Favorite Cartridge Names

Nathan · March 31, 2013, 08:31 AM

I thought it would be fun to list favorite cartridge names...

I like:
600 Nitro Express
577 Tyrannosaur
375 Jones Rhino Stomper
219 Donaldson Wasp

mikejonestkd · March 31, 2013, 08:37 AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.22_Ear...n_Loudenboomer

Ruger480 · March 31, 2013, 09:00 AM

Lazzaroni Warbird (ME 4948 ft lbs)
Lazzaroni Titan (ME 5562 ft lbs)
Lazzaroni Meteor (ME 6965 ft lbs

)

shouldazagged · March 31, 2013, 11:22 AM

And then of course there's the .25 Short Wuss.

No there isn't, I made that up.

Sorry.

coldbeer · March 31, 2013, 11:58 AM

I've always thought 45-70 US Government has a good ring to it as does anything with -06 or Ackley improved in the title.

Gary L. Griffiths · March 31, 2013, 12:00 PM

.30-40 Krag. Just has a nice ring to it.

m&p45acp10+1 · March 31, 2013, 01:44 PM

Any of them that end in Wildey Magnum.

Also .221 Remington Fireball

huntinaz · March 31, 2013, 02:09 PM

Quote:

Any of them that end in Wildey Magnum.

I also like stuff that ends in H&H, Rigby, Lott, or Nitro Express.

I think the Alexander Arms cartridges sound pretty cool too, 50 Beowulf and 6.5 Grendel.

jonnyc · March 31, 2013, 04:26 PM

Liliput!

FrankenMauser · March 31, 2013, 10:41 PM

.240 Super Pooper

(Sometimes seen as "Souper Pooper".)

McShooty · March 31, 2013, 10:46 PM

Yep, sometimes known as the Page Sooper Pooper, after Warren Page, a late great shooter and writer. Not long ago I wildcatted the .30 WCF by simply shortening the neck to about .2." I call it the .30 WCC (.30 Winchester CircumCised).

SPEMack618 · April 1, 2013, 09:25 AM

I like the way "three-seventy-five Holland and Holland" rolls off the tongues.

Also, I like the original nomenclature of "Super .38 Automatic"

ClydeFrog · April 1, 2013, 09:46 AM

The new tacti-cool spec ops T&Ed .300 Blackout is slick;

.

The .458SOCOM is honorable mention. You would NOT want that sailing thru the air at your head!

CF

ps: Big ups to the classic .50BMG. When you hold a milspec cartridge that looks like a handmade cigar you have to be impressed. A .50BMG bullet(fired by a military sniper from Canada in 2002) held the world record for a military confirmed kill for years.

Cheapshooter · April 1, 2013, 07:22 PM

5.5mm Velo-Dog
218 Bee
22 Hornet
250-3000 Savage
45-70-405 Government

kutz · April 1, 2013, 08:38 PM

.450 Hornady, cause most dont know it, got one in 1895 Malin & one in BFR, this revolver is good for up to & including Elk.

dakota.potts · April 1, 2013, 08:40 PM

I always thought the .454 Cassull was pretty cool. That and 20mm Lahti and 20mm Vulcan are both pretty cool sounding. Of course the Tyrannosaur and Nitro Express deserve mentions.

steve666 · April 2, 2013, 07:53 AM

Anything Weatherby, Holland & Holland, or Kynoch.
.405 Winchester
.30-30
.30-06
.50-120 Sharps
.219 Zipper
.220 Swift

7n6 · April 2, 2013, 08:02 AM

I always love hearing .375 H&H mag
Also .50 beowulf, 458 socom and 300 whisper have a nice spec ops sound to them.

eldermike · April 2, 2013, 08:42 AM

While we are at it, the 6x45 needs a better name than.......well 6x45.

I have always enjoyed saying 240 Page Popper. It's just fun to say.

Gunnut17 · April 2, 2013, 08:53 AM

.50 Beowulf
.300 AAC Blackout
.500 Nitro Express

Brian Pfleuger · April 2, 2013, 10:21 AM

.243 Pfleuger

Cuz I invented it.

Yes, it's "real", in the sense of designed. It doesn't exist in physical form in the real world yet, though. But it will.

