doubleh
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I didn't even watch the video. If I could predict the future I would have become a very rich person just by buying lottery tickets. I doubt his insight is absolute just as anyone else's isn't.
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"it is in essence obsolete"I have a 1914(?) French Revolver that shoots 8mm French Ordinance sometimes referred to as 8mm Labelle and I would say it is in essence obsolete. From what I read Fiocchi is the only company that produces it and they only run a batch every 5 years or so
"it is in essence obsolete"
Agreed. Obsolete definition is, and I paraphrase: no longer in use or no longer in common use. The 8mm Labelle is still available but not a commonly used round hence obsolete. All the rounds mentioned in the video are still available but again no longer in common use which is why I agree with the fact they are "obsolete". Heck even obsolete rounds can and in some cases have made a resurgence in popularity like the 45-70. Just because something is obsolete doesn't automatically mean it's extinct.
It seems to me the 41 Magnum has been becoming "obsolete" ever since it was invented. I mean, even that guy that did the did the video sort of claimed that when the 41 Magnum was invented, people were scratching their heads and saying, "what for?"
I don't much care one way or the other. I have a 41 Magnum, I like it, and I wish more gun manufacturers would build more guns chambered for the 41 Magnum. But in the end, I also have a L-Frame 44 Magnum (a Smith Model 69) that I would choose over a 41 Magnum in the same gun.
So I guess I'm one of those rotten guys that are helping the 41 Magnum become "obsolete." Don't worry all you 41 Magnum fans though - I predict the 41 Magnum will still be around after I'm gone, and there will still be people claiming it's becoming "obsolete."
I agree with you. I just wanted to say (and I apologize for nitpicking) that Fiocchi calls this 8mm Lebel, and even that is actually incorrect for the revolver round. 8mm Lebel was the name of the French Army's rifle cartridge in WWI. Lebel was an actual person who helped designed both the Lebel rifle and ammunition, and he had nothing to do the with the revolver or its cartridge.
I don't know a correct name for the revolver cartridge. If I am trying to be a stickler for accuracy, I just call it 8mm French Revolver. It's not like there's a whole bunch of those.
BTW, I listened to the first part of the video, about 40 S&W, and then shut it off. We have had that discussion way too many times here to listen to it again.
Obsolete isn't the same as extinct.
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"...8mm French Ordinance."
Shouldn't that be "Ordnance?"
Just being a "nit-pricker."
I've had a spell checker red-line "ordnance" with the "correction" " to "ordinance" and nearly clicked on the "correction" myself. Had to add it to my "Dictionary."
Then there's the wisecrack, "Spell check is my worst enema."
Whew. Almost ran out of quote marks in this one. I got three left. " " " There. That ought to do it. Never could figure out why you are limited to an odd number of quote marks. Should be an even number, wouldn't you think?
Terry, 230RN
Obsolete when the first one was sold - 25acp.