What is a Bullet Head

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There has been some use of the word "head" floating around my gun club. What is this "bullet head" term and where did it come from?
Forever the thing you pressed into the brass has been called a bullet.
Is this a regional thing or is the term used everywhere?
If I can't call it a bullet then I will call it a projectile but that is too big of a word.
Any thoughts
 
This thread reminds me of the guy here who started a thread saying he ordered a case of 9mm bullets but they only sent him "bullet tips" and was wondering where the rest of the "bullet" was Laugh2

Case head is a proper term, but it's part of the brass case, not the bullet. I've never heard the term bullet head though. :)
 
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Gatehouse said:
This thread reminds me of the guy here who started a thread saying he ordered a case of 9mm bullets but they only sent him "bullet tips" and was wondering where the rest of the "bullet" was Laugh2

Case head is a proper term, but it's part of the brass case, not the bullet. I've never heard the term bullet head though. :)
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Ditto... Never heard bullet head but as above, case head, is the base of the case/brass that contains the primer and has the "head stamp"...
 
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What is a Bullet? that thingy in front of the shine yellow part.
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That is aimed by the shoulder thing that goes up? Made more dangerous by a pistol grip. Absolutely terrible if combined with a barrel shroud. Untraceable with silencers. Held in clipazines. Wielded by misunderstood gang members trying to get their lives together.

No kittens were harmed in this post.
 
From time to time I have tried to correct people using incorrect nomenclature on here.

CGN is very educational. We all learn things. It would be hard not to learn something new every day on here. A few minutes ago I just learned that Tucker built an armoured car during the war that was designed to chase airplanes!!!

Since we are on a firearm forum, it is useful to use correct nomenclature so we all know what the other guy is talking about.

If the problem is damaged heads that are preventing ammo from chambering - which end of the round is damaged? The case head or the bullet?

If someone says the bullet tip is damaged, I assume he means the meplat. If it turns out that he meant "bullet" to mean "cartridge" I would correct him, so that he could learn something today.

In a recent thread I started, someone thought I was over reacting by correcting someone who wrote "bullets" when he meant "ammunition". But later, in the same thread, someone else referred to "head" when he did not mean the case head, but the bullet.

If someone is complaining that Winchester bullets won't feed in his pistol, we have to know if he means bullets or ammunition. Big difference.

The fact that so many shooters don't know the difference between a "bullet" and a "cartridge" cause problems to online retailers who have to go to great lengths to explain that the bullets they are selling are not loaded ammunition.

Bullet is a technical name for that little pointy thing stuck in the end of the case. I think 99% of us know that, so let's use the right word.

I see the word "projectile" being used by people who know what a "bullet" is because they want to make sure the 1% who are confused by "bullet" know what is meant. "Bullet" and "projectile" are not synonymous. A "Bullet" is a specific item. You have a handful of them on your loading bench. They are not "projectiles" unless they are in ballistic flight, as are many other things, including golf balls. The bullets in your hand are not "projectiles". Almost all of us know they are bullets, so lets use the correct technical word.
 
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Ganderite said:
From time to time I have tried to correct people using incorrect nomenclature on here.

CGN is very educational. We all learn things. It would be hard not to learn something new every day on here. A few minutes ago I just learned that Tucker built an armoured car during the war that was designed to chase airplanes!!!
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No, no no- it was designed to chase ships.

That's why they called it the Tucker Torpedo.

You're very welcome. ;)
 
OK, I guess we have covered all the possible explanations. I have heard the "tip" term used for the bullet as well but I don't know why the can't just call it a bullet.
I just thought that maybe something had changed in the ammunition world maybe to make something politically correct.
 
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