I find it more annoying to listen to people referring to loaded ammunition as bullets.Then some people actually get offended when a clerk asks them if they want bullets or loaded ammunition.They just assume that the clerk should know that they actually want loaded ammunition,even though the store also sells bullets,which is what they asked for.
7mm is it 08 or rem mag?
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I find it more annoying to listen to people referring to loaded ammunition as bullets.Then some people actually get offended when a clerk asks them if they want bullets or loaded ammunition.They just assume that the clerk should know that they actually want loaded ammunition,even though the store also sells bullets,which is what they asked for.
Why are we all on here discussing correct 7mm cartridge names?
Doesn't someone have a bottle of rum for us to tie into??
Isn't rum the kind of booze they serve in hell? Or is that scotch?
Or maybe you're just easily annoyed? Unless you're the guy on the other side of the counter what difference does it make to you? Even if you were , a guy has to be pretty hard-up for something to be pissed off about to worry about that.
I had a really good smartass answer typed out for "30-06 not being a caliber" then you editted it. That's annoying.
And yet, it's not. Lol. - dan
Maybe, but tell that to the folks that stamped caliber on the side of my FNs, Brownings, CZs and probably others. They won't listen to me.
*thats the jist of the smartass answer I was going to use before.
"...the "7mm" has always confused me...there are probably 15 to 20..." Hi. There are many 7mm cartridges. 15 to 20 may be light. Not all are magnums.
"...the kind of booze they serve in hell..." Gin and tequila with the worm still alive.
"...the kind of booze they serve in hell..." Gin and tequila with the worm still alive.
I can relate to that, except that it probably the counter jockey who felt the urge to run an inpromptu seminar on nomenclature to show how saavy a dude you can hire for minimum wage.
A trained ape would know that if a customer asked for 30-06 bullets he would have to mean 30-06 cartridges since not even one of the hundred boxes of 30 caliber component bullets say 30-06 on them.Even if the customer told him that told him specificly that he wanted 7 mm Rem mag "cartridges" our counter hero would still have to ask him which brand, bullet weight and type so he can get off his time wasteing high horse any time he wants. Since there isn't a chance in hell that they are going to have what he wants even if he knows they would then have a lengthy conference on what is in stock, led by someone who hasn't used any of it. Our customer will then leave with one stinking box, so he can return sooner to annoy you again.
The process hasn't changed since the metallic cartridge arrived so why would it change now?
Cartridge nomenclature is one of the biggest mysteries to a new shooter . . . much like spelling . . . I had to go to the dictionary to learn it is not spelt nomanclature . . . but whether it is no men or no man you are far further ahead to listen. A reloading manual is a good start.
I have seen a customer that had the clerk line up nearly every box of ammunition in that chambering on the counter,so that he could read each box,them go back and forth before deciding on the cheapest load,and they usually choose the cheapest load.
And I have seen a customer that actually wanted bullets for his new reloading kit argue with the clerk that he wanted bullets for his 30-06,he didn't want bullets labeled .308" because they must be for a 308.
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If I have plenty of time,and am not in a hurry,it can be entertaining to watch some of these people in action,but I hate getting stuck behind them in a store when I am trying to make a purchase and get out of the store ASAP.
When I am at the range,I see some strange things that can be quite funny,like a guy trying to figure out why the fired brass coming out of his 300wby Vanguard look so different than the loaded rounds.To him,all 300 magnums were the same,so naturally he bought the Winchester 300winmag loads instead of those overpriced Weatherby loads.
Its a forgone conclusion that he was going to buy the cheapest, he just lined them up to pretend that there was a possibilty of there being another outcome, and that he isn't just a cheap prick. I bet he only bought one, since that type will only buy two boxes if its a new rifle. Usually not even then.
I had occasion to admosnish one of the 7 em em folks way back.
He came in said he wanted some 7 em em shells, I put a box of 7x57 on the counter, he said quite perturbed "no magnums", so I put a box of 7mm WTBY's on the counter, he looked blankly at me and said I thought there was only one type of 7 em em out there, I sucintly explained that there (at the time) was no less than 6 factory loaded 7 em em's out there (7mm-08, 7 mm Rem Exp, 7x57, 7x64, 7mm Rem Mag, 7mm Wtby mag) (2 years later the STW made the scene)
He looked like a deer in the head lights.
I simply stated I was not a mind reader, and he should ask for what he needed by it's proper name.
FWIW; it's no different than guys asking for 180gr. 270 wins, and 180 gr 7 Rem Mags, these sorts of folks do not know too much about firearms, and ammunition.
Come to think of it are they any more denser than the local cops or media?
He came in said he wanted some 7 em em shells, I put a box of 7x57 on the counter, he said quite perturbed "no magnums", so I put a box of 7mm WTBY's on the counter, he looked blankly at me and said I thought there was only one type of 7 em em out there, I sucintly explained that there (at the time) was no less than 6 factory loaded 7 em em's out there (7mm-08, 7 mm Rem Exp, 7x57, 7x64, 7mm Rem Mag, 7mm Wtby mag) (2 years later the STW made the scene)
He looked like a deer in the head lights.
I simply stated I was not a mind reader, and he should ask for what he needed by it's proper name.
FWIW; it's no different than guys asking for 180gr. 270 wins, and 180 gr 7 Rem Mags, these sorts of folks do not know too much about firearms, and ammunition.
Come to think of it are they any more denser than the local cops or media?
They're not, and most of them make up the majority of the hunting community, which is one of the reasons we don't get a lot of support against the antis there. - dan
