User talk:KySharpshooter/cartridge table

Nice job, when do you plan on implementing it?Pigoutultra (talk) 15:26, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

Thank you. I'm just playing with it right now, it would take a while to get it done. I like your idea of listing by bullet diameter, but listing by name is easier to find a certain caliber, so I'm trying a couple different things.--KySharpshooter (talk) 13:51, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

It's nice that you're doing this, I'm new to seriously editing wikipedia and I don't know the ropes completely. What do you think about how the pistol cartridges page is laid out? It seems like it could use some sections. In the caliber pages, it makes a distinction between pistols and revolvers, I think that it would be a good idea to do the same with the cartridges page. Maybe you should join the firearms project.Pigoutultra (talk) 16:34, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

Yeah I'm kinda new to it too. I haven't looked at the pistol cartridges lately, I'll check it out. Making a distinction between pistols and revolvers isn't much of an issue, although a few calibers are used in both (.45 ACP, 9mm, and 10mm for example), but doing that for rifles would be really hard. The .30-06, for example, was originally chambered in a bolt-action, but you can also get it in the lever-action Browning BLR and the semi-automatic Browning BAR. The .308 Winchester is a very common caliber, available in pretty much every model of bolt-action on the market, but it's also very popular now in AR-style rifles and other semi-automatics. The same goes for the .223 Remington. I might look into the firearms project, are you participating?

EDIT: After I clicked on your username I answered my own question lol. --KySharpshooter (talk) 12:37, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

Perhaps instead of separating revolver and auto pistol cartridges, just separate rimmed, semi-rimmed, and rimless cartridges. That would work for rifle cartridges too. A new page that lists wildcat cartridges designed for the Thompson/Center Contender would be a good idea, or instead a new section for that firearm. The sections on wildcats for both pistol and rifle cartridges needs a lot of work, especially obsolete cartridges.Pigoutultra (talk) 16:40, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

I sort of like the list the way it is, like a table of contents of some sort. A separate page with a chart like the one I was using could sort calibers by certain characteristics, but the more I look at it I like a simple list where you can easily scroll down the page and find the caliber you're looking for. --KySharpshooter (talk) 13:59, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

Instead of separating the list, just put in parenthesis whether the cartridge is rimmed or not. Like .38 Special (Rimmed), .38 Super (Semi-Rimmed), 9x19mm Parabellum (Rimless). What do you think?Pigoutultra (talk) 14:43, 14 April 2011 (UTC)