Calibers named after Animals and Insects

[Ronald_55]

Let's do a run to see what all ones we can name. Keep your GoogleFu in check for a moment. No fun to just look them up and Copy/Paste 

I will start with one I just heard about:

.22 CHeetah

And one I already knew:

.22 Hornet

 

[Garufa]

Pretty sure every insect name has been taken by some caliber, often .22 but off the top of my head:

.218 Bee

Remington Yellow Jackets (.22 LR, but still)

Edited March 20, 2019 by Garufa
Google check on the Bee, lol.

[Quavodus]

.219 Donaldson Wasp, 6.5 Bobcat.

[quedz]

.45 Colt

[FUJIMO]

450 Marlin 

 the mammal fish? 

 

[RED333]

.404 and .500 Jeffrey, I know not an animal, but just ask my wife.

[Whisper]

.277 Wolverine.

 

[OLDNEWBIE]

shotgun slugs ?? Nasty creatures.

[owejia]

3032 tomcat

[Ronald_55]

35 minutes ago, OLDNEWBIE said:

shotgun slugs ?? Nasty creatures.

 

1 hour ago, RED333 said:

.404 and .500 Jeffrey, I know not an animal, but just ask my wife.

If we are going that way

45-70 Government, they are all animals up there....

[Ronald_55]

1 hour ago, FUJIMO said:

450 Marlin 

 the mammal fish? 

 

Don't forget .444 

[bigtruuck]

.577 T-Rex

[Wingshooter]

12ga Dragon’s Breath 

[RED333]

7 hours ago, Ronald_55 said:

45-70 Government, they are all animals up there....

I guess lower than a snakes belly is OK, O yes it is!

[Ronald_55]

Just to keep it moving

. 220 Rook

 

With an honorable mention to

.22 Eargesplitten Loudenboomer

[TomInMN]

26 minutes ago, Ronald_55 said:

Just to keep it moving

. 220 Rook

I saw a rook rifle mentioned today. I had never heard of that kind of thing before, so I had a quick look into them. Turns out there are a whole bunch of "rook" calibers.

 

.17 hornet

[MP5_Rizzo]

Lets' go BIG with the .585 Nyati

Nyati means cape buffalo in several African languages.

[AuEagle]

Just now, MP5_Rizzo said:

Lets' go BIG with the .585 Nyati

Nyati means cape buffalo in several African languages.

Could that translate to: 585 M'bogo?

[MP5_Rizzo]

Mmmm maybe.

[Quavodus]

On 3/21/2019 at 1:39 PM, Ronald_55 said:

Just to keep it moving

. 220 Rook

 

With an honorable mention to

.22 Eargesplitten Loudenboomer

I read an article about the Eargesplitten Loudenboomer a while back. That thing had to be insane.

[Handsome Rob]

Off the top of my head, there's the .17 bumblebee, .240 cobra, .25-20 copperhead (I think...) .25 tomcat, I think 6mm (?) Swift. I know there's a Swift in there somewhere......

[Quavodus]

On 3/20/2019 at 7:45 PM, hughd said:

.45 Colt

A colt is a baby or young horse.

Here's another, .243 Rockchucker.

Edited March 29, 2019 by Quavodus