It's a Sasquatch. Now what exactly is a "flashole?" :beer:
Preston was on the right track. I participate in a lot of Shooting/Reloading forums, been doing it for years. When I first joined I needed a unique identity related to the "sport" - the flash hole is the small hole in a centerfire cartridge that allows the ignition flame from the primer to pass through the bottom of the case and into the powder column igniting the powder.
The name comes with a story.
One day all the parts of the cartridge were talking and debating who should be The Boss.
I should be the Boss says the Bullet. After all, I am what does the work in the end and I am the most important.
I should be the Boss says the Case. After all, I hold everything together. That makes Me the most important.
No, no, I should be the Boss says the Powder. After all, the power to do everything comes from me. That makes Me the most important.
I disagree said the Primer, I should be the Boss. Without me nothing would happen. I am clearly the most important.
The debate went on for quite some time and then the Flash Hole piped up and said ... I should be the Boss. All the other parts of the cartridge laughed and ridiculed the Flash Hole telling him it was ludicrous to think a Flash Hole had any claim to being The Boss. And with that the Flash Hole decided to prove his point.
At the next range outing the Flash Hole simply closed himself up. The primer ignited but nothing happened. The powder didn't burn and was powerless. The bullet sat logged in the case and didn't do any work. The case and all its constituents were tossed in the water bucket as a misfire. This happened again and again. After much lamenting of their situation, all the parts of the cartridge agreed. The Flash Hole should be The Boss.
Moral of the story, you don't have to be important to be the Boss, you just have to be a Flash Hole.