Explain to me how bullets have become "projectiles"

I just cleaned by M14 in the dishwasher and am now doing a watch for the space bears I have to defend against. Who has time for this?
 
I think it depends on your mindset, to a average hunter who never has reloaded, a box of bullets is a box of cartridges. to a reloader, a box of bullets is just the single component, I don't get bent out of shape with either term, I usually know what the person means depending on the conversation.
 
I saw a 1 out of 5 rating on cabelas website for nosler partitions and wondered what the guys problem with them was. You guessed it, he thought he was getting a box of 50 cartridges and wanted to let everyone know about the problem.
 
I sold a box of 1000 CamPro 9mm bullets on here a while ago and got quite a few "I'll take it!!!" responses from guys who thought 1000 bullets meant 1000 cartridges, which was quite a good deal at $80...I was just preparing to rewrite the ad more descriptively with the caps-lock on when someone who knew better came along and bought them. I tell myself not to get too twisted over it as it's never going to change...so I guess to the original question, whatever word gets the point across whether it's technically correct or not becomes the 'new correct'?
 
Words matter.

In the last week:

Clerk quoted me $12 a brick for 22 ammo. I got excited until I discovered that he thought a 50 round box was a "brick".

I worked at the Pan Am games. We sold shotgun ammo. Some people said "box" of shells when they meant a "flat" of shells. Big difference.

Only solution is to stick to the correct nomenclature and educate people as we go.
 
Ganderite said:
Words matter.

In the last week:

Clerk quoted me $12 a brick for 22 ammo. I got excited until I discovered that he thought a 50 round box was a "brick".

I worked at the Pan Am games. We sold shotgun ammo. Some people said "box" of shells when they meant a "flat" of shells. Big difference.

Only solution is to stick to the correct nomenclature and educate people as we go.
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Box, Brick, Case, Skid...those are the only quantities ammo should come in.
 
Pedantics and the internet go hand in hand . Knowing the nomenclature and minutiae of a subject earn you forum cred and assure that your rank of desktop operator is recognized. Call it what you want, most people will know or soon figure out what you are talking about in the real world ... The ones who get an angry or perplexed look on their face , well you can just cut to the chase and ask what their online handle is.
 
As a DND contractor and distributor of bullets and ammunition, we use the correct legal and technical term(bullet) in order to communicate accurately. Basic stuff!
 
TPK said:
A lady in our Post Office had a fit and called the RCMP when she dropped a package of bullets being shipped to my buddy, it broke open and a few spilled out. He got a call to come down to the detachment and was quite concerned until he found out what the issue was. The officer was quite apologetic about the situation as he gave him his box of bullets. They did have a brief discussion around shipping options and should he continue to use Canada Post for his purchases. He pointed out that it was the cheaper option and often the choice of business for shipping them and that the choice isn't always his. While he admitted he likely would have the option to pay more and use a courier, he wasn't willing to do so. No problems since and that was about 5 years ago.
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Check the Canada Post non-mailable matter list. Quote "Bullets, cartridges, and other ammunition are dangerous goods and cannot be mailed. These items fall under class 1 (explosives) of Canadian TDG restrictions".
Even the Post Office cannot understand the difference between bullets and cartridges. Sad!
 
We send bullets everyday by CP and have explained difference and and they are good to go with bullets but not ammo. Again, using and understating correct terminology is essential to conducting business, including policies, contract and criminal law.

Regards,

Peter
 
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Dogleg said:
Then there's those that call it a flat, but can't finish the sentence with saying "Cause a real case has 20 boxes , doncha know". It doesn't matter if they've never seen a real case before, they perceive the need to point out it out.
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Regardless of how shotshells were commonly sold in the past, the current standard is the flat. It quite likely is the result of the new generations complaining that a full case is too heavy, but regardless, the flat has become the standard these days.
 
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