Basic firearms stuff

[Ramius]

bump fer later.

[DYngbld]

"45mm"

That is one hell of a round, for a HAND gun.

[umgud]

Did you say cartridges? Here's the new .825 G&S Online Express. From left to right; .44 mag, .825 Gold, .825 Silver and .357 mag. S&W 500 shooters...... eat your heart out.

[Dead Corpse]

I LIKE the DEagle platform. The grip is a perfect fit for my hands. The .50 AE is a hell of a round for steel plate and hog hunting.

And yeah.... I call it a DEagle!!! Sue me. ;-)

[30-06 Springfield]

Yea, my kind of thread. I am sick and tired of everything being MJ this and MJ that. Time to have some manly man threads going here rather than everything being about some perverted weirdo.

[Dead Corpse]

Magazine.

Clip.

[SIDENET]

A "shotty" is a shotgun in "gangsta-speak".

A "Deagle" is a Desert Eagle, and I believe that a "Springer" is a Springfield (XD?). If it is, then I have one of those, too.

[Dead Corpse]

Desert Eagle.

Magnum Research.

Made a notable object as it has been in many movies including The Matrix.

Originally designed as a modular platform that could be swapped with various magazine/barrel/slide combos on the same frame.

If it's good enough for the Israeli's...

[CholeraJoe]

Kewl! What does the gun look like? Hellboy’s Samaritan?

[Billthedrill]

You can aim a shotgun if it has the right sights on it - I lust after a ghost-ring setup for mine. As the World’s Worst Wing-shot I need all the help I can get. If you ever read of a hunter found pecked to death with a box of empty shell casings around him, it’ll be me. ;-)

[SIDENET]

I LIKE the DEagle platform. The grip is a perfect fit for my hands. The .50 AE is a hell of a round for steel plate and hog hunting.

My Desert Eagle .50AE is always the crowd's favorite at the range. Of course, that's the outdoor range because the indoor range I go to has a .44 Mag limit.

[scott0347]

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[JRandomFreeper]

People that use magazines tend to have thumbnails. People that use clips? No so much.

And that 'ting' sound lets everyone know that SOMEONE is going to spend a few seconds reloading.

/johnny

[WayneS]

I have a “basic” firearms question:

Can you or someone else please explain why G. Gordon Liddy and some others are so adamant about NOT using the term “pistol” to describe a revolver? GGL insists that “pistol” is accurate for semi-autos, but that a revolver is not a pistol. I realize revolver is the more precise term for that type of weapon, but isn’t “pistol” a technically correct term for them as well?

I know the term “pistol” has been around since WAY before the invention of the semi-auto handgun, so it certainly didn’t come about as a way to describe that type of weapon. For instance, braces of “matched dueling PISTOLS” have been available since the late 1500s +/-. These usually consisted of a very nice, possibly ornate, presentation box containing an identical pair of handguns in a type/style that were in general usage at the time of their construction: flint lock, cap and ball single shot, cap and ball revolver, cartridge revolver, etc. I have NEVER heard anyone refer to a pair of “matched dueling revolvers”. And yet, I once heard Mr. Liddy get quite agitated (polite, but agitated nevertheless) when a caller to his radio show referred to a S&W .357 magnum as a “pistol”.

So, when did this differentiation between “pistol” and “revolver” come into usage, and does it REALLY matter? Thanks.

[Dead Corpse]

That’s why I passed up a CMP M1. I’m holding out for an M1A. Mag fed just makes more sense to me.

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"shoulder fired firearms as rifles and uses the term gun to refer to artillery pieces. Aside from angry drill instructors, the distinction is meaningless. If someone chastises you for using the term gun, ask him what they use in a twenty one gun salute."

The truth of the matter is there is no such thing as a 21 gun salute for a military funeral. It is the most distorted phrase there is. Even people in the military screw it up. The thing you are referring to that is done at military funerals is not officially called a 21 gun salute, it is called a rifle salute and does not have to be 21 volleys. The gun salute is an old naval tradition of firing your ships cannons harmlessly out to sea to expend all of your ammo. The 21 part started when ships started shooting 21 volleys of their cannons for heads of state.

[WayneS]

Thanks. That makes sense... sort of... in a “texting as literature” sort of way...

[GonzoGOP]

what they use in a twenty one gun salute

Well here is the Royal Horse firing a salute. Looks like a 13 pounder to me.

[Dead Corpse]

Maybe Mr. Liddy can explain to us why Saint John Browning called his new .45 cartridge a “Automatic Colt Pistol”/ACP cartridge?

[Old Teufel Hunden]

BTW, the rifle refers to the rifling in the barrell. Hence the name rifles and shotguns because most shotgun barrels are not rifled.