Why is it CBTO and not CHTO?

[Uinta Fish]

If you handload, you would know why.

https://bergerbullets.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/COAL.pdf

It was said with tongue in cheek, a little humor around here surely couldn't hurt could it?

 

[BrentM]

RTPM. Round to Pill Measurement. That should cover all the wrong terms.

 

[misterc01]

Once terminology has been accepted as "the standard' all can agree on, then it is because the terminology is the standard. Or as I tell my kids ' because that is the way it is."

 

[GLTaylor]

Butterbean looks fearsome. He's actually a very nice fellow.
By the way, that photo was some years ago....

 

[Valek]

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.

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.

 

[QuietTexan]

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.

 

[misterc01]

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.

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."

 

[ButterBean]

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."

I'm pretty sure QT was making a joke

 

[misterc01]

I'm pretty sure QT was making a joke

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."

 

[Quintus]

The pandemic has changed us all. Please, make it stop.

 

[jasonco]

 

[badthirtyone]

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.

Highly underrated comment.

It's interactions like this that keep me here.

 

[cohunt]

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[J-B welder]

Well now! It certainly seems much has occurred while I was abed and then tending to the matter of earning my living. Now that I have a few minutes to devote to stuffing my pie hole, it's nice to see my post and the responses thereto garnered at least some small interest.

First and foremost, thanks to FEENIX for offering the initial explanations and making them clear. While my original post was meant to be somewhat humorous, I really was curious about how things came about. And I learned something in the process, which is good.

Second and midmost, thanks to all of the humorous posts. I like laughing.

Last and certainly least, because something has to be least, an apology for any controversy, real or perceived, that resulted. I wasn't suggesting the term or its initialized representation should be changed; just wanted to know why it is called what it's called. I didn't expect folks to get their shorts in a wad, but after only a few months frequenting this site I probably should have known better.

Seriously, let's try not to take ourselves too seriously.