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What really makes it a magnum?
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<blockquote data-quote="Max Heat" data-source="post: 680640" data-attributes="member: 43153"><p>The first "magnum" rifle cartridge was the 375. It was invented in 1912, across the pond, by H&H. The belted cartridge's rim measured .532", which for many years was the standard that practically all rifle cartridges that were called magnums, used. And although to a somewhat lesser extent (i.e. the short magnums), it's still pretty much the same "case" today. That's the history.</p><p></p><p>But the actual "definition" of a magnum? Technically speaking, there isn't one. The closest thing I can come up with is a "connotation". For the less educated, a connotation is basically a thought picture that the mind conjures up upon hearing a certain word or phrase. And for "magnum", that would be: Large, powerful, ***-kickin, when compared to what one considers typical, or "standard", especially, but not limited to, a particular caliber. </p><p></p><p>Can anyone do better than that?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Max Heat, post: 680640, member: 43153"] The first "magnum" rifle cartridge was the 375. It was invented in 1912, across the pond, by H&H. The belted cartridge's rim measured .532", which for many years was the standard that practically all rifle cartridges that were called magnums, used. And although to a somewhat lesser extent (i.e. the short magnums), it's still pretty much the same "case" today. That's the history. But the actual "definition" of a magnum? Technically speaking, there isn't one. The closest thing I can come up with is a "connotation". For the less educated, a connotation is basically a thought picture that the mind conjures up upon hearing a certain word or phrase. And for "magnum", that would be: Large, powerful, ***-kickin, when compared to what one considers typical, or "standard", especially, but not limited to, a particular caliber. Can anyone do better than that? [/QUOTE]
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