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Re: "WEAPON"
Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2015 4:04 pm
by Blu
Whatever works for you. Way I see it, call it what you want. As for club members getting antsy, tough. Within reason I suit myself and not other members.
I call them rifles, what the Americans call "handguns" I call pistols.
Re: "WEAPON"
Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2015 6:24 pm
by Dougan
Really dislike the use of the word 'weapon' for target or sporting rifles and pistols...
...I let 'firearms' go, so that folk don't think I'm a total pedant; though it means the same thing...firearms are 'arms' (weapons) that fire...
Re: "WEAPON"
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2015 10:37 am
by DW58
Surely "Gun" refers to a smooth-bored firearm, it drives me nuts when someone refers to a rifle as a "gun" - something a certain verbose video blogger prattles on about every time he talks about his rifle.
- Rifle
- Shotgun or more traditionally just "Gun" especially in upper class circles
- Pistol
- Revolver
Re: "WEAPON"
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2015 11:13 am
by Browning_grrl
DW58 wrote:Surely "Gun" refers to a smooth-bored firearm, it drives me nuts when someone refers to a rifle as a "gun" -
Well then, you won't wanna spend any time over 'ere. They're ALL guns. I'm a gun-owner. I carry my gun in a gun case when I take it to my gun club to shoot. And when I want a new one I go to a gun store. :)
Re: "WEAPON"
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2015 11:30 am
by Chuck
Hey BG, let them have the deabte, cos whatever they call them they'll all be gone at some point
I would have thought GUIN covered any firearm, rifle, pistol, shotGUN etc
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/defin ... nglish/gun
A weapon incorporating a metal tube from which bullets, shells, or other missiles are propelled by explosive force, typically making a characteristic loud, sharp noise.
Re: "WEAPON"
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2015 11:54 am
by DW58
Browning_grrl wrote:DW58 wrote:Surely "Gun" refers to a smooth-bored firearm, it drives me nuts when someone refers to a rifle as a "gun" -
Well then, you won't wanna spend any time over 'ere. They're ALL guns. I'm a gun-owner. I carry my gun in a gun case when I take it to my gun club to shoot. And when I want a new one I go to a gun store. :)
Well obviously - you are a colonial after all.
Re: "WEAPON"
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2015 11:57 am
by DW58
Re: "WEAPON"
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2015 12:00 pm
by Browning_grrl
Chuck wrote:Hey BG, let them have the deabte, cos whatever they call them they'll all be gone at some point
It's the sheer pedantry that drives me bonkers!! I can't help myself......
This is, "surely" (hate that word) a 'gun':
It sure as hell ain't a 'smoothbore'......
Just sayin'.....
Re: "WEAPON"
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2015 12:58 pm
by George G
That is correct. What is shown in the top photo is a gun. What we all talk about are small arms and even side arms.
Re: "WEAPON"
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2015 1:03 pm
by BamBam