Sniper4Life
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I am arguing with a friend about this, I always thought that the rifling was rifling and the threading was done so a sinlencer could be attached. He says the rifling in a pistol is called threading. So am I right?
That guy is not worth arguing with. He probably gets all his firearms expertise from the movies and watches the villain screwing his silencer INTO the muzzle of his gun.
It is the ''arm thingee that you push down''.
Mal said:A little (uncalled for) etymology: The firearm called a "rifle" is called that because it has grooves in the bore, however the grooves themselves are not called "rifling" simply because they are in a firearm called a rifle.
The original word was the German for groove - "rifeln", that's what started all the confusion 2 or 3 centuries ago!
Sniper4Life said:I am arguing with a friend about this, I always thought that the rifling was rifling and the threading was done so a sinlencer could be attached. He says the rifling in a pistol is called threading. So am I right?
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It is the ''arm thingee that you push down''.
Priceless.
I loved the look on her face....
By definition a thread is a continuous helical or spiral groove cut into an object. So you can see how the rifling fits into that catergory.