What's the oddest thing you've heard someone say in regards to firearms, ammunition, etc.?

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whughett said:
Have your way. A manufacturer calls it that so must be true. How’s it loaded different than the 45C in the loading manuals.
However giving in to modern standard there is now a Short Colt, it’s called a 45Special. A shortened 45C to give the cowboys better shooting Ammo.
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I agree with you that there is no such thing as a .45 Long Colt. Just .45 Colt. But, people do call them that occasionally. My dad does as well. I was just sharing the historical reason for why the term was used.
 
Trey Veston said:
I agree with you that there is no such thing as a .45 Long Colt. Just .45 Colt. But, people do call them that occasionally. My dad does as well. I was just sharing the historical reason for why the term was used.
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"Today we often hear the .45 Colt Peacemaker cartridge referred to as the .45 Long Colt. Some newcomers to the game claim there is no such animal, but if they had shot the short variety that Remington turned out in such profusion before, during, and after World War I, they would see there is some basis in referring to the .45 Colt as the .45 Long."

'Sixguns' Elmer Keith, 1955.
 
Back when the M16 and I were both young, I was a Marine Infantryman. Like all Marine Infantryman (other than some select individuals) I was issued an M16. NOT M16E1 or anything so new.
I fellow Marine told me about the 'tumbling' in flight bullets. So I asked him if he had ever "pulled butts" (Marine jargon for operated the down range targets during qualification) I knew he had. Everyone had. He admitted he did. So I asked if he had ever seen a round, except one that hit the ground in front of the targets, making a hole other than round in the target.
He thought fast and told me, "They're designed to hit end on at 200 and 300 yards yards".

With that, I left him to his thought.
 
Jim Watson said:
"Today we often hear the .45 Colt Peacemaker cartridge referred to as the .45 Long Colt. Some newcomers to the game claim there is no such animal, but if they had shot the short variety that Remington turned out in such profusion before, during, and after World War I, they would see there is some basis in referring to the .45 Colt as the .45 Long."

'Sixguns' Elmer Keith, 1955.
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Another section in the same book. Elmer tells about a barber that was teaching him to shoot after the shop was closed, using the "old short hollow base 45 colts that Remington loaded". Said the barber shop had a parquet floor and he was filling up the spaces in the design with the hollow base bullets - they had just enough power to drive them flush with the floor.
 
Flintshooter said:
. It would be interesting, but probably impossible, to discover where this idea got started to achieve such distribution.
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The first I remember hearing about it was the Mack Bolan books I read in the early seventies. Mack would frequently be shooting up the Mafia with "5.56 tumblers" from an M16.
 
Archie said:
Back when the M16 and I were both young, I was a Marine Infantryman. Like all Marine Infantryman (other than some select individuals) I was issued an M16. NOT M16E1 or anything so new.
I fellow Marine told me about the 'tumbling' in flight bullets. So I asked him if he had ever "pulled butts" (Marine jargon for operated the down range targets during qualification) I knew he had. Everyone had. He admitted he did. So I asked if he had ever seen a round, except one that hit the ground in front of the targets, making a hole other than round in the target.
He thought fast and told me, "They're designed to hit end on at 200 and 300 yards yards".

With that, I left him to his thought.
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I DID have a Trapdoor that would throw ‘em through paper showing a perfect profile of the bullet at 25 yards when I loaded a reduced more than normal smokeless load. Maybe I should have tried fifty to see if they would hit end on.
 
After someone stood right next to me as I made sure my rifle was clear, empty magazine back in the ammo can, I placed it in a soft rifle case and was carrying it to the car. The same person, walking in front of me, asked me to make sure the rifle was not pointing toward them. "Why not? I asked." Their answer, "Because you always assume it's loaded." "But you just saw me clear it" says I. "That doesn't matter", says they, "you should always assume a gun is loaded."
 
Nothing said, but I did learn it is possible to put a magazine in an M16 (real one) backwards. That was the day I seriously considered carrying adult beverages in my canteen.
 
I'm not sure it's the oddest, but it's certainly one of the stupidest:

"You can't defend yourself with a gun." Given that I HAVE, either I hallucinated it or the person who said that was an IMBECILE.

A couple of actual "odd" statements:
  • "Nobody needs a 500 round magazine for their AK47."
  • "You can disguise a Glock as a padlock and a fountain pen and take it on an airplane."
 
mjsdwash said:
yes, I remember. The odd connection, Teflon coated pans didn't stick. Cooking spray, therefore must be Teflon. Teflon coated bullets (KTW if I remember right?) were armor piercing. The media, remember Hard Copy/Inside Edition/20/20 and those types? started calling Teflon coated AP. Since Americans don't know what PTFE is, they connected the dots. Nonstick>Teflon>cooking spray>AP. I'm not saying it makes sense, but I am saying it happened, and convinced a lot of people, including the ones I know.
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A lot of people would be better off if they never watched the news. In fact, I think we all would be.
 
I remember my favorite: "Its a MAGAZINE! M1 Guuhrayens (Garand)'s take 'clips'".... For the nitpickers, English is a language, not a long line of cliche, and phrasing. You can say any word you want, and if its sends the right message, its a proper statement, even if the culture considers it distasteful. So people can call it "clip" because it meets that definition. But for those who insist you can only say 'magazine', it amazes me the quickness in which they tell you your speaking wrongly, and rarely missing an opportunity to mispronounce an actual noun.
 
Large LGS has an indoor 100 yard rifle range and they have safety officers to make sure no one does something stupid. I had my .44 mag lever gun and was getting sight settings for my tang sight when this one safety officer asked what caliber I was shooting and I said .44 mag. He then told me that I had to be careful because the trajectory of the .44 was like a rainbow and didn't want me to hit the ceiling with a round. The ceiling on that range is nearly 20 feet high. I told him I would be real careful.
 
mjsdwash said:
I remember my favorite: "Its a MAGAZINE! M1 Guuhrayens (Garand)'s take 'clips'".... For the nitpickers, English is a language, not a long line of cliche, and phrasing. You can say any word you want, and if its sends the right message, its a proper statement, even if the culture considers it distasteful. So people can call it "clip" because it meets that definition. But for those who insist you can only say 'magazine', it amazes me the quickness in which they tell you your speaking wrongly, and rarely missing an opportunity to mispronounce an actual noun.
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I can't stand those people.
 
KNO3 said:
After someone stood right next to me as I made sure my rifle was clear, empty magazine back in the ammo can, I placed it in a soft rifle case and was carrying it to the car. The same person, walking in front of me, asked me to make sure the rifle was not pointing toward them. "Why not? I asked." Their answer, "Because you always assume it's loaded." "But you just saw me clear it" says I. "That doesn't matter", says they, "you should always assume a gun is loaded."
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I'm that jumpy too, but once I saw how you carried your rifle, I'd just walk next to or behind you.
 
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