7mm???

BUT,

When someone ask "Will my 7mm Rem. Mag. kill a moose?" NO ONE ask, what caliber is it???? They wouldn't ask if someonewanted to knowif a 30-06 will kill a moose either, but what if they asked if their 30 cal. could kill a moose??? Is ita 30 carbine they are asking about,or a 30-06 they are asking about?

In my mind that pretty much answers your question...

My origional point was to try to get some of the new less experienced guys all on the same page to sound a bit more knowledgable. But,apparently having more knowledge on something as simple as this offends some of you.

So i guess you'd rather wade through post after post with folks trying to figure out what cartridge posters are refering to when asking about calibers???

DM

I've been around here a long time, and i've wrote up a fair amount on wildcats, even some i dreamed up and produced... Do you really think i didn't know what a .338x378 was???

I guess the point i was trying to make flew right by most here, and that's fine...

DM

We got it, but there is a tactful way and just "look how smart I am way".

I hear ya HDW how is the weather in Ar. We are getting ready for a great deer season here starts sat. and I an pumped up.
DM I like what you have to say most of the it just comes off wrong for some reason.You are a very knowledgeable man just be alittle more tactful.

weathers been weird been makin it hard to get the 20 on the yotes its dry as usuall but the mornings have been quite frigid but we are still getting into the 80s and 90s in the afternoon. we should be in the 50s and have had some snow by now. we've got a fire about 5 miles away luckily its on the other side of the mountain and its somewhat contained but we are in dire need of some moisture. always good to know what going on over there take care