[rsilvers]

ohnomrbillk,

If you are serious about being upset that I helped bring this cartridge to SAAMI - what was the alternative? It had to be in SAAMI in order for most larger companies to consider making guns and ammo for it. Would you rather the 300 Fireball concept stayed obscure?

"Well, you could have called it 300 Fireball." No - that name is engraved on too many guns with random chambers... It would not have been very likely to get SAAMI approval for that.

22 Varminter existed before 22-250 - and I am sure at the time a few people said that the SAAMI cartridge should have been called 22 Varminter - but there was likewise a wide variation in the existing chambers. A new name was needed.

Also, SAAMI does not allow cartridges with registered trademark names - this is why 6.5 Grendal was rejected from approval in January.