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"Wheelgun" and "wheelie" - Is it just me?
- Thread starter The Gila Bender
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I don't like wheel guns or wheelies because....
The Wheellock action was an invention of the 1500s that paralleled the flintlock because the ignition system, rather than striking like a flintlock, used a rotating wheel similar to a cigarette lighter today.
The Wheellock action was an invention of the 1500s that paralleled the flintlock because the ignition system, rather than striking like a flintlock, used a rotating wheel similar to a cigarette lighter today.
Mr. Cody can call any firearm anything he wanted to. Most of us can't and should not attempt to do so.
Dragonfly
Member
Me too...this one drives me up the wall for some reason.
I've always thought that a "pistol" was any firearm that could be aimed and fired with one hand. (with the expectation of hitting a target)
That would leave out alot of AR and AK based "pistols" on the market. Although It might be fun to watch someone try.
Yes, revolvers are pistols. Like several others I cite Sam Colt as my "expert witness".
"Wheelies" involve motercycles, not guns.
That would leave out alot of AR and AK based "pistols" on the market. Although It might be fun to watch someone try.
Yes, revolvers are pistols. Like several others I cite Sam Colt as my "expert witness".
"Wheelies" involve motercycles, not guns.
gregintenn
Member
The term "assault rifle" really gets in my craw.
OP
OK, I'll concede "wheelgun" and "sixgun" (but not "fivegun," "sevengun," "eightgun," or "tengun") as an acceptable reference to a revolver and "Chicago typewriter" for the Thompson. A machine gunner friend tells me he refers to all of his Thompsons as "Tommy guns" and calls his Vickers gun "Miss Vickie" (ugh). Take that FWIW.
"Gat" is a good one that I haven't heard for a long time. There is another term, "mohair trigger" that was used in a 1920's newspaper article in reference to a 44 HE 2nd carried by a police detective in Peoria, IL.
Only one firearm in my posession has a name. "Big Blue" is a 6.5" 29-6 Classic with full underlug. It's a good gun, one I've had for a very long time. Some of my rifles are "tackdriver" but that's a generic reference. (Note added: I forgot, there's one more. "Mr. Fortyfour" is a 3" 29-3. I bought it after watching "From Dusk Till Dawn" http://smith-wessonforum.com/s-w-revolvers-1980-present/303638-dusk-dawn-gun.html#post137076333)
"Gat" is a good one that I haven't heard for a long time. There is another term, "mohair trigger" that was used in a 1920's newspaper article in reference to a 44 HE 2nd carried by a police detective in Peoria, IL.
Only one firearm in my posession has a name. "Big Blue" is a 6.5" 29-6 Classic with full underlug. It's a good gun, one I've had for a very long time. Some of my rifles are "tackdriver" but that's a generic reference. (Note added: I forgot, there's one more. "Mr. Fortyfour" is a 3" 29-3. I bought it after watching "From Dusk Till Dawn" http://smith-wessonforum.com/s-w-revolvers-1980-present/303638-dusk-dawn-gun.html#post137076333)
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Marshal Amp
US Veteran
and clips. activists and antis, and all the "experts" drive me crazy when I hear this. . . and anything out of piers morgan's mouthThe term "assault rifle" really gets in my craw.
gregintenn
Member
LOL! How long can you listen to Rachael Maddow without shooting the tv?and clips. activists and antis, and all the "experts" drive me crazy when I hear this. . . and anything out of piers morgan's mouth
labworm
US Veteran
Me say "Gun"
Jyezahn
US Veteran
Yes, that's what happens as times change. Look at Xerox, Saran Wrap, Post-It's, etc.
3strokes
Member
I'll need to disagree with you. Pistol comes from the latin/italian pistola and means handgun. Some handguns are semis, some are revolvers, some are neither (derringers). Flintlocks and the like were all known as pistolets (fr), pistola (sp, it) from the day of the musketeers, long before the invention of semis.
Some people, brought up multi-lingual, cannot think of pistols as meaning ONLY semis.
mc5aw
Member
For the record, "wheelie" is a word used exclusively by Elmer Fudd to mean "very".
While there are far more firearms-related slang words/phrases that I don't like, one that I always enjoyed to describe a large caliber revolver was "smoke wagon" ...
PS ... I've heard Browny and Shotty, but never Smithy, Colty, or SIGgy.
While there are far more firearms-related slang words/phrases that I don't like, one that I always enjoyed to describe a large caliber revolver was "smoke wagon" ...
PS ... I've heard Browny and Shotty, but never Smithy, Colty, or SIGgy.
carpriver
US Veteran
I call them a fire arm. I dislike black rifle, assault weapon, and Glock.
Me also just sayum gun Kemosabe.
Roadtrash
US Veteran
I knew a girl named Siggy, she was a real pistol.
Jyezahn
US Veteran
Bkreutz
US Veteran
I find it irritating when any word used in reference to a fire arm ends in "ie". It also bugs me when a gun is referred to as a "my new toy" or by a feminine pronoun or proper name.
I have never NAMED a firearm but if I ever do it will be a masculine name. And it will never be referred to as her or she it will be a he or a him if it just has to be referred to using a personal pronoun.
There now! I've been wanting to get that off my chest for years.....
I've named firearms from time to time, but it's usually after something malfunctions and always the same name that starts with "Piece of ...."
