Favorite Cartridge Names

[Nathan]

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]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.22_Eargesplitten_Loudenboomer

 

[Ruger480]

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

 

[shouldazagged]

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

No there isn't, I made that up.

Sorry.

 

[coldbeer]

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]

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

 

[m&p45acp10+1]

Any of them that end in Wildey Magnum.

Also .221 Remington Fireball

 

[huntinaz]

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]

Liliput!

 

[FrankenMauser]

.240 Super Pooper

(Sometimes seen as "Souper Pooper".)

 

[McShooty]

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]

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]

.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.

 

[Cheapshooter]

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

 

[kutz]

.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]

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]

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

 

[7n6]

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]

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]

.50 Beowulf
.300 AAC Blackout
.500 Nitro Express