Nouns - Verbs - Terms: for Shooters

FISMA

Have you invented any terms or words for shooting that you care to share?

Have you any pet-peeves when it comes to terminology that you care to share?

For example, and perhaps I am a purist, however, I cannot stand it when people use the term clip when they really mean a magazine.

As I was taught, a clip feeds a magazine.

Favorite quote on this matter: "Saying "Clip" when you mean "magazine" is rather like talking about socks when you mean boots."
http://www.angelfire.com/art/enchanter/clip.html

Not trying to start a semantics debate, just wondering

Sparks

I have a bit of a problem with people talking about Weapons when they're really talking about Firearms

Rovi

My personal favourite is "the shoulder thing that goes up"

Tackleberrywho

I love a good tripod on a rifle, and some bullets for my shotgun.

And eating the best of veal off deers

sikastag

Silencer.................:cool:
Dont like it when people shoot fallow stags either!

Sparks

And it's "Airgun" or "Air Rifle" (or "Air Pistol", obviously). It doesn't use legumes for ammunition and we don't use them for targets either, so it's not a pea shooter

(It's not a BB gun either!)

IRLConor

"Is there much kickback off them yokes?"

A kickback is something a politician gets. Recoil is what a shooter feels.

greenpeter

Did you catch anything

boc121

Armed:eek:

dCorbus

+1 on the w-word!

Also, anyone asking if I use a "sniperscope" on my "weapon" particularly get's on my wick:D

"Olympicky-shooting" - Now, that's one i've unfortunately had to use myself on occasion - sorry, i don't like it either!:o

And the mis-use / misappropriation of the description "tactical" applied to anything black and vaguely militaristic - Such as using the description: tactical stock for a cz452 or 10/22 (neither of which are massively utilised by anyone for tactical purposes) - In this case, oddly enough, I'd prefer to use the term tacticool!;):rolleyes::D

dCorbus

Oh god, just remembered: Muzzle Break!
Hate dat!

(Only applies if you've managed to snap something off your rifle!)

zulu_dawn

greenpeter wrote: »

Did you catch anything

my wife has been asking me this for sometime as well, god bless her

fishing versus shooting, so easy to get mixed up!

Sparks

dCorbus wrote: »

Oh god, just remembered: Muzzle Break!
Hate dat!
(Only applies if you've managed to snap something off your rifle!)

And then only if it's the very end of your barrel. This is not a muzzle break!

mister gullible

..... when someone talks about harvesting deer when they mean shooting, hunting or killing deer. Another annoying Americanism.

LostCovey

mister gullible wrote: »

..... when someone talks about harvesting deer when they mean shooting, hunting or killing deer. Another annoying Americanism.

Well I think rough shooting is a terrible term.

Why is walking a few miles across country with your dog and taking a shot at whatever fair game you flush 'rough shooting'.

Surely having a team of young fellas beating everything out of a wood towards a line of well-fed guns who have paid dear for the experience is what is really 'rough'??

LC

jwshooter

A protestant would not have fired at that .

tac foley

Bullet 'head'.

tac

deerhunter1

Sparks wrote: »

I have a bit of a problem with people talking about Weapons when they're really talking about Firearms

Ya I am bugger for calling them weapons, keep making the same mistake every time, must be my military training, bad habit

Manic Moran

Tackleberrywho wrote: »

I love a good tripod on a rifle,

(Granted, the rifle is on the tripod)

and some bullets for my shotgun.

Would a slug not count as a bullet?

I have a bit of a problem with people talking about Weapons when they're really talking about Firearms

Yeah, but...

arm (ärm)

noun

1.any instrument used in fighting; weapon: usually used in pl.

Sparks

Manic Moran wrote: »

Yeah, but...

No buts. A "firearm" is defined in most english dictionaries as a portable gun; a "weapon" is anything used to harm another. The two terms are orthogonal in definition. Granted, what you're carrying over there is a weapon, without question; but not all dogs are poodles. (Besides, I've yet to hear a Garda say the word "weapon" when talking about what is a piece of sports equipment, without them managing to pronounce it "weapon" but spell it "likely to go on a shooting spree at any moment").

Tackleberrywho

Manic Moran wrote: »

(Granted, the rifle is on the tripod)
When I show them my Haris Bi-POD they say I like the Tri-pod


Would a slug not count as a bullet? No slugs in Ireland except on cabbage

Tackleberrywho

jwshooter wrote: »

A protestant would not have fired at that .

??

murphy125

When people who havent a notion about firearms and see a scope on a rifle and call it a 'sniper rifle':rolleyes:

Tackleberrywho

"I've a great aim, I can hit the tree in the back yard with the shotgun"

Neighbor said to me a few weeks back

kay 9

Shooting deer and vermin miles away is the most annoying thing I encountered. Even heard upto a massive 5 miles. Too much discovery channel for some people I think:rolleyes: Do these people actually shoot or are they wannabes.

dCorbus

Even heard upto a massive 5 miles

Yeah, right!:rolleyes::D
With what? A feckin' mortar?:D

That's a good one!

Sparks

Well... technically, you could shoot vermin at five miles with something like a .338 lap mag... just not deliberately

dCorbus

Very true, Sparks, you might hit a lot of things 5 miles away - by accident and with a few lucky/unlucky bounces - just not what you'd be aiming at, though!;) You'd still have to mortar the shot in!:rolleyes::D

Big difference between 1500-1600m (a smidgeon under a mile) and 5 miles!!!!
Sure, didn't Mr. C. Harrison of HM Horsey Fellas only manage a mere 1.54miles!

A rabbit at 2k anyone?:D

Sparks

It's not really a noun so much, but it does bewilder me when people can't tell a rabbit from a penguin.

dCorbus

Damn those penguin - Vermin the lot of 'em!
They wander out of the Park, cross all the roads, disrupt traffic, and then wreak havoc in my small-but-perfectly-formed Urban Oasis of Tranquil Zen Calmness / Yarden!

Penguins are EVIL, I tell ya!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2fntzGquZE

dCorbus

But them Special Forces (Specialist Demolition) Penguins are by far the worst!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5UiThBb44U