Goofy Gun Slang and Expressions

[ebb]

Brokeasajoke, My cousin from Johnson City Tenn, told me he lived in Worshingtin County Tenn. He was 6 foot 8 and 1/2 tall and weighed 340. I never once even thought about correcting him.

 

[SSL]

"The biggest problem with a closed mind is that it never comes with a closed mouth.

That is what I LOVE! Did you come up with that?

I think so...made a poster for my office when I got tired of employees that ran their mouths about all they knew but never shut up long enough to hear why they were wrong.
Kind of goes along with "I never learned anything while I was talking." - attributed to Larry King.

 

[Tesoro]

Despite my previous post about an old girl friend, I believe "Lew-pold" is correct. As another poster said, "Loy-pold" may be the German way but as many names become Americanized and subtly changed in the process...

Anyway, "Lew-pold"

edit to add; in the end it doesn't matter. Everyone knows what either one means in reference to scopes

I am Oregonian and to make it official it is Lew-Pold! But if I'm selling one to a dude then I jack the price and pronounce it with the German euro pronunciation.

 

[Ringostar]

I’ve never heard about proper pronunciation of Swarovski. However, I heard a guy say Sa ro ski In a gun shop about 20 years ago. That seemed like possibly more proper then the way most people say it.

 

[Tesoro]

I’ve never heard about proper pronunciation of Swarovski. However, I heard a guy say Sa ro ski In a gun shop about 20 years ago. That seemed like possibly more proper then the way most people say it.

I buy them and call them Swaro's. easy!!

 

[ebb]

In post #1 I mentioned having a "barrel spun up" and I want to continue in that category. I believe calling a gun smith a gun plumber has to be about the biggest insult you could throw at the good ones. Maybe it would be appropriate for some of the guns that Brandon Herera has on his show.

 

[bpd459]

Remmy, Winny, Annie, pills, heads, tactical, Savage…..

 

[257ack]

Brokeasajoke, My cousin from Johnson City Tenn, told me he lived in Worshingtin County Tenn. He was 6 foot 8 and 1/2 tall and weighed 340. I never once even thought about correcting him.

Back in the day of Norm Jones etc, they had some pretty good benchrest matches at Johnson City

 

[brokeasajoke]

All this is why I buy Sightrons and Weavers!

Is it Sight-ron or Sigh-tron?

 

[Kracken McGraw]

Is it Sight-ron or Sigh-tron?

It sounds like Beaver!

 

[joshb]

Is it Sight-ron or Sigh-tron?

Can’t screw it up, can you??

 

[Allen Corneau]

You've only gone halfway in educating us poor idiots. Where is the emphasis placed on this LOP-WA? Are those long or short vowels?
If you're going to teach us, can we get some real phonetic symbols?
(And I'm genuinely curious here.)

'lop wa:

(Im not a phonetician but this is my best guess at the correct symbols.)

 

[Bc'z]

All this is why I buy Sightrons and Weavers!

Back on task, Loopie for Leupold, as in "I got a 3 to 9 Loopie on my raffle".

I lost Sight-ron over Weavers cuz we got a lil Loopie......

 

[Tesoro]

Sometimes we get hung up on terms but does it really matter? I shot a 22 yesterday so everyone assumes a 22lr and most don't gripe about that. My last name is rarely pronounced correctly but I don't get hung up on that either. Just sayin'. It's still a fun thread though.

If you happen to be in the UK then all you have to say if 'two two' and they will know what you were referring to.

 

[Mike Casselton]

Ohio issues a Concealed Handgun License. As far as the state is concerned, “CHL” is proper. But everyone calls it “CCW.” For example in a gun shop often the sales person will say “Do you have a CCW?” But if you tell someone you have a CHL the rest of the conversation usually goes “A what?” CHL. Concealed Handgun License. “You mean a CCW?” Yeah. “Well why didn’t you just say that?”

“CCW” is propagated in the many training classes available that are required before the license is issued, so CCW becomes the de facto proper terminology.

Whichever.

Non-gun people tend to say "Conceal and Carry" as in "How do you get a conceal-and-carry?"

Permit seems simple and repeatable.

I get what you're saying though.

 

[AccelR8]

Permit seems simple and repeatable.

I get what you're saying though.

Ohio now has Constitutional Carry so people who are legally able to can, without a permit,
"Strap a gun on their hip" and that's another phrase that bugs me but it's so prevalent in the media

 

[Tesoro]

Permit seems simple and repeatable.

I get what you're saying though.

In Oregon we have the right to get a 'shall issue' CHL if non-felon and citizen. But we cannot have a CCW, aka CWP, because 'weapons' here are considered non-firearms ie brass knuckles, switch blades, daggers, sling shots etc, which noone is allowed to carry concealed. Our CHL permits us to carry handguns concealed, but it is not unlawful for anyone to carry a 16in shotgun or AR carbine concealed under a coat. If that makes any sense! I guess that is why we are given a CHL specific for handguns.

 

[jeffreybehr]

Yinz is wound a lil too tight.

Who, pray tell, is 'Yinz'?

 

[AccelR8]

Who, pray tell, is 'Yinz'?

It's a contraction of you inz or more commonly youinz.
It's a Pennsylvania thing.

from visatravellers . com:
Yinz - the Western PA way of saying “you all”
Yinzer – the people of Pittsburgh and surrounding areas

 

[Bc'z]

It's a contraction of you inz or more commonly youinz.
It's a Pennsylvania thing.

from visatravellers . com:
Yinz - the Western PA way of saying “you all”
Yinzer – the people of Pittsburgh and surrounding areas

So is it a radEator or a radiator it's like Pennsyltuckians have thier own dialect.
Lol