Originally Posted by
MikB
Well, the next thing down is the neck, ain't it - and below that often there's a shoulder, then a body...
You're forgetting the case-mouth, I think.
The important thing to keep in mind is that a brass cartridge-case as we know it today is not a mammal: from an evolutionary perspective it had a head, body and mouth long before it had a shoulder and neck.
Perhaps we could rename the case-head 'case-trousers'. That, after all, is where the pocket is. Ah - so maybe it's a marsupial? Or perhaps it is an arachnid, what with the web and all?
'Head' for bullet will be as wrong in 20 years' time as it is now. Or as right. We should perhaps simply bow to the power of lowest-common-denominator ignorance? It seems to carry the argument with respect to every other damned thing.
Last edited by Dalua; 21-10-2018 at 10:10 PM.
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