Mauserlady
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Ok, I have a 10 mile drive to work every morning and sometimes I think about the weirdest (may be weird to some, probably not to y'all) things and this is what I was thinking about today, but a little history first...
Couple of weeks ago David and I were out shooting with the .50 cal club. He was shooting his 38/357 and asked if I wanted to shoot it. He was out of .38's and that's all I've ever shot out of it. Decided to try the .357 and was pleasantly surprised by the fact that while it was a more powerful load it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be (I have weak wrists [carpal tunnel] and worry about recoil) or what my perception of it was...
I commented to David that it seemed wierd to me that the .357 was a stronger round than the .38 seeing how generally speaking the higher the number the more powerfull the round. So he proceeds to explain to me why it is the way it is, although I'm not sure I remember EXACTLY all he said..
HUH???? (understood the technical part of what he was saying just didn't get the logic AT ALL)
Then a week or so ago I'm watching the history channel and there was a program on and ended up talking about why the Army ended up favoring Colt over S & W (I think it was Modern Marvels) and it got me to briefly thinking aobut our prior conversation...
Jump to this morning... Thinking about the upcoming shoot and what ammo is still needed, .38/.357 is one so of course my mind went right back to the original conversation and the one question that I kept asking David...
"Who's the rocket scientist that came up with this mess, and why didn't they just call the .38 a .357 and the .357 a .357 magnum?"
So I ask ya... Am I becoming an in-curable gunny for thinking about something as silly as this on my way to work this morning?
Couple of weeks ago David and I were out shooting with the .50 cal club. He was shooting his 38/357 and asked if I wanted to shoot it. He was out of .38's and that's all I've ever shot out of it. Decided to try the .357 and was pleasantly surprised by the fact that while it was a more powerful load it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be (I have weak wrists [carpal tunnel] and worry about recoil) or what my perception of it was...
I commented to David that it seemed wierd to me that the .357 was a stronger round than the .38 seeing how generally speaking the higher the number the more powerfull the round. So he proceeds to explain to me why it is the way it is, although I'm not sure I remember EXACTLY all he said..
HUH???? (understood the technical part of what he was saying just didn't get the logic AT ALL)
Then a week or so ago I'm watching the history channel and there was a program on and ended up talking about why the Army ended up favoring Colt over S & W (I think it was Modern Marvels) and it got me to briefly thinking aobut our prior conversation...
Jump to this morning... Thinking about the upcoming shoot and what ammo is still needed, .38/.357 is one so of course my mind went right back to the original conversation and the one question that I kept asking David...
"Who's the rocket scientist that came up with this mess, and why didn't they just call the .38 a .357 and the .357 a .357 magnum?"
So I ask ya... Am I becoming an in-curable gunny for thinking about something as silly as this on my way to work this morning?