Water-Man · April 2, 2013, 10:27 AM

6.5x55 SWEDE

ClydeFrog · April 2, 2013, 11:21 AM

Was that invented by the ForceRecon Marine in Heartbreak Ridge: www.imdb.com ?

CF

RickB · April 2, 2013, 12:46 PM

It's gotta be anything with Velo-dog at the end.

BumbleBug · April 2, 2013, 03:53 PM

.17 Javalina
.22 ICL Gopher
Mashburn Bee
.22 Sabre
.222 Eichhorn Lynx
.22 Rocket

...only went thru half the < .22 calibers!!

March 31, 2013, 08:31 AM	#1
Nathan Senior Member Join Date: July 1, 2001 Posts: 6,331	Favorite Cartridge Names I thought it would be fun to list favorite cartridge names... I like: 600 Nitro Express 577 Tyrannosaur 375 Jones Rhino Stomper 219 Donaldson Wasp

March 31, 2013, 08:37 AM	#2
mikejonestkd Senior Member Join Date: January 3, 2006 Location: Brockport, NY Posts: 3,717	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.22_Ear...n_Loudenboomer __________________ You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

March 31, 2013, 11:22 AM	#4
shouldazagged Senior Member Join Date: February 17, 2013 Location: Louisville, KY, USA Posts: 273	And then of course there's the .25 Short Wuss. No there isn't, I made that up. Sorry. __________________ "Don't let macho be your epitaph." ---Ed Lovette

March 31, 2013, 12:00 PM	#6
Gary L. Griffiths Senior Member Join Date: April 7, 2000 Location: AZ, WA Posts: 1,466	.30-40 Krag. Just has a nice ring to it. __________________ Violence is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and valorous feeling which believes that nothing is worth violence is much worse. Those who have nothing for which they are willing to fight; nothing they care about more than their own craven apathy; are miserable creatures who have no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the valor of those better than themselves. Gary L. Griffiths (Paraphrasing John Stuart Mill)

March 31, 2013, 01:44 PM	#7
m&p45acp10+1 Senior Member Join Date: May 3, 2009 Location: Central Texas Posts: 3,930	Any of them that end in Wildey Magnum. Also .221 Remington Fireball __________________ No matter how many times you do it and nothing happens it only takes something going wrong one time to kill you.

March 31, 2013, 09:00 AM	#3
Ruger480 Senior Member Join Date: February 23, 2013 Location: Central Iowa Posts: 720	Lazzaroni Warbird (ME 4948 ft lbs) Lazzaroni Titan (ME 5562 ft lbs) Lazzaroni Meteor (ME 6965 ft lbs )

March 31, 2013, 11:58 AM	#5
coldbeer Junior member Join Date: February 21, 2012 Location: Woodhaven MI Posts: 477	I've always thought 45-70 US Government has a good ring to it as does anything with -06 or Ackley improved in the title.

March 31, 2013, 04:26 PM	#9
jonnyc Senior Member Join Date: July 20, 2009 Location: PA Posts: 1,731	Liliput! __________________ 2024 PA Cartridge Collector Show; Aug. 16-17, 2024!!! Buy...Sell...Trade All Types of Ammunition & Ordnance PM or email me for 2024 show details.

March 31, 2013, 10:41 PM	#10
FrankenMauser Senior Member Join Date: August 25, 2008 Location: In the valley above the plain Posts: 13,424	.240 Super Pooper (Sometimes seen as "Souper Pooper".) __________________ Don't even try it. It's even worse than the internet would lead you to believe.

March 31, 2013, 10:46 PM	#11
McShooty Senior Member Join Date: January 4, 2012 Location: Northern Missouri Posts: 480	Yep, sometimes known as the Page Sooper Pooper, after Warren Page, a late great shooter and writer. Not long ago I wildcatted the .30 WCF by simply shortening the neck to about .2." I call it the .30 WCC (.30 Winchester CircumCised).

April 1, 2013, 09:25 AM	#12
SPEMack618 Senior Member Join Date: June 21, 2010 Location: Central Georgia Posts: 1,863	I like the way "three-seventy-five Holland and Holland" rolls off the tongues. Also, I like the original nomenclature of "Super .38 Automatic" __________________ NRA Life Member Read my blog! "The answer to any caliber debate is going to be .38 Super, 10mm, .357 Sig or .41 Magnum!"

