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Highway Patrolman Question
What does the CTG. on the barrel mean?
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09-26-2010, 07:15 PM
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What does the CTG. on the barrel mean?
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Cartridge . (I would guess  )
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09-26-2010, 07:31 PM
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Pretty much the standard abbreviation for cartridge, if there is such a thing as a standard.
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You are correct
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Cartridge . (I would guess )
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09-26-2010, 07:33 PM
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O thanks guys I guess I asked a stupid question. LOL!
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O thanks guys I guess I asked a stupid question. LOL!
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absolutely NOT
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09-26-2010, 08:21 PM
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Not a stupid question. These acronyms drive me nuts. I was reading a post on another forum today in which the poster said that his gun worked best with LSWCHP ammunition. It took me 15 minutes to figure out what that meant.
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09-26-2010, 10:01 PM
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Lead Semi Wad Cutter Hollow Point?
I agree, it's like you're cooler if you know the lingo right?
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09-26-2010, 10:51 PM
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for every 5 guys who know the answere to a question, there are 10 out there going "...I have always wondered about that myself..."
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09-27-2010, 01:24 AM
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for every 5 guys who know the answere to a question, there are 10 out there going "...I have always wondered about that myself..."
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And another 10 who "know" but are wrong! 
My thing is Model #s. Half the time I have to Google to find out what caliber it is... 
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Ah yes... the alphabet soup of bullet types. FMJTC had me going for awhile: Full Metal Jacket Truncated Cone.
Truncated cone? I've always known that as a flat point 
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A post on another gun forum referred to "shorter coal". I had to read through the whole dang thing to figure out he was talking about lighter powder charges. Good grief!
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OK I dont feel so bad now! LOL!!!
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A post on another gun forum referred to "shorter coal". I had to read through the whole dang thing to figure out he was talking about lighter powder charges. Good grief!
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Dave,
coal doesn't refer to lighter powder charges, and if that's what someone claimed they are loopy. That's the standard acronym for cartridge over all length as measured in inches. It has nothing to do with lighter powder charges, with the exception that sometimes a shorter c.o.a.l. required to fit a certain chamber may require less powder to allow for the bullet to be seated deeper, which makes the c.o.a.l. shorter
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