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Originally Posted by WILL TERRY
" SOLID HEAD "
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Absolutely correct, but not what most people think it means. This style of solid head case is what is now commonly, but incorrectly, referred to as a "Balloon Head", where the head area is solid brass but the primer pocket protrudes from the head area and there is a pronounced channel around the outside of it.
For comparison a true "Balloon Head" case is often also referred to as a "Folded Head". Think .22 Rimfire. The difference is they would have either a bumped in primer pocket in the thin brass or an internally supported primer. These last look like rimfires but are really canterfire.
I know, more than you wanted to know.