April 1, 2013, 09:46 AM	#13
ClydeFrog Junior member Join Date: May 1, 2010 Posts: 5,797	.300 Blackout... The new tacti-cool spec ops T&Ed .300 Blackout is slick; . The .458SOCOM is honorable mention. You would NOT want that sailing thru the air at your head! CF ps: Big ups to the classic .50BMG. When you hold a milspec cartridge that looks like a handmade cigar you have to be impressed. A .50BMG bullet(fired by a military sniper from Canada in 2002) held the world record for a military confirmed kill for years.

April 1, 2013, 07:22 PM	#14
Cheapshooter Senior Member Join Date: December 2, 2007 Location: Missouri Posts: 8,306	5.5mm Velo-Dog 218 Bee 22 Hornet 250-3000 Savage 45-70-405 Government __________________ Cheapshooter's rules of gun ownership #1: NEVER SELL OR TRADE ANYTHING!

April 1, 2013, 08:38 PM	#15
kutz Senior Member Join Date: September 24, 2012 Location: Arizona Posts: 393	.450 Hornady, cause most dont know it, got one in 1895 Malin & one in BFR, this revolver is good for up to & including Elk.

April 1, 2013, 08:40 PM	#16
dakota.potts Senior Member Join Date: February 25, 2013 Location: Keystone Heights, Florida Posts: 3,084	I always thought the .454 Cassull was pretty cool. That and 20mm Lahti and 20mm Vulcan are both pretty cool sounding. Of course the Tyrannosaur and Nitro Express deserve mentions.

April 2, 2013, 07:53 AM	#17
steve666 Member Join Date: June 16, 2012 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 21	Anything Weatherby, Holland & Holland, or Kynoch. .405 Winchester .30-30 .30-06 .50-120 Sharps .219 Zipper .220 Swift __________________ Steve An armed society is a polite society.

April 2, 2013, 08:02 AM	#18
7n6 Member Join Date: January 8, 2013 Location: missouri Posts: 51	I always love hearing .375 H&H mag Also .50 beowulf, 458 socom and 300 whisper have a nice spec ops sound to them.

April 2, 2013, 08:42 AM	#19
eldermike Senior Member Join Date: January 24, 2013 Location: NC Posts: 545	While we are at it, the 6x45 needs a better name than.......well 6x45. I have always enjoyed saying 240 Page Popper. It's just fun to say.

April 2, 2013, 08:53 AM	#20
Gunnut17 Junior member Join Date: April 21, 2012 Location: Kitsap County, WA, USA Posts: 445	.50 Beowulf .300 AAC Blackout .500 Nitro Express

April 2, 2013, 10:21 AM	#21
Brian Pfleuger Moderator Emeritus Join Date: June 25, 2008 Location: Austin, CO Posts: 19,578	.243 Pfleuger Cuz I invented it. Yes, it's "real", in the sense of designed. It doesn't exist in physical form in the real world yet, though. But it will. __________________ Nobody plans to screw up their lives... ...they just don't plan not to. -Andy Stanley

April 2, 2013, 10:27 AM	#22
Water-Man Senior Member Join Date: March 23, 2008 Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 2,126	6.5x55 SWEDE

April 2, 2013, 11:21 AM	#23
ClydeFrog Junior member Join Date: May 1, 2010 Posts: 5,797	Heart-breakers & life-takers... Was that invented by the ForceRecon Marine in Heartbreak Ridge: www.imdb.com ? CF

April 2, 2013, 12:46 PM	#24
RickB Senior Member Join Date: March 1, 2000 Location: Boise, ID Posts: 8,518	It's gotta be anything with Velo-dog at the end.

April 2, 2013, 03:53 PM	#25
BumbleBug Senior Member Join Date: March 11, 2013 Location: Near Heart of Texas Posts: 870	Just Happened to have P.O. Ackley's book sitting here... .17 Javalina .22 ICL Gopher Mashburn Bee .22 Sabre .222 Eichhorn Lynx .22 Rocket ...only went thru half the < .22 calibers!!