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Why is the .256 Newton not called a .264 or even a 6.5mm?
The HORROR!
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My Westley Richards/Mauser is stamped "275 MAUSER"
Mike
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What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
- Bill Shakespeare, Romeo and JulietIt must be a transgender cartridge. In today's world, perhaps it identifies as a 275 Rigby. 
Safe Shooting! Steve Redgwell www.303british.comGet your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - Mark Twain Member - Professional Outdoor Media Association of Canada ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/AP39Jhm.jpg)
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HA! But apparently some other hunters are easily offended by nomenclature....
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There are better things to get excited about.
I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
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Referencing a .45 “Long” Colt will cause some folks to break out in hives.
Meanwhile, the .233 vs. 5.56 debate rages on…..
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https://books.google.com/books?id=h...amp;q=%20275%20rigby%20rifle&f=falseQuoting the Duke, regarding a rifle he bought for his wife, the future Queen Mother.... pre internet IIRC.
Last edited by Muffin; 04/03/22.
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But is it stamped 7x57 "MAUSER"?
I mean, let's get ultra-correct about all of this....
Why are today's rifles chambered for the .22 Varminter (a term copyrighted by Jerry Gebby) stamped .22-250 "Remington"?
For that matter, why are today's rifles chambered for the .30 U.S. Army now stamped .30-40 Krag?
Why are most rifles (or ammunition) for the 6.5mm rifle cartridge, co-developed by what was then the Combined Kingdom of Norway and Sweden in the early 1890s for their armies, now called the 6.5x55 "Swedish Mauser"? The armies of both nations used rifles chambered for the same round, in Norway a Krag-Jorgensen, while most "Swedish" rifles were made by Mauser.
Why is the .38-55 (a cartridge introduced by the Ballard in the 1870s) now usually called the .38-55 W.C.F.?
Not sure John, I'll have to dig it out. Jim Wisner built on the tweaked Swede.
Conduct is the best proof of character.
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You've posted photos of that rifle before. It's great!
Was asking more out of curiosity than anything else, but did kind of want to tweak the OP about his obsession about what he regards as "correct" cartridge names.....
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You've posted photos of that rifle before. It's great!
Was asking more out of curiosity than anything else, but did kind of want to tweak the OP about his obsession about what he regards as "correct" cartridge names..... That was clear.
Conduct is the best proof of character.
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Oh how things have changed when the 6.5-08 A-Square does not even get mentioned in this conversation. ;-{>8
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Hell, I was called a pedant after I undertook to straighten out some garbled mathematical-physical terminology.
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The 45 Colt thing actually had consequences long ago. There's a reason it was referred to as 45 Long Colt. The 275 Rigby is a might confusing as it serves no real purpose but I really don't care. I've personally got bigger issues at the moment like sourcing some 7x57R cases for the combo rifle shotgun.
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So... Will .275 Rigby ammo fit in "The Clip" of my 7mm Mouser...
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The 45 Colt thing actually had consequences long ago. There's a reason it was referred to as 45 Long Colt. The 275 Rigby is a might confusing as it serves no real purpose but I really don't care. I've personally got bigger issues at the moment like sourcing some 7x57R cases for the combo rifle shotgun. Which brings up another story: A little over a year ago I bought a Sauer drilling, a 16x16/7x57R. A drilling-loony friend contributed some cases (already had 7x57 dies, and the correct shell-holder). So I was astonished one day when visiting Capital Sports in Helena, Montana--and found five 20-round boxes of Prvi Partizan 7x57R 139-grain factory loads. The price was around $20 a box, so I bought 'em. Turned out one of the younger guys in the gun department had ordered them, thinking they were standard 7x57 Mauser ammo--which they couldn't find much of, anywhere. He was VERY grateful when I bought all the ammo....
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![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/0NdZ4R9D/E14-CD9-B8-EDF1-4-BF4-8082-2-C0-A26-FF29-E8.jpg) Mine makes no mention of Mauser or Rigby.
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"7x57 Rigby" would be an interesting variation....
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bothers me not what anyone calls their cartridge except when they call it a 257 Bob. that gets on my last nerve!
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