Pet peeves

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"native American"
I want to slap whoever thought up the "Politically Correct" terms.
Once overheard a conversation between an American-born black man and an African-born black man. Long story short, the American-born man walked away referring to himself as a "Black-American".

horsemen61 - re: 1911 bet
*LOL* Best post of the thread

What I see all the time are references to the "Long Colt." In fact, there was even a revolver at Cabela's this evening the chambering of which was listed as 45 LC. For the record, there is no Long Colt. It's the 45 Colt.
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You should forward that information to Taurus. I say "Long Colt" because it was printed in the owners manual for my Taurus Judge.

You can use .38 Special ammunition in all Taurus revolver chambered for .357 Magnum; .44 Special ammunition in Taurus revolvers chambered for .44 Magnum and .45 Long Colt in Taurus revolvers chambered for .454 Casull. It is important to note that these are the only caliber substitutions that will function. Attempting to substitute other calibers can damage your firearm and may result in accidental death or serious injury.
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(Source) http://www.taurususa.com/pdf/revolver-manual.pdf (Page 9)

My peeve: Kids that say "lolled" when they mean "laughed". My generation spawned the acronym "LOL". These kids are using it incorrectly! (My daughter is one of the offenders.)
 
I've got a buddy who is constantly messing up his exclamatory pharses. Stuff like wow that "Hit him like a ton of sacks"... He also tries to sound top gun chic by saying lets "Call the ball on this deal" and he means lets cancel, blow it off, another day....What calling the ball "Roger ball" actually means in Naval Aviation lingo is that you have the visual landing system in sight and are proceeding to land. So calling the ball means go for it, proceed, make it happen.

Another one that he mixes up is sectional density and ballistic coefficient. He says stuff like "wow that bullet looks ultra clean it must have a high sectional density". Or my favorite "Jesh, that bullet has a great ballistic coefficient, it must be super accurate!" He also really like those new Barnes bullets with the poly-MEAR tips.

We just let him go as saying those things seems to make him happy.:)
 
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jimmyraythomason said:
I'm all for accuracy in terminology especially when there is an important distinction between 2 items being referred to by the same term(such as clip/magazine). My favorite one to hate is solenoid/relay. There is a distinct difference between the two(bet you don't know what it is) and it makes a BIG difference to an electrician. If we were going for complete accuracy in terms, we would remove "bream", "antelope", "buffalo", "elk" as terms for native American wildlife species....just to start.
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I don't suppose you wanna bet a 1911 against a months pay on this?

:D

(In deference to post #37)


Some of my pet peeves:

- The phrase "stopping power".

- All caps for GLOCK in forum conversations.

- Equating the performance of various caliber ammunition, which is like apples and oranges.

- Calling any gun an "assault weapon" when it clearly is NOT a full-auto or burst-auto weapon.
 
Bear speculation threads. My attitude on bears is much different than most on here. To approximate a charging bear and the target it presents, try taking a volleyball and having a buddy throw it to you as fast as possible from 25 feet. Include at least one hop on rough ground. After you find it nearly impossible to track that with a 5 pound handgun, reduce the target size to one half of that, put away your 'hard cast boolits' and buy some pepper spray.
 
After you find it nearly impossible to track that with a 5 pound handgun, reduce the target size to one half of that, put away your 'hard cast boolits' and buy some pepper spray.
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I've tried to explain to folks that stopping a real life no kidding charge on any animal looks a lot easier on paper. When my buff got after me in 2004 he came hard with his head bobbing up and down and had quite a bit of shake side to side as well.

Just wait till they get close and pop em in the brain. YEAH RIGHT SCOOPY it doesn't really work that way....

On the same note guys who use ultra high velocity rounds and shoot really light and frangible bullets. Then tell me they don't worry about lack of penetration as they'll just let the critter get out there 3 or 400 yards before they shoot. Uh hummm sure you will.
 
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Just because Taurus calls it a Long Colt don't make it so. They also refer to the 3" .410 as a "Magnum", which until now in my 70 years I had never heard. (nor read). The "Long Colt" thing has been misused enough for long enough that it is now part of the lexicon.
 
Forgot to mention that a friend invited me over for venison brockwursts.
 
jimmyraythomason said:
I'm all for accuracy in terminology especially when there is an important distinction between 2 items being referred to by the same term(such as clip/magazine). My favorite one to hate is solenoid/relay. There is a distinct difference between the two(bet you don't know what it is) and it makes a BIG difference to an electrician. If we were going for complete accuracy in terms, we would remove "bream", "antelope", "buffalo", "elk" as terms for native American wildlife species....just to start.
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A relay makes and breaks electrical connections. A solenoid is a electro mechanical device to move devices such as hydraulic valves.
 
I've tried to explain to folks that stopping a real life no kidding charge on any animal looks a lot easier on paper.
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It is much easier when the animal puts on the brakes. Pepper spray makes the bear pull the E-Brake.
 
Buck460, I actually love your signature line, it makes me laugh. Like to, too and two.
But H&H, don't let what other people do make you crazy. Try to see the humor in it....like a guy that I work with; "my 22/250 shoots so good, I just aim right at it out to 1000 yards!"
 
