Gun terms you HATE

[susieqz]

the factory should not be the arbiter of our language.
they also don't call my revolving pistols 'pistols'
.screw that. i speak proper english.

 

[M E Morrison]

the factory should not be the arbiter of our language.
they also don't call my revolving pistols 'pistols'
.screw that. i speak proper english.

Agreed, in general. But it does give "bull barrel" a lot more validity.

 

[Jack Flash]

I thought the factory called it a "heavy barrel" but I must have been mistaken. Still, I don't see the reason for all the fuss. But maybe that's just me.

 

[Speedo2]

So after gettin my tactical pants on and yankin old Gert outta the safe, I decided to take her out for a walk at the range and run her thru her paces on the combat set. Had 4 clips full of boolits, ready to lay down some fire. Now the bang swithch on Gert is slicker than snot on a doorknob, man I'm talkin buttery smooth, so after slammin home one a them clips I shoved one in the pipe and prepared to have at em. Now Gert's my fav toy, so she ain't minty no more, but her furniture is in pretty good shape so I can hang on to her right well. So I stuck my booger hook on the bang lever and went to town. This particular platform has flawless reliability, so once we starting bangin she was shootin like a laser beam. Lead was flyin like she was an automatic assault rifle. After a short while, I ran out of 380 defense ammo, so I pulled the snubbie of of my wasteband and cracked off a few more rounds before I went home to dinner.

I've often wondered if Gecko45 would ever return.

 

[Muley Gil]

"Look! - it's a pencil barreled CTG revo!"

I use the term "pencil barrel" just to upset folks.

 

[Jason Long]

i need help identifying a revolver

i need help identifying my smith and wesson revolver

 

[amcline82]

Clip I cant stand it when it's called clip. Espically when most semi autos state that the pistol can be fired without the magazine.

Friends don't let friends buy a Taurus

 

[ExcitableBoy]

If you use the English contractions "can't, "aren't", "didn't", etc., you have no legitimate gripe against "ammo" or "mag".

My "assault weapon" is a Louisville Slugger, or a convenient piece of heavy pipe, meant to maim severely. My firearms are used to insert small, heavy projectiles at great velocity into animate and inanimate objects. One of those categories tends to die rapidly upon introduction of said projectiles.

 

[ExcitableBoy]

FOR VATom

Used to date a girl named "Charlene". A certified psycho. She was very fond of my "gun", though.

 

[ExcitableBoy]

To Rpg

Oh, I sincerely WISH that they have sex! I'd truly enjoy watching the little .22s grow up to be be .44 magnums!!!

 

[ExcitableBoy]

So... a deer, let's say, has been shot through the heart with an "inherently inaccurate" round. It's lying in a heap with a few pints of blood soaking into the dry leaves. You give it a kick with the tip of your boot and it doesn't move. Is the deer "inherently dead", or will it finally realize that he was shot with a lousy, inaccurate round and jump up, smile and saunter off into the marsh whistling "The Star Spangled Banner"?

 

[Bahamaroot]

Referring to a firearm as "sexy" is just wrong, on so many levels...

I don't know, I've seen a few firearms that have given me a woody.

 

[robert1804]

Tired of hearing...

"Built like a tank", usually describing a Ruger.

"Two legged" threats

"Pull the trigger" on a purchase

 

[DeerSlayer88]

You guys need to change with the times on the whole "clip vs magazine" thing. Language is dynamic and definitions change in order to reflect common usage. Common usage (whether "right" or "wrong") drives the definition, not the other way around.

Most sources now define "clip" in a manner like this:

a device to hold cartridges for charging the magazines of some rifles; also : a magazine from which ammunition is fed into the chamber of a firearm

They also list "magazine" and "clip" as synonyms. This has changed over my lifetime. The definition of "Pistol" vs "Revolver" has also changed over my lifetime.

If you still disagree, I suggest you post only in Shakespearean English.

20 words that once meant something very different |

It doesn't matter if I agree or disagree or anything...it still bothers ME when people used those terms just as you described there, and that is what this thread is all about...i think.

 

[Irn-Bru]

"Fits your hand like a glove" Any gloves I have never fit perfectly

 

[franzas]

Off the top of my head-

'clip' instead of 'magazine'
'bullet' instead of 'cartridge' or 'round'
"assault"
"weapon"
"weapon"
"weapon"
"rare"
"stopping power," as there is no real definition of this (I'm an engineer so I like numbers)
Taurus
slang terms

-and finally-

"Glock Perfection"

Sorry, your used Glock with 10,000 rounds through it is not worth more than the MSRP.

 

[DeerSlayer88]

"Fits your hand like a glove" Any gloves I have never fit perfectly

Neither did OJ's.
Lol

 

[DeerSlayer88]

Off the top of my head-

'clip' instead of 'magazine'
'bullet' instead of 'cartridge' or 'round'
"assault"
"weapon"
"weapon"
"weapon"
"rare"
"stopping power," as there is no real definition of this (I'm an engineer so I like numbers)
Taurus
slang terms

-and finally-

"Glock Perfection"

Sorry, your used Glock with 10,000 rounds through it is not worth more than the MSRP.

Yes, the term "glock perfection" has now been moved to the top of my list...thanks for reminding me.

 

[susieqz]

what's wrong with ''weapon''?
my guns are for sure weapons.

 

[Alpo]

Suzie, a "weapon" is used to hurt someone. Not someTHING, someONE.

If I throw a knife at a target, it's a throwing knife. If I throw the same knife at you, it's a weapon.

If I'm shooting tin cans in the side yard, I'm using a gun. If I'm shooting rabbits in the garden, I'm using a gun. If I'm shooting the noisy neighbor, I'm using a weapon.

The J frame I carry for self defense is a weapon. The 1911 I carry for self defense is also a weapon. The K38 Masterpiece I shoot holes in paper with is a pistol.

That's what's wrong with "weapon". A gun (or anything else) is not a weapon unless or until you do (or plan to) hurt someONE with it.