My curiosity is about the wording "run/ran." Is this some sort of wildcat vernacular? I've never heard it before. What does it mean? is run, is ran? has run, has ran?

i think it simply means "used" as in, "has anybody used..."? it must be a carry over from auto racing(which i hate to compare shooting to) is all i can figure.

I use it talking about using a case in a die designed for something else.

IE: I "ran" a 280 case into a 338Wmag die to form a 338-280. Or "run" 338wmag brass into a 30-338 die.

Other than something along those lines I have no clue.

ramrod uses it like it do but i have seen guys post that they are "running" some cartridge. I shoot lots of stuff but don't run anything except for races on foot or bicycle. There seems to be some fascination with using vernacular instead of common language. I don't call my McMillans Mickies, Leupolds Leupies, or Swarovskis Swaros but some insist on it and they "run" cartridges in rifles rather than own rifles chambered for some cartridge. I'm a bonafide rifle nut with my share of custom wildcats but do not indulge in forum lingo as the point is not always clearly conveyed.

Those terms are commonly used all about:
...the farmer ran some cattle....the guy was running a string of restaurants...what carbides are you running in the mill...the wife ran up a big bill at the beauticians...my laptop runs an SSHD....I run a variable pitch prop.... I ran some monometals in my 338....I want to run an RCM in the future.....etc,
I dont see the problem with those rather common terms.

I don't have a problem with them either just feel there are better words if you address a broad audience. I use copius acronyms and lingo at work and if I use them anywhere else it confuses people who don't speak that language.

The people who cannot comprehend the use of the terms ran,run,running etc, when applied to all sorts of lifes cenarios, must live under some kind of rock.
Were those people also confused when they heard Obama is running for prezident?

guy, you used "rung" in your comparison of "run" so don't throw stones at comprehension.

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Originally posted by Trax:
Those terms are commonly used all about:
...the farmer ran some cattle...
I dont see the problem with those rather common terms.

Might be common in your neck of the woods or wherever you hail from, but not mine.
I can figure out that running restaurants is akin to operating restaurants. Correct?

But ran some cattle is much less obvious. What does ran mean in that context?

onefunzr2,

Ran,run,running, means the same as operated,operate,operating....ie;to function
so you can say he ran or operated a farm,airline,.... they ran/operated an business together
...the guy is operating a wheat farm on which he also runs some cattle....
...the guy runs a wheat farm and operates some cattle on the side.
.....now run the finish reamer through,...I will run this by the boss first.....
...The power from the engine operates through/ runs through a reduction box.

many more common examples of ran,run,running etc. >> http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ran

Thanks, trax.

I guess I'd better bone up on the 147 meanings for the word ran!
Not to mention the 31 meanings of short phrases with ran in them.