Terminology of S&W Firearms

[NEURON]

REALLY!
The cold weather must be getting to some people.

 

[RobertJ.]

Hey, why don't we ever hear, "Pinned and Counterbored"?

Shirley, everyone knows that's the correct term.

 

[fat tom]

k22fan, I CAN NEVER REMEMBER THIS DISTINCTION. AS A RESULT I USE "ITS" ALL THE TIME. LIKE A BROKEN CLOCK--I'M CORRECT SOME OF THE TIME……….

Twice a day for sure.
f.t.

 

[Alpo]

Not according to the Colt, Ruger, and Smith & Wesson web sites.

It tickles me people say, "A revolver is not a pistol. Ruger says so.", but if you point out that Marlin and Remington both say that a detachable box magazine is a clip, they say, "No,the manufacturers are confused".

 

[fat tom]

I'm still looking for one of those "recessed cylinders". Have yet to see one.
f.t.

 

[wheelgun610]

REALLY!
The cold weather must be getting to some people.

It's called Cabin Fever....

Mark

 

[TIMETRIPPER]

The English language is a work in in progress. When I was in grade school "ain't"
wasn't an accepted word and was not to be found in the dictionary. My classmates and I used "ain't" often, much to the dismay of our English teachers.
Now "ain't" is a recognized and accepted word. But hain't ain't. Give it time.
Meanwhile, I will freely interchange stocks with grips, and yokes with cranes. If anyone has issue with that, we first must agree which way a roll of toilet paper must be hung, if only to establish the ground rules for argumentative purposes.
And the purpose of the ejector is to extract the shells from the cylinder. Cripes! Some of you guys must be writing our tax codes!
John

 

[one eye joe]

It tickles me people say, "A revolver is not a pistol. Ruger says so.", but if you point out that Marlin and Remington both say that a detachable box magazine is a clip, they say, "No,the manufacturers are confused".

YUP, THEY ARE CONFUSED. I RELY ON MILITARY NOMENCLATURE. WHEN IT COMES TO WEAPONS (AND ALL ISSUED EQUIPMENT) THEY ARE VERY PRECISE IN THEIR DESCRIPTIONS. THE M1 GARAND IS A "CLIP FED" RIFLE.
THE M1A / M14 RIFLE IS MAGAZINE FED. A DETACHABLE BOX MAGAZINE IS NOT A CLIP--NO MATTER WHAT MARLIN AND REMINGTON MIGHT CALL THEM…….

 

[gmborkovic]

Thanks to all for their posts.
Im going to do one more. I actually heard this from a dealer at the Baltimore show. It is not "... the old guy that does the factory letters."
It is Mr. Roy Jinks, S&W Historian.
Thanks to Lee for his help. Mike 2796

 

[pharris]

If it's stocks not grips, should it be stock frame instead of grip frame? Or is it grip frame because it's where you grip the stocks?

 

[OC]

It's "Opossum" in the wild, a "Possum"on the road, and "Road Kill" as you pass.

 

[TIMETRIPPER]

I like to take stock of the grips on a gun before I buy. On the other hand, it's important to get a good grip on the stocks when at the range.

John

 

[tlay]

Do illegal aliens come from Mars?

 

[rwsmith]

The 'automatic' refers to...

What is more interesting, however, to me, anyway, is the fact that most of you call the handguns that, in this discussion, are essentially flat, to wit, not revolvers, by the term "semi-auto". It is a fact, however, that for several generations, and actually only until recently with the popularity of semi-automatic rifles versus submachine guns or assault rifles, full automatic versus semi-automatic, with semi-automatic being the politically and legally correct term now, the pistols you refer to as semi-auto were called "automatic pistols". They were never referred to as semi-anything until the late 20th century. Automatic pistol is actually the originally correct term.

Originally, the 'automatic' refers to 'automatic loading' as opposed to having to manipulate something to load it after firing, not the action mechanism itself. I've heard/read the terms 'self loading' and 'auto loading' also to apply to what we now called a semi auto pistol.

 

[rgm36]

grips or stocks

I always thought "stocks" were the big hunk of wood at the butt of a rifle or shot gun. I'll still call my grips - grips.

 

[tftech1]

Another Pet Peeve

I like this thread. It has shown many examples of abysmal usage of firearms related language. Here is my contribution which occurred to me while I browsed today's Forum:

Our firearms sometimes get a NICKEL finish, not NICKLE or some other erroneous variation. The element Nickel is what we learned about in our high school and college chemistry classes. Check out the Periodic Table of the Elements for Nickel, atomic number 28.

That is my nickel's worth for today. The coin is spelled the same as the element.

 

[old bear]

It's either a round butt or a square butt; not a nice butt.

Sir, I don't care if it's a rounded butt or a square butt, as long as it's a nice butt, I'm all for it

 

[one eye joe]

WELL, I AM GLAD TO SEE THIS THREAD RETURNED FROM WHEREVER IT WAS WHISKED OFF TO…..

 

[k22fan]

I like the term "auto-loader" for semi-automatic pistols.

I associate "auto-loader" with old rifle literature, not writings about handguns. As previously posted, until fairly recently handguns were ordinarily called automatics. Occasionally gun writers who were desperate to meet their word quota would point out that calling ordinary pistols automatics must be technically wrong because in the military "automatic rifle" meant BAR or M14, full autos. They were entirely ignored.

 

[shouldazagged]

I'm having a CRS flare-up tonight. Can't quite remember the title of one of Shakespeare's plays. "Much Ado About....."?