Gun Grammar

[Robert Wilson]

I usually just gave them what they asked for and let them then tell me what they really wanted. After a few trips, they figured out what to ask for correctly.

I really appreciate that. I think it's better to assume customers know what they're talking about than to assume they don't.

First time I see a bullet mould from the manufacturers labeled "boolit mould" I'll start taking the term seriously. Until then I still prefer bullet(s), cast or otherwise.

Your business. I spoke up because I've met folks at the cast bullet site whom I'd wager know more about cast bullets than the mold makers do. If they want to call 'em "boolits" I'm not going to argue!

 

[Frank Ettin]

...I've met folks at the cast bullet site whom I'd wager know more about cast bullets than the mold makers do. If they want to call 'em "boolits" I'm not going to argue!

A good example of "in-group" jargon -- a word or phrase with a unique meaning amongst people with a common interest or experience. It can certainly be acceptable usage within that group, but becomes less appropriate outside the group.

Thus, for example, when I'm with other people who share an interest in auto racing, it would be fairly common and appropriate to refer to a crash on the track as a "shunt." But at a cocktail party with a varied group of people it would be far less appropriate for me to use the word "shunt" to refer to the crash on the freeway that caused the traffic jam that made me late. And if I use the word shunt with a bunch of doctors or electrically engineers, they will not understand that I'm talking about a car crash, but will accord entirely different meanings to the word.

 

[Old krow]

BTW, has anyone heard from the OP since he started this ruckus?

In Grammar class. He's saved us all a couple o' seats.

 

[KodiakBeer]

We don't really even speak proper English.

Well, gor blimey guhvenah! Could I 'ave some bullets for me gun?

 

[Jed Carter]

As long as I can still say "t'isnt, t'aint, t'wernt and t'wont". I t'wont be spelling bullets / boolits anytime soon, and I don't care if you call a magazine a clip.

 

[mustang_steve]

I usually just use FTfeed, FTfire, etc. I know it's misuse of abbreviations, but it clarifies things without the excessive typing (I'm lazy).

 

[Varob]

I speak poorly, therefore I write poorly.

Sorry, I blame it on my public school education... That and the fact that my English class was right after lunch, and I really liked taking a nap after lunch.

 

[Sav .250]

Correctness is what is expected but understanding the un-expected goes a
long way in understanding the play on words.

 

[mcdonl]

This is a great thread.

No, its not. This is a lame thread with a bunch of people who think they are smarter than someone else because they articulate themselves better.

This is a firearms forum. I can put up with the hollier than thou attitude when it comes to firearms talk but when it comes to off topic conversations I wish people would say less. Sometimes it is more.

What bugs me is when people say "Those ones, or These Ones....." Those and These will suffice

 

[Tinpig]

I can put up with the hollier than thou attitude...

Especially around Christmas!!

 

[HGUNHNTR]

Quote:
Originally Posted by fiddletown
Really? Care to provide some examples? But "every"?

Maybe not every, but a large amount. Marlin and Savage are two that come to mind.

OK thats two.........Making broad, sweeping generalizations is another way we oversimplify as a means to avoid meaningful discourse.

 

[A.H. Fox]

Just to clarify a point made earlier the " Guns " on Navy Ships are NAVAL RIFLES, cannons are smooth bore, 3",5",6",8" and 16" were rifled tubes/barrels. Cal. is Bore x Length of tube/barrel ie. 5" 50 cal.= 5" bore 250" long "barrel". Larger Rifles had replacable rifled liners ( ie. 16" )

cannon: a large heavy gun usually mounted on a carriage.

Run out the guns....field guns....field artillery....tank gun(s)....gun carriage....cannon balls....gunfire support....big gun(s)....main gun(s)....

5" gun....16" gun....

A typical autocannon is the 25mm Bushmaster chain "gun".

Full Metal Jacket: "This is my rifle, this is my gun...."

Cannon or gun....magazine or clip....

Lock and load....load and lock....

The cannon rests on a gun carriage....

My J-frame needs no stinking mag or clip....well, maybe a speed clip or maybe speed strip....that I saw in a magazine.

Go ahead and clip your mags onto your belt next to your gun....

If you know what you are talking about....the other fella knows what you are talking about....

....please stop the madness....

 

[Sam1911]

....please stop the madness....

O.k.