Gun terms you HATE

[THE PILGRIM]

Picatinny is certainly an overused word.
I never even heard of the place until I heard my old Army Buddy Milt talk about it, he was stationed there twice.
Those rail things show up just about everywhere!
Last week I saw one on an electric toothbrush.

 

[susieqz]

i believe ''gunviolence'' [one word] is media propaganda. the idea is that if heard often, you will end up with entire generations that believe guns, by themselves, are evil ,
people will not recognize it as propaganda.
the media attitude will be embedded deep in one's mind.

 

[Lt JL]

SuzieQZ, you will never go wrong calling your werapon your Roscoe, as long as you don't forget Roscoe's real purpose in your life.
Gats, heaters, hideouts, pieces, iron, , all movies. But a good Roscoe is forever!!!!!

 

[Autonomous]

Glock.

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[Wise_A]

Thanks for clearing that up. Curious about what the manufacturers have to say, I dragged out the owner's manuals for my semi-autos (when all else fails...) to see how they label this device. S&W and FNH are in agreement with Muss -- it's a slide stop. SIG Sauer, however, calls it a slide catch. If other manufacturers use still different terms, write in and let us know. Who knows, we might all be right.

I explained why they're called different things by different manufacturer's. Muss alluded to it as well.

Thought I might chime in. FNH refers a takedown lever as the means by which one removes the slide. Glock seems to refer to that mechanism as a "trigger." In all fairness to Glock, in their instruction manual they do seem to strongly suggest one make sure the gun isn't loaded before taking it apart.

Glocks have a takedown lever, although they call it a "slide lock".

And it's not like the Glock is the only pistol that must be decocked in order to disassemble it. Even some variations of 1911 disassembly remove the MSH before the slide assembly is removed. Most people, though, find it easier to field strip the pistol and decock it with a soft buffer (usually their hand).

A fair few just pull the trigger and let the hammer bash the hell out of the back of the frame.

 

[Mistered]

'Fighting gun/rifle'
'Cowboy guns' when referring to SA revolvers or lever action rifles.

 

[Herknav]

Yes, they are. A pistol is a gun meant to be fired with one hand. Revolvers and semi-autos are both pistols. I really would like to know when and how that distinction came about. That distinction is about as annoying to me as "grips" vs. "stocks" or "clips" vs. "magazines" are to others.

I'm guessing these dueling pistols are not actually pistols, then?

Almost forgot...PPC, aka Practical Pistol Course, competitions were largely shot with revolvers.

I mostly agree with you. Most of your list (plus "silencer" vs "suppressor") are rather pedantic. However, magazines and clips are two different things. It would be like calling a fork a spoon. Both are feeding devices, but they function differently.

 

[walkinghorse]

[QUOTE...Muss alluded to it as well...[/QUOTE]

Muss and alluding in the same sentence! That is something that is unusual, in fact maybe a first time event!

 

[susieqz]

jack, i must disagree with your statement that there are no inherently accurate cartridges.
in rimfire, bulk ammo gives me a group 3'' wide at 25 yards.
but wolf will give me 7/8''
therefore wolf is inherently accurate.
as to calling SAAs cowboy guns, i'm guilty.
i had a cute little cowboy gun in a neat holster when i was 5. it was shiny n fun.
now, i got a real set up like that n it's still my cowboy gun.
this one is better tho. i could never hang on to caps.

 

[Tyrod]

I had a pedantic once. I had to put it down....with a spork!

 

[CScott]

AK-47 from the media. According to them everything out there is an AK-47. Of course the plural of "firearm" is "arsenal".

Not everything is an AK-47. I recently listened to a newscaster report about an AK- 357.
No BS,
Scott

 

[Jack Flash]

jack, i must disagree with your statement that there are no inherently accurate cartridges.
in rimfire, bulk ammo gives me a group 3'' wide at 25 yards.
but wolf will give me 7/8'' therefore wolf is inherently accurate. ...

No, that's not the point. The gun writers are saying the design is inherently accurate. Certainly a .22 LR cartridge made by company ABC can be more accurate in a specific firearm than cartridges made by company XYZ. A lot of individual firearms have a "preference" for one manufacturer's product over another's.

Same thing could be said for the .44 Special. Suppose I reload some .44 Specials and do a slap dash job. That does not reflect on the cartridge design nor does it reflect badly on the firearm I chose to use. It reflects my own poor workmanship. The same is true of manufacturers. Some make a better product, some make a cheaper product.

 

[the ringo kid]

'Fighting gun/rifle'
'Cowboy guns' when referring to SA revolvers or lever action rifles.

I use "Cowboy Guns" all the time-and yeah--im addicted to most things Western and Cowboy related. .............

 

[Ghost Magnum]

Tactical.
Assault weapon.
Clip.
Using handguns as a phallic symbol.

 

[Kitgun]

Bang hooks and bugger buttons

 

[glenwolde]

In the future, perhaps. Right now there are still enough guns out there using true clips, such as the SKS, that there is a distinct difference between the two & enough #'s of them, to warrant using the correct word and not broadcast your ignorance." Better to keep your mouth closed & let everyone think you are a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt".

I disagree. So now this is an argument that can only be settled by a reputable third party. They all support the position that "clip" is the proper term. It has become common usage. The very fact that you know what people really mean when they use the term pretty much proves the point.

I do however, totally agree with "Better to keep your mouth closed & let everyone think you are a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt."

 

[M E Morrison]

I disagree. So now this is an argument that can only be settled by a reputable third party. They all support the position that "clip" is the proper term. It has become common usage. The very fact that you know what people really mean when they use the term pretty much proves the point.

I do however, totally agree with "Better to keep your mouth closed & let everyone think you are a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt."

Common usage doesn't always make it right; for example every AK out there is not an AK-47.

 

[CZU]

Military Grade-as used by the media, as if it'll make you deader.

 

[CZU]

NOT if yer talking about "Black Widow" Lugers. I had one once and STUPIDLY got rid of it. Been kicking myself for 20 years now.

Everybody knows that a black widow has to be a BYF 42 with black bakelite grips and black bottomed mags. Now one of my BYF 42's has brown Krieghoff grips so it's gotta be a Brown Recluse.

 

[M E Morrison]

Military Grade-as used by the media, as if it'll make you deader.

Maybe there are exceptions, as in military grade optics?