Muzzle BRAKE (not "break")

[ATLDave]

Just a quick public service announcement. The device on the end of the muzzle that reduced recoil by directing gasses is a muzzle BRAKE, not a muzzle break.

Here's a way to remember it: You want the device to BRAKE the recoil, like the BRAKES on your car slow it down. You do not want the device to break your gun, because then it would be inoperable.

 

[Potatohead]

Well, I feel smarter.

Some might say that's not saying much though

 

[RevDerb]

And it's caliber, not caliper.

And our, not are.

And than, not then.

Ruger, not Rugar.

We could go on forever but I feel that if we are communicating, let's leave well enough alone.

 

[ATLDave]

Rev', you are definitely right that there are other common mistakes. However, surely people's teachers or parents have tried to straighten them regarding "your" versus "you're." I don't imagine myself to have any pedagogical talents that would allow me to succeed where others before me have failed. Some people simply will get words wrong. I cannot change that.

However, the break/brake issue is something that someone is unlikely to have been taught in school! A person making that mistake may be an otherwise fastidious user of the English language, and simply unaware of their error.

As for the "if we're communicating" sentiment, I generally agree. Which is why I didn't interrupt the thread that made me think of this issue, but rather posted a different thread.

If the moderators want to kill it, I'll take no offense.

 

[amflyer]

Yep, some people aren't good spellerers, and have trouble with homonyms. Lets hurry up and lock this puppy and get back to firearms stuff.

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[medic15al]

And it's HORNADY! NOT Hornaday........

Hearing that is worse than seeing a fine old Blued S&W revolver dropped on concrete....

:banghead:

 

[jakk280rem]

And it's HORNADY! NOT Hornaday........

Hearing that is worse than seeing a fine old Blued S&W revolver dropped on concrete...

I wouldn't quite go that far.

 

[Potatohead]

Homonyms. That's pretty good. (Or should that be thats?)

AtlDave, If it makes you feel better, my mom still corrects me when i say "aint".

 

[JTHunter]

Dave - one other problem seems to be the lack of punctuation and capital letters.
Too many writers post large blocks of text w/o paragraphs, no spaces between sentences, and no caps to start a sentence. Those posts are hard to read and hard on the eyes.
Some of the abbreviations used (like IIRC) aren't familiar to many of us, esp. those of us that don't "text". Granted, there are some older ones we are all familiar with as they have been around a long time. SNAFU, LOL, SHTF, ROFLMAO, etc. have been in the lexicon for years, if not decades.

 

[Sunray]

"...not caliper..." It is if you're measuring the calibre. snicker.
The worst illiteracies are, there when you mean their or they're. Doesn't help when one reads, writes and speaks The Queen's English vs American either.
"...when i say "aint"...." You could spell it correctly. It's in The Dictionary of Canadian English. Has been for eons. Tell your ma you're speaking the Queen's Canadian English, then duck. snicker.

 

[RevDerb]

ATL, I hope that you didn't in any way take my response as a criticism of your OP. I saw it, and said to myself that here was an opportunity to have some fun. So I started and then decided that I had better ease up. Not everyone was held under the scrutiny of penguins during the 50's where every misspelled word resulted in a trip to the blackboard. anyway, some people can spell and some can't. I'm fortunate that those long ago instruction stuck with me. Now, if I could just get a firmer grip on my etiquette. And always remember: muscle breaks can be very painful.

 

[Robbins290]

I have been saying muzzle "break" for a while. I guess now i will stop. Thank you.

 

[toivo]

The $#)$&#!# politicos who drafted the NY "SAFE" Act should have consulted you first. They made that exact error in drafting (and passing!) the "assault weapons" section of the law.

The good news is that a Federal judge threw out that section of the statute for that very reason. The bad news is that threaded barrels are still verboten.

 

[Bobson]

Yall dunt main ta b talkin ta may bout dem der muscle bricks.

 

[Bobson]

I have been saying muzzle "break" for a while. I guess now i will stop. Thank you.

People have been mocking you behind your back for years and you didn't even know it.

"That dad-gum fool's always talking about muzzle breaks. Don't he know it's muzzle brakes?! HAHAHAHA"

"Good one, Ernie! HAHA"

Jokes aside, I always assumed it was muzzle break. Guess now I know.

... G.I. Joooooooooooe!

 

[dprice3844444]

does a muzzle brake have a parking brake?

 

[Potatohead]

Tell your ma you're speaking the Queen's Canadian English, then duck. snicker.

LOL..

BTW, I didn't think it was a word. Didn't know it could be misspelled, but I see now, when I write ain't, spell check doesn't underline it, so I guess you're right.

Man, in one of these threads you really have to concentrate to make sure you cross all your i's and dot all your t's.

 

[230RN]

Breech/breach and its/it's get to me once in a while. Also, in my old age and dotage I find myself making homonynal errors just 'cause I'm typing too fast.

However, one of the smartest people I know is a lousy speller. I usually just let that stuff go nowadays.

Hmmmm. Just noticed my spell checker doesn't know what homonymal is. Did I just invent that word?

 

[Ryanxia]

It's magazine not clip. Also they're not Assault Rifles.

 

[bikerdoc]

I think we are done here.