Trends You Simply Can't Stand...Feel Free To Vent Here

[Rustyt1953]

Why would anyone be bothered or triggered by someone's choice of vernacular? I know what everyone means or implies and I don't judge them.

At present I have other pressing issues to wrap around my axle.

 

[djohns6]

No more plastic handguns for me . I have two and the wife has one . I think it's silly to go out and buy every Gen of every model that Glock makes . My opinion . You do you .And I won't label that as MHO either ..

 

[Imissedagain]

Someone seems to have a problem?

 

[bigggbbruce]

Electric bicycles, I thought riding a bike was for exercise.

 

[jasonfreeland]

I think I agree with all of these, but don't really know what a "pew" is or "rocking a can".

If your being serious, a pew is a firearm and "rocking a can" is having a suppressor on your firearm. A lot of them say pew because saying gun or firearm makes things like Facebook or Youtube angry. Sort of a let's pretend they don't exist and live in our happy little world without them thing.

 

[rockquarry]

If your being serious, a pew is a firearm and "rocking a can" is having a suppressor on your firearm. A lot of them say pew because saying gun or firearm makes things like Facebook or Youtube angry. Sort of a let's pretend they don't exist and live in our happy little world without them thing.

Yes, I'm being serious. Guess I'm behind on modern slang gun vocabulary.

 

[Rubone]

Yes, I'm being serious. Guess I'm behind on modern slang gun vocabulary.

No worries. Heck, I can't even get beyond "wheelgun"! I hate that term....

 

[duke2002]

I get the synthetic and dull look. Manufacturing seems to be going that way. But i miss nice bluing and wood

 

[max503]

All these kids thinkin' they need an automatic instead of a revolver.
A wheel gun was good enough for Hopalong. It's good enough for me.

 

[Greyman50]

Pew is what we used to say when something stunk….

 

[bigggbbruce]

All these kids thinkin' they need an automatic instead of a revolver.
A wheel gun was good enough for Hopalong. It's good enough for me.

I'm good with that, I've purchased several collections from kids selling inherited guns to purchase plastic autos, like a Glock.

 

[mtgianni]

Been trying to explain to this 1954 Sears Shotgun - Your a Platform, and you Run!
Not getting through!
Probably not explaining it right!View attachment 764725

Since I share a birth year with it, I can confirm that it is obstinate.

 

[LVSteve]

Slapping so many doo dads on carry pistols they're no longer easy to conceal.

This. I have lost count of the threads where somebody bought a carry gun that is easy to conceal and immediately wants to make it bigger because they cannot/won't learn to shoot with a two-finger grip when using the flush magazine. If you MUST have a three-finger grip, don't buy guns that small.

Another trend that just cracks me up is gun reviewers and forum posters who whine that a low cost gun "shoots way better than it should". Really? Have you not heard of CNC machining, automatic laser precise tolerance checking during manufacture and all the other wonders of modern industrial production? Various Turkish polymer pistols come in for this abuse.

Semi-auto guns that come new with only one magazine. Just no.

 

[ISCS Yoda]

Red dot sights on EDC guns. ICK!

Using Letters in place of words

For you younguns, that started when the Internet was young and bandwidth was minimal. AFAIK. ICBW. BIDTS. IMNSHO.

 

[45Smashemflat]

I wonder what percentage of shooters who “rock a can” also “rock a man bun.”

 

[TIMETRIPPER]

Inline muzzle loaders... what's the point? Here in Pa, the early doe season allows them, and with any type of sight. The after Christmas season is for flintlocks only. Tends to keep the riff-raff away.
To each their own, I guess.

John

 

[VaTom]

Any kind of slang related to firearms such as “new toy”, mag dump, furniture, etc. Also the term “printing” referring to concealed carry. Your firearm is either concealed or not. Carried a Model 64 2” and later a Glock 23 concealed for work for many years. A proper holster and over garment such as jacket or sport coat, untucked shirt should do. Back in the day (1970s) our LEO manual stated that officers in plain clothes must always ensure their firearm is properly covered so not to unduly alarm the public. Guess I am old school but that stood me well for 38 years I was in the business. Proper holster and appropriate clothing should prevent “printing” .

 

[pasound]

"Tactical" 9mm rifles. Never thought much about them until I went to the range today and the guy in the next bay down pulled a black rifle out of his car. I'm thinking "Wait - they don't allow rifle ammo on the pistol ranges." Then he pulls out a bag full of skinny magazines, and I see - oh - 9mm sticks - ok. Turns out he had a binary trigger, too, and proceeded to do mag dumps with ten pulls. Almost full auto. Pretty much broke my concentration - I started missing the plates from flinch every time he set off a pow-pow-pow-pow-pow string.

 

[Walkin Horse]

Newb ,Newby and I’m so glad I’m single so I don’t have to be a hubby.

 

[MelvinWalker]

The stupidest thing ever has to be, far and away, the large loop on lever guns. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid!
And don’t even try the excuse that the lever has to be mutilated for gloves. If your gloves are that big you, how are you going to shoot?

That's actually not a trend, but something made famous by John Wayne many, many decades ago.