You are exactly right. I have no idea why so called experts on TV say the things they do.
They refer to a caliber as a cartridge all the time.
I watched a 30 minute show on long range shooting on TV the other night. There were a couple of so called experts on the show. The first thing they did was to describe MOA. And the first thing he said was that 1 MOA is exactly one inch at 100 yards and 2 inches at 200 yards?? How can this guy be an expert??
I watch these guys on TV who should know-but they don't know. I am not sure why they don't think a bit about what they say. They definitely do not know handgun nomenclature.
I am sure the "long" was just added at some point by someone who was just trying to differentiate it from the "short" cartridges. But that still does not make it right. Tom.
