Uinta Fish
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It was said with tongue in cheek, a little humor around here surely couldn't hurt could it?
It was said with tongue in cheek, a little humor around here surely couldn't hurt could it?
I've enjoyed all of the replies, some more informative and some more humorous than others. But CBTO, in my world, is not an acronym (it's not pronouncable); rather, it's an initialism. Of course, my world is old and maybe doesn't fit anymore.When you stand a cartridge on the flat part so the pointy part is pointing up, you've placed it on its head, correct? Where the head stamp is, right? So why is the measurement from the flat part to the point where the bullet starts to narrow towards the tip called the Cartridge Base To Ogive (CBTO) instead of the Cartridge Head To Ogive (CHTO)?
Just a newbie with too much time on his hands and a penchant for weird quirks of terminology wondering how the acronym came to be.
Because it separated at the case head. That is an all-encompassing term for any point or point at the case head. I once read that if you want to sound credible - you say "because."So why is it called a case head separation if it's really a "random point along the lower body wall near the case head region above the webbing" that separates? We should discuss the mechanics of these RPATLBWNTCHRATW separations.
I'm pretty sure QT was making a jokeBecause it separated at the case head. That is an all-encompassing term for any point or point at the case head. I once read that if you want to sound credible - you say "because."
Ohhhhhkay. Now to find out what the RPATLBWNTCHRATW really means. Closest I could come up with is "rats, people always tell lies between when noon time crunch has really arrived to watch."I'm pretty sure QT was making a joke
Highly underrated comment.So why is it called a case head separation if it's really a "random point along the lower body wall near the case head region above the webbing" that separates? We should discuss the mechanics of these RPATLBWNTCHRATW separations.