[Osage Orange]

I call BS.....

I've NEVER referred to ANY of my semi-auto weapons as automatics.

NEVER...and EVER.

Any gun owner I know...friends and family have NEVER uttered that word about there...semi-auto weapons....Period.

[Politically Correct]

I call BS..... I've NEVER referred to ANY of my semi-auto weapons as automatics.

NEVER...and EVER.

Any gun owner I know...friends and family have NEVER uttered that word about there...semi-auto weapons....Period.

Dunno....maybe it's just the part of the country or the people I hang out with.

I hear it all the time at my private range.

Usually something like "Let me see that 9mm auto."

[Politically Correct]

Thinking more about it.
"Auto" often gets appended to anything that's not a revolver

[VanShuyten]

I call BS on you.

ACP is Automatic Colt Pistol.
Many of the first auto-loading pistols were called automatics or autos, and the smaller caliber sizes were very popular before WWII. My uncle had a .32 auto he kept in his semi cab.