"A tale told by an idiot, sound and fury, signifying nothing."
Bill
(quoting that other Bill)
( just too many folks getting too worked up about something
that is unimportant)
"A tale told by an idiot, sound and fury, signifying nothing."
Bill
(quoting that other Bill)
( just too many folks getting too worked up about something
that is unimportant)
Last edited by MtGun44; 01-23-2012 at 02:21 PM.
If it was easy, anybody could do it.
Didn't Ken hold a vote way back when on what to call the site (specifically the spelling we're talking about)? Of course I could be imagining things. It wouldn't be the first time.
When I first joined the site, I thought it was quaint, unique, and special to this sight. It adentifies every post that is found on a random google search as originating here. Thats why I originaly came here, I kept seeing boolits show up on google searches. I assumed that It was one very knowledgable guy that spelled it that way. This feller was right on the money so many times that I decided to find out who he was and how he learned so much about my favorite hobby. I found out that It was so much bigger than that.
I was right about there being a guy that knew so much about the science of this craft. I was wrong about there only being one of him. There are thousands of unrecognized experts that hang out here to help others first and to learn more secondly. I have mentioned it before that everybody on cast boolits is either an expert....or is working on it.
When I first saw the word being used, I wondered where it came from (thanks Ken for clearing it up) but it reminds me of one of my favorite movies of all time Bite the Bullet with Gene Hackman, at one point in the movie there is this line: (watch the movie seriously) "Have you ever known a boolit that was good for the health? I have known many boolits, but this one........."
I love that part! (Even though he was technically talking about the casing.)
Precision in the wrong place is only a placebo.
I think worrying over the term boolits is misplaced. Let's worry about important terms like Site for Sight and vice versa. Or Heads for boolits OR bullets. Those two really are like nails on a chalkboard for me.
Too continue to use only jaxketed seems stoopid tu mea win eye can maik boolits out uv wele waits.
We is Hooked on Fonix 2 !
you say po ta toe ...I say Taters
You say To ma to ....I say Maters
Funny thing is It's ALL Good LOL
Rich
You Know You Might Be Facing your DOOM , if all you get is a click, Instead of a BOOM !
If God had wanted us to have Plastic gun stocks he would have planted plastic Trees !
Well I personally hate the word 'boolit' as it sounds childish and uneducated. I am, however, willing to put up with it and accept that many here feel differently. That's fine, I just won't use the term in my posts.
When I first stumbled onto this site, the word "boolit" bugged the heck out of me--but then I tend to be a bit OCD on some things (proper spelling and a basic attempt at grammar being high on the list). However, the word has certainly made its mark on me and has been added to my dikshunaree proudly . Why? Because it's become somewhat of a 'badge' for me that distinguishes us lead-slingers from the general purpose reloader. We are a different breed for sure.
Guns have only two real enemies; Rust and Politicians...
"Praying might get you to heaven, but trespassing will expedite the journey..."
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It seems like most hobbies, and professions for that matter, have their own lingo that identifies those in the know.
George
I really don't care for boolits either. but I prefer it to typing cast bullets and jacketed bullets over and over. So boolits for cast and bullets for jacketed saves a bunch of typing time and leads to concise statements.
and thus a new word is born.
My isotope lead page: http://fellingfamily.net/isolead/
American English is an evolving language.
Webster should become aware of this so they can include it in the next edition.
Slim
I never had much respect for a man who could spell a word only one way
Mark Twain
Political correctness is a national suicide pact.
I am a sovereign individual, accountable
only to God and my own conscience.
Since first lurking on CB and prior to reading this thread, much like JonB and Recluse, I have always though of boolits as that which were cast by your own sweat and burns, nothing else. I've just been edjumacated here again!
So now that I know the correct definition, is there an appropriate pronuciation for boolits? I don't want to assume...
Heck, rite cheer in West Virginia, we'uns has always called 'm boolits.
prs
That was a show I would have enjoyed!
I use bullet, Brits use head, here boolit is popular for cast bullets. It really is a fun thing! Who cares as we seem to have no difficulty understanding each other.
Another favorite of mine is a patched round ball in a flintlock. Ever seen a square ball?
One way or the other I know what they mean,I wouldn't spend much time quibbling about it.lol.
Once more into the fray. Into the last good fight I'll ever know. Live or die on this day. Live or die on this day.
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BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
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