Another Firearms Related Platform
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Well, if you follow the logic that when the trigger is pulled, you are launching the bullet on its trajectory. The bullet is launched from a platform, same as a missile.
Not sure if this is the logic being used but kinda makes sense.
Not sure if this is the logic being used but kinda makes sense.
I can try and fight the tide of the ever changing living breathing English language, or I can adapt. Stocks are grips, 1911's can be double stacks, magazines are clips, and plastic is now polymer.
Lord, grant that I may seek to understand...
St. Francis of Assisi
Lord, grant that I may seek to understand...
St. Francis of Assisi
Here's one my wife uses all the time. I blame it on her being a Yankee. "Can you reach me that?"
At which point I usually hand her whatever she asked for. Some hills ain't worth dying for.
At which point I usually hand her whatever she asked for. Some hills ain't worth dying for.
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I find the “platform” usage grating as well. Maybe this is baloney, but I’ve been told it got started in the firearms world by referring to AR rifles other than Armalite/Colt which owned the rights to the AR-15 name. I hope it’s true as it would make it all the more annoying if there was no reason whatsoever for rifles being called platforms.
It's the new normal. 
Caliber will soon be the description of a cartridge in discourse. Even gun writers who should know better use the term without knowing the difference. That says a lot about people who write for publications in magazines or internet media.
A 7mm magnum is a different caliber than a 270 Win for most people out there these days.
You can't turn back the tide.
Caliber will soon be the description of a cartridge in discourse. Even gun writers who should know better use the term without knowing the difference. That says a lot about people who write for publications in magazines or internet media.
A 7mm magnum is a different caliber than a 270 Win for most people out there these days.
You can't turn back the tide.
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It's the new normal.
Caliber will soon be the description of a cartridge in discourse. Even gun writers who should know better use the term without knowing the difference. That says a lot about people who write for publications in magazines or internet media.
A 7mm magnum is a different caliber than a 270 Win for most people out there these days.
You can't turn back the tide.
Georgia did, the Crimson Tide that is.
Georgia did, the Crimson Tide that is.
That must be a high caliber football team there in GA.
I'll show myself out.
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