Cool old photo

[XUSNORDIE]

Actually, the word pistol predates the invention of the revolver, all handguns are pistols....

https://tincanbandit.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-origins-of-gun-terms.html

Actually I really couldn't care less about it. Just find it humorous everyone has a different understanding or definition of something depending experiences, knowledge or ability to fact find on todays search engines. Crazy how one can ignite something into lengthy and sometimes emotional conversations where everyone is right. Pure fun.

BUT...lets keep ORDINANCE out of ORDNANCE.... :ROFLMAO:

At our local restaurant (owned by Bob Baumhower of Miami Dolphins fame) one of the bar tenders wears a Colts .45 cap. He said rarely does someone comment about the old team.

"Colt's .45 cap"? or "Colt 45 cap" :unsure:;)

Colt 45 Malt Liquor.....Baltimore Colts (Indy is not relevant lol).....the two can't be mixed.....might start an entire thread of confusion between Colt and Colts....but we should know what folks mean by the errors....:ROFLMAO:

 

[KurtC]

The interesting aspect of this is that...

1. The Houston Colt 45's
2. Colt 45 Malt Liquor
3. Jerry Hill (Baltimore Colts #45)

...all came about around 1962.

 

[Tenbore]

Colt's New Model Army Metallic Cartridge Revolving PISTOL.

 

[Acorn]

And just to further confuse the pistol/revolver quandary, there is this.

 

[Yaworski]

Another disputed term is to call a lead projectile a "boolit". Those in the know understand that you are referring to a custom made projectile that you cast out of lead yourself.

Never knew that it was "custom made projectiles." On the interwebs I've seen it applied to just regular ammo. I figured that it was an "ironic" intentional misspelling like "moar" or "wallah". Could also be moronic misspellings.

 

[Fox Mike]

Same here but I've also slipped into calling them guns from time to time which makes me feel like a media personality.

I remember very well in basic training being instructed in the difference between a 'rifle' and a 'gun'.

 

[GypsmJim]

Never knew that it was "custom made projectiles." On the interwebs I've seen it applied to just regular ammo. I figured that it was an "ironic" intentional misspelling like "moar" or "wallah". Could also be moronic misspellings.

The term is used by aficionado Reloaders and Casters. If someone used it for regular factory ammo, they probably have a lot of problems with spilling and grammar. Irregardless,.....

 

[XUSNORDIE]

I remember very well in basic training being instructed in the difference between a 'rifle' and a 'gun'.

I can't believe it took so long for that to come up!

Should we just skip ahead and start discussing Small Arms weaps vs Crew Served weaps? :unsure:

 

[eveled]

I guess the consensus is that all handguns are pistols.

Then we get specific types of pistols:

a revolver, semi automatic, full auto, muzzle loading, break action…….. "I think thats about it" (in my Bubba from Forest Gump voice)

 

[GypsmJim]

I can't believe it took so long for that to come up!

Should we just skip ahead and start discussing Small Arms weaps vs Crew Served weaps? :unsure:

How about Navy guys talking about boats and ships.

 

[XUSNORDIE]

How about Navy guys talking about boats and ships.

That's a good one! I just hope no Coasties jump in with their opinions :ROFLMAO:

My only real afloat experience was on bird farms.....which is an Aircraft Carrier....affectionately known as the "boat", but it's a warship....:oops:

 

[Armybrat]

Is the Astrodome still standing?

Yes, the Astrodome is still standing, and Houston still doesn't know what to do with it.

 

[crstrode]

Don't feel bad, I do it all the time.

I thought I made a mistake once, but I was wrong.

 

[redfernclan]

Or us hot rod guys tunning our motors.........that burn gasoline.

 

[Ale-8(1)]

Yes, the Astrodome is still standing, and Houston still doesn't know what to do with it.


If it follows most of the other such structures, it'll make an impressive implosion one day. :cry:

 

[GypsmJim]

That's a good one! I just hope no Coasties jump in with their opinions :ROFLMAO:

My only real afloat experience was on bird farms.....which is an Aircraft Carrier....affectionately known as the "boat", but it's a warship....:oops:

I once worked with an old salt who would go ballistic if you talked about a rope. He said it was a line. I said as long as its tied to a ladder its a rope. It doesn't become a line until it is tied to a boat. (or ship)

 

[XUSNORDIE]

I once worked with an old salt who would go ballistic if you talked about a rope. He said it was a line. I said as long as its tied to a ladder its a rope. It doesn't become a line until it is tied to a boat. (or ship)

Oh....you mean tied to a stairwell? ;)

 

[GypsmJim]

Oh....you mean tied to a stairwell? ;)

Exactly.

 

[dadstillsurfs]

I was wrong...once. It was a Tuesday in 1965

I thought I made a mistake once, but I was wrong.

 

[Watertender]

Just don't call a shotgun a shottie or a handgun a pew-pew!

 

[Chief]

I am not sanguine about pistol vs revolver, but I don't like referring to them as "guns". I appreciate fun and fanciful nicknames for things but despise them when they become overused, cute and ridiculous. Terms such as shottie, Winni, Remy, boolits, pew pew , etc can draw my ire. Similarly, mispronounced words can irk me. The king of these is when someone if referring to a Colt and then pronounce the word "Coat".
Referring to a cartridge as a bullet or a bullet as a "head".
I submit that all of this can be attributed to the fact that I am old and curmudgeonly and am given to being facetious at times.
I failed to address the ship vs boat issue. It’s very simple, only submarines are boats and sailors reserve the right to refer to their ships as boats

 

[LaneP]

Not trying to stir any pots but the term "pistol" was in widespread use during the era of Sam Colt's "revolving" or "repeating" pistols and is generally used to denote a class of small arms that can conveniently be used with a single hand, and includes a variety of action types such as revolvers, semi-automatic, single shots, derringers, etc.

 

[GypsmJim]

Just don't call a shotgun a shottie or a handgun a pew-pew!

 

[XUSNORDIE]

Just don't call a shotgun a shottie or a handgun a pew-pew!

shottie

I consider myself friends with both of you......so I confess......I have used, and often do use "shottie" BUT only when referring to riot/patrol shotguns ;)

 

[GypsmJim]

Terms such as shottie, Winni, Remy, boolits, pew pew , etc can draw my ire.

I learned a lot about casting from what is the premier web site for reloaders.

It is: "http://castboolits.gunloads.com/".

 

[Chief]

I learned a lot about casting from what is the premier web site for reloaders.

It is: "http://castboolits.gunloads.com/".

As have I Jim. I just hate the boolits title, but they do know their stuff!

 

[Ride1949]

I failed to address the ship vs boat issue. It's very simple, only submarines are boats and sailors reserve the right to refer to their ships as boats

This is a boat.

 

[XUSNORDIE]

This is a boat.

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Technically.......its a SWCC "FastBOAT".... ;)

 

[XUSNORDIE]

I failed to address the ship vs boat issue. It's very simple, only submarines are boats and sailors reserve the right to refer to their ships as boats

Didn't every bird farm Squid and Jarhead sing "On the boat again" to Willie's tune as they climbed up towards the Ensign for DET/Deployment? ;)

 

[Chief]

Didn't every bird farm Squid and Jarhead sing "On the boat again" to Willie's tune as they climbed up towards the Ensign for DET/Deployment? ;)

We did but I hate that song.