Need help with naming another new bullet -

Hi Guys -

Ok, we have a new rifle bullet that needs naming. Thanks to all of you who made the helpful suggestions for getting our .38 158 grain 18 BHN rifle bullet tagged as "#1 Ranger". That was great fun!

Same rules apply - whomever comes up with the name that I like best gets a box of that bullet - or (in an expansion of the rules!) - a box of any other bullet we make, shipped immediately and with our gratitude.

The bullet is a .38-55 rifle bullet, 246 grain RNFP, bevel base. We prefix all rifle bullet products with a numeral, such as the #1 Whitetail, #2 Whitetail, #1 Buffalo, etc. So, this would be the #1 NewWhateverBullet.

Grafs wants a batch of these as soon as we get them labeled up, so time is of the essence. I would like to have some good names to pick from by, say, 1800 Friday (tomorrow.)

Help me out, please?

Thank you!

Brad

.38-55 Slugger
.38-55 HH (Hard Hitter)
.38-55 LR (Long Range)
I'm a 45-70 shooter here. Good idea on having the users pick a name tho.

38-55 Range Finder
38-55 Rhino
38-55 Tagger

#1 Black bear
#1 Beartooth
#1 Crazy Horse

The standard bullet weight for .38-55 was 255 grains so a 246 is hardly a long range or extra big game projectile. I like the Black Bear.

#1 Ballard
#1 Target
#1 Lever

38-55 Big Boss
38-55 Duster
38-55 Terminator

#1 Slammer

:evil: #1 Owen?

#1 Tomahawk
#1 McBullet - right here's the money shot. Who wouldn't want to order their bullets like they order fast food.

Here it is:
38-55 #1 Bradley

#1 Frontier

#1 Thumper

#1 Westerner

Name it for the sound it will make. #1 Whapper.

#1 Hammer of Thor, scourge of the Western Plains

This is the .38-55 of Ballard fame, correct? Why not:

No. 1 Creedmoor
No. 1 Schuetzen

How about:
#1 Bandito
#1 Hawk
#1 Cheetah

Conquistador
Commander
Hellion
Minion
Knight
Spartan
Pacifier

#1 38-55 / 375 win big dog

38-55 Ballard (after the Charles Ballard, the guy who created the 38-55).

looks like I got beat out by czarjl on ballard.

How 'bout 38-55 target master as it was designed for target shooting.

#1 Deer Slayer

#1 Stopper
#1 Dead Eye
#1 Cyclone
#1 Meat Hook
#1 X-Ring
#1 Bacon Getter

:rolleyes:

ST

#1 HighRoad

Q

#1 38-55 Blitz Krieg
#1 38-55 / 375 WIN Blitz Krieg
#1 38-55 Tomahawk
#1 38-55 / 375 WIN Tomahawk

Dont forget: #1 38-55 / 375 WIN Big Dogg

Gamehunter
Levergun

#1 Mini-buffalo

My former father-in-law was given a Marlin-Ballard single shot rifle in the 60's by an old German guy who lived on his father's neighboring property in a refurbished chicken coop. I think he used it for dispatching "varmints" on the property. I have enjoyed shooting it several times.
My offering: As a lighter than 255 grain load, the "#1 Game Keeper"

Since I would imagine that most of these rifles are now used for Cowboy Action Shooting, how about something like:

#1 Buckhorn
#1 Outlaw
#1 Marshall
#1 Western
#2 Ranger (in keeping with the theme for levergun CAS bullets)

#1 BrushBuster

#1 Go Getter
#1 Show Stopper
#1 Baracudda

#1 Accurate
#1 Willard

The .38-55 has been renowned for its acccuracy since the late 1800's. I'm pretty sure H.L. Willard shot the first perfect 10 at 200 with one in 1885.

t2e

I second #1 Willard!

That's an outstanding idea and a good way to revive a bit of forgotten shooting sport history:

In June 1895, H.L. Willard used a Ballard rifle chambered in .38-55 to shoot the first perfect 10-shot score on the American Rest Target at 200 yards.

http://www.rifleshootermag.com/ammunition/rs_3855Winchester_200811/

Cowboy
Ecks
Hi-Score
Bull
Demo
Raider
Deadplate
Reamer
Champ

#1 Condor :p

#1 38-55 1884

#1 Grizz

#1 Missouri target
#1 Varmint
#1 Show Me
#1 Osage
#1 Prarie

#1 Merlin

How about "The #1 Harvester"

#1 Legend

#1 DRT (dead right there)

#1 HEEEE Daddy

#1 Yukon

Oh, go ahead. Name it after your mother-in-law. You know you want to.

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No, if naming a bullet/cartridge after a woman, it needs to be a more shapely number like .32-20 or, at worst, .30-30. A 246 grain .38-55 Martha (or any woman's name) is a good way to get slapped, spend the Labor Day weekend in the doghouse, and miss lots of good morning/night kisses.

#1 Hammer

#1 Crow
#1 Stone
#1 Horse Medicine
#1 On the run
#1 HSLP High Speed Lead Poison
#1 Rider
#1 Zoned
#1 Whump

#1 Leverage
#1 Rancher

#1 38-55 banger

#1 Shenandoah
#1 Chance

You guys are great!! I'm thinking now that my first mistake in starting this business was to not have you all come up with product names.

Many wonderful and very artful names were proposed for this bullet and I like a lot of them. A lot. But the one that I like the very best was picked by czarjl.

Our new bullet is the #1 Ballard.

Mr. czarjl, what kind of bullets would you like for us to ship out tomorrow?

Now I'm wanting to buy another mould set from Magma so that we can do this again!

Thank you all very much. You guys are amazing.

Brad

Congradulations czarjl,,,,,,,,,job well done.

#1 Hammer of Thor, scourge of the Western Plains


Bwahahaha!!

Made my day.

Congrats, czarjl

I’m glad I was able to help in naming your newest bullet the #1 Ballard

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