.358 Nukalpiaq

Nukalpiaq · August 15, 2007, 12:42 AM

Read about the development of the new ".358 Nukalpiaq" rifle cartridge which is based on the 375 Ruger cartridge case.

http://forums.outdoorsdirectory.com/...ad.php?t=17188

joneb · August 15, 2007, 01:03 AM

Very cool

, Nukapiaq did you decide on a headstamp ?

Nukalpiaq · August 15, 2007, 01:36 AM

jibjab,
If I went as far a having custom ammo cases made the heads would be stamped with .358 Nukalpiaq. Thanks

Jim Watson · August 15, 2007, 07:33 AM

In 1915 it was known as the .35 Newton.

When I first saw the gunzine plugs for the .375 Ruger I looked up the case dimensions and realized that the wildcatters would be reinventing the whole Newton series, .30, .33, .35, and .40. (I don't think Newton did a .375, the .375 H&H was itself new in 1912 and not established in his day.)
Any but the .40 is a better choice than a .375 in a market with few African safaris.

Nukalpiaq · August 15, 2007, 11:45 AM

Jim,
Just yesterday I was on-line looking at some cartridge dimension drawing comparing the 35 Newton and the 375 Ruger and I can see that Charles Newton was definitely ahead of his time. Here is a weblink to some interesting reading that I also found on Newton: http://cartridgecollectors.org/newtonarticle.htm Thanks

Jim Watson · August 15, 2007, 11:53 AM

We have better bullets and powders now, but the medium-large UNbelted case seems to be coming into fashion. I expect the normally proportioned Newton-Ruger-Nukalpiaq cartridges will feed better out of the magazine than the stubby WSM family, about which I have read some complaints.

I have a W.H.English Pak-Tool portable reloader bought in 1970 that is a dead ringer for the tool Newton offered in 1916.

Nukalpiaq · August 18, 2007, 05:21 PM

To help everyone with correct pronunciation, here is a little assistance. Nukalpiaq (Nu-guth-pac), guth is pronounced like Guthrie without the "rie".

Rimrod · August 18, 2007, 06:10 PM

The problem is if you have brass made up with "Nukalpiaq" on it, you'll have to spell it on two seperate pieces of brass.

Good luck, I love playing around with ammunition.

crowbeaner · August 18, 2007, 06:40 PM

All you have to do is put 358 NUKA on the headstamp. Then people will say"I'm going to Nuka that moose!" Tell us how it goes, OK? Enjoy. CB.

Nukalpiaq · August 18, 2007, 07:57 PM

In the Inuit language Nuka means younger sibling of the speaker's sex (younger brother or younger sister). In Greenland Nuka is widely used as a personal name for females and males. Nuka also comes from the Swahili word for "smell" or "stink". Nuka was a character from the 1998 Disney direct-to-video animated film The Lion King II: Simba's Pride.

I believe most of the English speaking world understands the term, nuke, nuked, in this case nuka: To detonate a nuclear weapon on a target. 358 Nukalpiaq may be a good cartridge, but not that good, couldn't live up to the name if we called it nuke or nuka.
Maybe Nuka as defined in the Inuit language (younger sibling of the 375 Ruger). Thanks

August 15, 2007, 12:42 AM	#1
Nukalpiaq Junior Member Join Date: August 4, 2007 Posts: 7	.358 Nukalpiaq Read about the development of the new ".358 Nukalpiaq" rifle cartridge which is based on the 375 Ruger cartridge case. http://forums.outdoorsdirectory.com/...ad.php?t=17188

August 18, 2007, 05:21 PM	#7
Nukalpiaq Junior Member Join Date: August 4, 2007 Posts: 7	Key to pronunciation To help everyone with correct pronunciation, here is a little assistance. Nukalpiaq (Nu-guth-pac), guth is pronounced like Guthrie without the "rie".

August 18, 2007, 06:10 PM	#8
Rimrod Senior Member Join Date: October 19, 2005 Location: Behind enemy lines Posts: 1,309	The problem is if you have brass made up with "Nukalpiaq" on it, you'll have to spell it on two seperate pieces of brass. Good luck, I love playing around with ammunition. __________________ "... he held his gun as almost every man skilled in such matters preferred to hold one when in action, with a half bent elbow that brought the gun slightly in front of his body at about, or slightly above, the level of the waist." - Wyatt Earp from Wyatt Earp Frontier Marshall by Stuart N. Lake

August 18, 2007, 07:57 PM	#10
Nukalpiaq Junior Member Join Date: August 4, 2007 Posts: 7	Nuka defined In the Inuit language Nuka means younger sibling of the speaker's sex (younger brother or younger sister). In Greenland Nuka is widely used as a personal name for females and males. Nuka also comes from the Swahili word for "smell" or "stink". Nuka was a character from the 1998 Disney direct-to-video animated film The Lion King II: Simba's Pride. I believe most of the English speaking world understands the term, nuke, nuked, in this case nuka: To detonate a nuclear weapon on a target. 358 Nukalpiaq may be a good cartridge, but not that good, couldn't live up to the name if we called it nuke or nuka. Maybe Nuka as defined in the Inuit language (younger sibling of the 375 Ruger). Thanks

August 15, 2007, 01:03 AM	#2
joneb Senior Member Join Date: December 10, 2005 Location: Central , OR Posts: 1,888	Very cool , Nukapiaq did you decide on a headstamp ?

August 15, 2007, 01:36 AM	#3
Nukalpiaq Junior Member Join Date: August 4, 2007 Posts: 7	jibjab, If I went as far a having custom ammo cases made the heads would be stamped with .358 Nukalpiaq. Thanks

August 15, 2007, 07:33 AM	#4
Jim Watson Senior Member Join Date: October 25, 2001 Location: Alabama Posts: 18,543	In 1915 it was known as the .35 Newton. When I first saw the gunzine plugs for the .375 Ruger I looked up the case dimensions and realized that the wildcatters would be reinventing the whole Newton series, .30, .33, .35, and .40. (I don't think Newton did a .375, the .375 H&H was itself new in 1912 and not established in his day.) Any but the .40 is a better choice than a .375 in a market with few African safaris.

August 15, 2007, 11:45 AM	#5
Nukalpiaq Junior Member Join Date: August 4, 2007 Posts: 7	Jim, Just yesterday I was on-line looking at some cartridge dimension drawing comparing the 35 Newton and the 375 Ruger and I can see that Charles Newton was definitely ahead of his time. Here is a weblink to some interesting reading that I also found on Newton: http://cartridgecollectors.org/newtonarticle.htm Thanks

August 15, 2007, 11:53 AM	#6
Jim Watson Senior Member Join Date: October 25, 2001 Location: Alabama Posts: 18,543	We have better bullets and powders now, but the medium-large UNbelted case seems to be coming into fashion. I expect the normally proportioned Newton-Ruger-Nukalpiaq cartridges will feed better out of the magazine than the stubby WSM family, about which I have read some complaints. I have a W.H.English Pak-Tool portable reloader bought in 1970 that is a dead ringer for the tool Newton offered in 1916.

August 18, 2007, 06:40 PM	#9
crowbeaner Senior Member Join Date: June 4, 2007 Location: Upstate SC Posts: 1,943	All you have to do is put 358 NUKA on the headstamp. Then people will say"I'm going to Nuka that moose!" Tell us how it goes, OK? Enjoy. CB.