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Just wondering how many know the difference between calibre and cartridge?
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<blockquote data-quote="Wild Bill G" data-source="post: 1461100" data-attributes="member: 96281"><p>Interchanging 2 words that do not mean the same thing does matter. Do you pay attention to the color of the lights at a traffic light of couarse you do. You would not interchange a red light for a green one would hope. Some of us can figure out when someone changes caliber for cartridge but to a newbie just learning it will get very confusing. Why not as long time shooters do we not teach them right from wrong to make their lives simpler. If the 2 terms are interchangeable try and buy some 280 cal bullets. Now by that I mean a box of 50 or 100 280 bullets not cartridges.</p><p> To say there is no danger is wrong because a beginner starting out will not likely look at his barrel to confirm what cartridges he needs. He will go to the store and tell the clerk what he thinks he needs. Then depending on the clerk he may get what he really needs or something completely wrong. If the cartridges are wrong hopefully they will not chamber and blow up.</p><p> I don't think anyone here is trying to be better then anyone else only to help explain the difference and hazards that could take place in a mix up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wild Bill G, post: 1461100, member: 96281"] Interchanging 2 words that do not mean the same thing does matter. Do you pay attention to the color of the lights at a traffic light of couarse you do. You would not interchange a red light for a green one would hope. Some of us can figure out when someone changes caliber for cartridge but to a newbie just learning it will get very confusing. Why not as long time shooters do we not teach them right from wrong to make their lives simpler. If the 2 terms are interchangeable try and buy some 280 cal bullets. Now by that I mean a box of 50 or 100 280 bullets not cartridges. To say there is no danger is wrong because a beginner starting out will not likely look at his barrel to confirm what cartridges he needs. He will go to the store and tell the clerk what he thinks he needs. Then depending on the clerk he may get what he really needs or something completely wrong. If the cartridges are wrong hopefully they will not chamber and blow up. I don't think anyone here is trying to be better then anyone else only to help explain the difference and hazards that could take place in a mix up. [/QUOTE]
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