Why "Boolits" over "Bullets"?

[mdi]

"Hard cast" , "pill", and "head" annoy me a whole lot more than "boolits". I think boolits is a spelling that signifies a kind if "kinship"; a fellow caster...

[Rocky Raab]

Yes, but once again: if a "boolit" is a cast bullet, what is a cast boolit?

[rhbrink]

If anyone needs an English lesson, it would be you, rnbrink. You made no fewer than six errors in only nine words.

Dang i was shootin for 100 % didnt quite makeit

[wills]

It is a useful term of art. Among other things
1. When googled, it will direct the researcher to the ultimate scource of information on the subject
2. When seen in print, it lets the reader know the author is knowledgeable regarding the subject.

[45nut]

Cast Bullets .Com was already taken as well several other variations, historically the crew I was learning from used the term boolits and that WAS available to register and so it was FATE.
I sat up a few nights trying to find a name to register s cast bullet site that was available to no avail before the light went on and CastBoolits was born in August of 2003. At that time there were no forums dedicated to the craft and I was still seeking skills and knew there was a legion of people that knew more than I did about the art and there were many things that were not covered in books.
The rest of the definition is covered in my signature.

[Recluse]

Yes, but once again: if a "boolit" is a cast bullet, what is a cast boolit?

A boolit that one of us cast, of course.

You officers always needed an experienced sergeant to explain things. . .

[swheeler]

I really do not mind Boolits, but pipe, tube, pill, Winny, Webby, Remmy, Loopy, Remchester, Brownchester and a few others tend to get under my skin.

[swheeler]

I forgot dude, man, bro and brah

[imashooter2]

The term started back on Shooters.com, was carried forward through the brief stay at Aimoo and now has its home here.

The term was in use before I started reading at Shooters.com and I doubt that there are many of even the old guard that remember just exactly how it came to be.

[45nut]

Felix remembers,, it was his wife I think that coined the term that he shared over at the CB room at shooters.com. If they hadn't shut down that domain this forum would have no reason to exist.
Fate.

[Rocky Raab]

Thank you, Sgt Recluse. Crisp Salute!

And thanks to 45nut for creating this thing, however repetitively redundant. LOL!

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

Since I became a member here...then a caster (Meaning I spent months reading here before I cast my first boolit) I try to use term boolit for home cast projectiles,
all others (including commercial cast bullets) are bullets.
Jon

[mdi]

Yes, but once again: if a "boolit" is a cast bullet, what is a cast boolit?

A boolit, what else?

[WilNsc]

The deffinition is right above your first post

"Boolits= as God laid it into the soil,,grand old Galena, The Silver Stream graciously hand poured into molds for our consumption. . . Bullets= Machine made utilizing Full Length Gas Checks as to provide projectiles for the masses."

[BOOM BOOM]

HI,
IFIRC we used it on the old SHOOTER.COM & then the AIMOO site
It also served the purpose of filtering out some of the anti-gunners /spammers/virus **** because the uninitiated did not know the meaning.

OOPS ,had only read the 1st page when I posted this sorry.

[tudor8055]

Cast boolit= Cast cast boolit
ATM machine= Automatic teller machine machine
VIN number= Vehicle identification number number

[ghh3rd]

This should explain everything... directly from the Urban Dictonary at http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Boolit

Boolit
Street pronunciation and/or spelling of "bullet".

Plural: Boolitz, or sometimes Boolits, meaning Ammunition.
Freddy: Hey, yo - you got some boolitz fo my Deagle Fity?

Gun Store Clerk: Get lost, punk, I don't sell ammunition to gangsters!

Yo, Jo-Jo, I got me a tin of boolitz for my JJ (Jiminez .22) - how 'bout we makin some bling bang.

Man, all them whitey-nazies be buying up all the boolitz - even Wally (Walmart) ain't got none!

Leroy, you clean, so how about you go to the Army Navy and get Franklin hear to get us some mo boollits.

[Rocky Raab]

Thank you, tudor. You get my point.

[geargnasher]

Cast boolit= Cast cast boolit
ATM machine= Automatic teller machine machine
VIN number= Vehicle identification number number

As a professional mechanic, THAT is one of my most pet of peeves.

I think Recluse pretty much nailed it, "I cast a boolit" means "I made a cast bullet".

Now for the $64 question, how about swagers? It makes sense that you swage a solid lead boolit, but if you swage a jacketed core, it seems to me that you end up with a bullet whether you did it yourself or bought one in a yellow, red, or green box.

Gear

[Lizard333]

As a professional mechanic, THAT is one of my most pet of peeves.

I think Recluse pretty much nailed it, "I cast a boolit" means "I made a cast bullet".

Now for the $64 question, how about swagers? It makes sense that you swage a solid lead boolit, but if you swage a jacketed core, it seems to me that you end up with a bullet whether you did it yourself or bought one in a yellow, red, or green box.

Gear

You had to go there. That's a great question. Swaging your own "projectile" is just as gratifying as casting a boolet. That's a tough one.....