Goofy Gun Slang and Expressions

[AccelR8]

About 40 years ago, I used to say "recticle" when talking about scopes because the first time I heard it that's the way it was pronounced. Then some years later when I saw the word in print I realized I'd been saying wrong all along.

 

[AccelR8]

I may have written about this on these forums once before but, several years ago I took a class (just because one of the instructors was a friend of my son) and one of the instructors went on at length about the importance of proper terminology, specifically what is a “magazine” and what is a “clip.” He holds up a magazine and says “This IS NOT a clip! See it enclosed the rounds inside itself. A clip is like what they had in World War Two on the M1 Garand. The rounds were held in a clip called a stripper clip. They’d put the clip in the top, strip the rounds out with their thumb and then the clip would fly out the top.”

Oh Kay….

 

[divingin]

About 40 years ago, I used to say "recticle" when talking about scopes because the first time I heard it that's the way it was pronounced. Then some years later when I saw the word in print I realized I'd been saying wrong all along.

I think a recticle is a cross on your a$$.

 

[ISS]

"Don't make me bust a cap on your azz...". Reference is to a percussion firearm possibly being fired at said person.

 

[ISS]

Another comes from out West, "a cap and ball outfit..." referencing a low budget, johnny come lately ranching outfit. They were not able to afford cartridge firearms.

 

[GotRDid]

About 40 years ago, I used to say "recticle" when talking about scopes because the first time I heard it that's the way it was pronounced. Then some years later when I saw the word in print I realized I'd been saying wrong all along.

Perhaps the aiming device for a Colonoscopy?!?
A “Rectal-cle” as it were?

 

[Uncle Bruce]

I may have written about this on these forums once before but, several years ago I took a class (just because one of the instructors was a friend of my son) and one of the instructors went on at length about the importance of proper terminology, specifically what is a “magazine” and what is a “clip.” He holds up a magazine and says “This IS NOT a clip! See it enclosed the rounds inside itself. A clip is like what they had in World War Two on the M1 Garand. The rounds were held in a clip called a stripper clip. They’d put the clip in the top, strip the rounds out with their thumb and then the clip would fly out the top.”

Oh Kay….

And he was a instructor???

 

[Medic505]

I saw an ad today for a very nice rifle, seller stated there were xxx number of rounds down the tube.

I suspect he hasn't read this thread.....lol

 

[danny]

Here's one. It just popped up in the classifieds. I see it often and it just won't go away. What is "VARMIT"???????

Danny

 

[CCM]

"Hex barrel" when referring to an octagon barrel kind of makes my eye twitch..

 

[1911nut]

High Caliber

 

[jackieschmidt]

I have been watching several videos of long range builds, mostly by popular You Tube Gurus who all kinda look alike. Fortyish in years, bearded, T-Shirts that show off the biceps and hide the gut, and carrying on conversations born from the Video Game Crowd. They talk like Sophomores in High School.

A term has popped up in many of these Videos that gives me pause. In stead of using the term Millimeter in the name of a cartridge, they say MM. “Today we are shooting the 7MM REM Magnum“, instead of “Today we are shooting the Seven Millimeter Remington Magnum”.

Maybe I am too old to understand, but to me it just sounds stupid. Perhaps they don’t know that MM is an abbreviation for Milimeter.

But then, that generation in all likelihood probably thinks the terms I use are at best antiquated..

 

[Poconolg]

To me it shows ignorance when someone calls bullets pills, heads or spells it boolits. Guns are not toys and you shoot not pop caps. When I teach someone to reload which I have about 45 years of experience the first thing I teach is proper nomenclature. They then say what is that and when are we going to make bullets to which I say we are going to reload cartridges.

 

[danny]

About 40 years ago, I used to say "recticle" when talking about scopes because the first time I heard it that's the way it was pronounced. Then some years later when I saw the word in print I realized I'd been saying wrong all along.

Some guys on gun boards are always talking about their "reticules", yep, their small purses.

Danny

 

[Wolfdog91]

Boy I can tell some of y'all couldn't be on the range around me for more then 5min before ya pulled your hair out

 

[perazziguy]

Carl Childers said warsh.

Reckon whatchu got en em bags er? Warsh? I like them french fries pataters. Musters gud on em to me!

 

[Texas Solo]

Pills. Freedom seeds... Ugh.

Some of that is due to FB and others whose algorithms don't like the word bullet.

 

[Knotwild]

Proverbs 12:18 NIV​

The words of the reckless pierce like swords,
but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

 

[hpshooter]

When people refer to bullet rotational speeds or spindle speeds using RPMS or RPM's I cringe.
RPM is already plural, it refers to Revolutions Per Minute. No "s" suffix needed!

 

[Knotwild]

When people refer to bullet rotational speeds or spindle speeds using RPMS or RPM's I cringe.
RPM is already plural, it refers to Revolutions Per Minute. No "s" suffix needed!

That's good to know. I thought it was plural because a bullet made more than one revolution per minute; but now I see I had the wrong word pluralized.