But H&H, don't let what other people do make you crazy. Try to see the humor in it...
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I am trying for the life of me to figure out how anybody thinks this is a serious thread?:neener:
 
wyohome said:
Bear speculation threads. My attitude on bears is much different than most on here.
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Same here. Seems lately, that between the "killer" coyotes, wolves and mountain lions on top of bears, one is not safe to walk outside their home unless they are dual wielding .500 mag snubbies.

One of my biggest pet peeves on this and other gun forums are folks that don't read the thread and other replies before answering, or they feel a need to go off on a whole different tangent. The guy that comes in @ the 45th post with the same info given to the OP in the 2nd, 9th and 14th post. Or the guy that feels the need to tell the OP about his H110/W296 bear load, when the OP's thread was about TrailBoss loads so his granddaughter could shoot his .44. Same goes for when an OP says he's decided on a 686, but asks whether he should get a 686 or a 686+. Invariably, half the replies are GP100!.:banghead:

..........only on the interweb.:rolleyes:
 
A relay makes and breaks electrical connections. A solenoid is a electro mechanical device to move devices such as hydraulic valves.
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Basically true. Simple answer is Relay-uses a small current to control a larger one. Solenoid-converts electrical energy to mechanical energy. If you ask for "starter solenoid" on Google or Ebay you will get more pictures of starter relays than actual solenoids and they will be identified as solenoids. Another auto tech complaint is when some one says their engine will "turn over but won't crank". Also calling an engine a motor.
 
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Not a pet peeve, but a peeve: Hunting with somebody who doesn't know how to walk quietly, or with somebody who just absolutely has to carry on a conversation. That sort has made me into being a solo hunter. Noise and yap-yap is for around hunt camp. :)
 
Buck-your signature gets a good chuckle each time I see it.

The thing that bothers me most is when people try to act informed when they really aren't. Almost all of the listed items fall into this category along with most of the crud coming out of Washington. I understand a person can't be an expert on everything but seriously, some if this crap my 7 yr old nephew who only shoots a BB gun when he is at my parents figures out. If we had experts on anything in Washington we wouldn't have as many issues.
 
.308 ar15

.25acp is worthless

Evil guns

No guns signs

"Cowboy guns" referring to revolvers and modern lever guns

People losing their mind when they see a muzzleloader and think that because it's a .50 that it's a .50bmg and act like people shouldn't have a gun that can stop a tank, truck, airplane....

High capacity magazines are suggested but tubes for 22s aren't questioned

Factory 18.5" shotguns are NOT sawed off guns
 
My wife calls my tumbler the vibrator. There is a vibratory tumbler designed to clean parts...and there are vibrators, but that's another industry.
 
Pretty much Art, I have no use for the big shaky v-twins because of it. Give me a 4 or 6 any day over a Harley....unless your mounting two side by side and adjusting timing to where you smooth it out...now that's a feat for you American bike guys...what's better than an American bike? An American bike with 2 American engines in tandem. Wait...this is getting off topic.
 
Wuz at Daytona Speed Week in 1962 and looked at a Honda 500cc 4-banger, during practice time. The 20,000 rpm tach had the red tell-tale needle stuck on 15,500.

I was impressed. I thought I was a big dog when turning 8,600 in a five-liter Chevy!

(This thread's been all adrift from the git-go. Once in a while, might's well.)
 
I posted a number of pet peeves 8-9 years ago.
There were and are a lot of misnomers that annoy me worse than "magazine" vs "clip" but I don't rant about them... as much.
"Bore diameter" is something I will bring up, because it involves actual measurement of a critical gun part. I am still looking for that AR with "open sights," though.
 
Art Eatman said:
Vibrators? WK, ain't that why folks ride Harleys?
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iffin you don't understand......... it does no use to try and explain it.



WestKentucky said:
Pretty much Art, I have no use for the big shaky v-twins because of it.
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Different strokes for different folks. I have had a lot of different bikes in my garage over the years. Honda twins, Honda 4s, Harley big twins, just about every make of dirt bike known to man. They are were fun and all were worth the time it took to ride them. I now have two Harleys and a Buell in the garage along with two Yammie YZs and a Honda XR. I could care less what other folks ride. Folks that feel the need to find fault with the bikes I ride or the guns I shoot is another pet peeve I have.

All in all, H&H, this has been a very entertaining thread.
 
When I was in the Academy the firearms instructor used to slap the cadet in the back of the head if they called magazines a clip. He got his point across very quickly..
 
There is still 45 Long Colt ammo for sale and many revolvers stamped '45 LC'.
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Where??? I'd love to see one gun marked "Long Colt" that wasn't made by Gary Reeder.


Pretty much Art, I have no use for the big shaky v-twins because of it. Give me a 4 or 6 any day over a Harley....unless your mounting two side by side and adjusting timing to where you smooth it out...now that's a feat for you American bike guys...what's better than an American bike? An American bike with 2 American engines in tandem. Wait...this is getting off topic.
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Give me a shaking American V-twin any day of the week and twice on Sunday. Smooth is for BMW's. PS, those shaking twins are right smooth anywhere above idle.
 
The first motorcycle I ever rode was an Army Signal Corps Harley 45. That was in 1949. My uncle had bought three of them from surplus sales at Fort Sam. He and my father were able to rebuild into two running bikes. My uncle didn't like horses, so the Harley was his ride when working cattle. Had an old 1911 in a GI holster on the handlebar; ate a few deer via the .45. (Pretty good shot; I've seen him spin clothespins with a Lilliput .25ACP.)
 
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