Do not use this phrase.... High Cap.

[Neo-Luddite]

It is really a misnomer--hi cap mag that is--not a 'pc' fix at all to abandon it. I never thought too much about it--but prior to the earliest talk of 'hi-cap' mag bans some 20+ years ago----we just called a 20-30 rd mag a 'mag'.
Every weapon more or less had a 'standard' mag you shoved in it--and the only notice we took was (maybe) when a silly 15 rd stick stuck out of the heal of a 1911. Maybe we were all duped and co-opted? No special name-- just a mag that fits that weapon.

Now we bob and weave and try to explain--something that may have been arbitrary to begin with apart from filling the needs of some doctrine 50 years ago.

 

[mcooper]

"Normal capacity" is any capacity that is more than 10 or the size mag that the firearm/series of firearms was designed for. ...At least that's how I use the word

 

[LoneCoon]

Of Course, "Normal capacity" for a .22 Calico means it's got 100 rounds. Which is pretty awesome.

 

[Wheeler44]

Kingpin008 says:

I understand what you're trying to say, LAR

DO NOT use this phrase
"High Capacity"

Deer Hunter got it right.

Yup.

Why use an anti-gun term?

Just curious

So Kingpin must be psychic

 

[mcooper]

LoneCoon Of Course, "Normal capacity" for a .22 Calico means it's got 100 rounds. Which is pretty awesome.

yeah

 

[yesit'sloaded]

I don't know, I've heard that the magazines are known for jamming. I like the concept of the 100 round helical mag though.

 

[Halo is for Kids]

I've got all kinds of magazines for my 9mm hi power:

-limited capacity (10rnd)
-standard capacity (13rnd)
-extended capacity (15 and 20rnd)

 

[Never No More]

Why use an anti-gun term?

Been saying this for some time yet I still read:

Gun nut
Assult gun/rifle
AK-47

These are liberal terms WE should never post or repeat

 

[Ninja42]

Some guns have magazines avaliable to them with a high holding capacity. These magazines may be double stack, extended, or both. Therefore it is impractical just to refer to them as 'double stack' or 'extended', and people who want to refer to them often chooses to describe them by the one thing that DO have in common, their high capacity. Now, can anyone in here explain the following to me;

1) Why is this accurate description of what the things really are considered an anti-gun description? Did they steal it? Then steal it back. Did they invent it? Then steal it anyway, it is an excellent expression.

2) Why miss out on something that can potentially help you start a healthy gun debate? An anti who finds out that you own or carry high capacity mags and chooses to take up the discussion is an anti to whom you can now explain why he is WRONG. Are we afraid of defending ourselves verbally?

3) Why did I even reply to this thread?

EDIT: Never No More; How exactly is 'AK-47' an anti term? I thought it was an abbreviation of the name 'Avtomat Kalashnikova obraztsa 1947 goda'. If I cant say 'AK-47', then what am I supposed to call the thing?

 

[evan price]

I have a bunch of High-Capacity 33-rd Glock magazines and that's what I call 'em.

If the PC-antigun-hoplophobe types have a pissy pants over it that's their PROBLEM, THEY make it a bad word, not me.

PS: Don't tell me what to do.

 

[CajunBass]

Why use an anti-gun term?

What? They're going to sue us or something?

 

[ugaarguy]

Like it or not words have specifics meanings. Much of the success of the anti-gunners has been made by creating their own gun language, and feeding their definitions of it to the general public. This is why we should strive to be precise in our language. Countering their efforts with the use of correct nomenclature and terminology is just one part of the fight.

Let's also post these ideas as requests instead of orders, and provide an explanation.

 

[RevolvingCylinder]

Actually, there are plenty of 10-round-or-less high capacity magazines out there. "High Capacity" is not a "liberal" or "anti-gun" term. It is a term often used incorrectly by the same people that call a magazine a clip and a cartridge a bullet(the latter really irritates me as a handloader and gets a quick correction whenever I hear it uttered). A high capacity magazine is any magazine that has a capacity that exceeds that of the magazine that is standard for the given firearm. A 10 round 1911 magazine can be said to be "high capacity". There are also 20-round and 30-round standard capacity magazines.

I will continue to use the phrase "high capacity magazine" when it is appropriate.

 

[Cliff47]

....snore.....

 

[98C5]

....snore.....

Me too.

 

[JohnBT]

"As is 16 round 9mm pistols"

Do you know where I can get some for my Rohrbaugh 9s? It only came with 6-round mags.

IOW, wouldn't a 16-rounder for a Rohrbaugh be a high capacity mag? It sure wouldn't be standard capacity.

John

 

[gaudio5]

im gonna call em "super mega cap mags"

 

[joab]

Quick run down

Don't say Hi Cap magazine you must just say magazine
Don't say War on Drugs, you must say War on SOME Drugs
Don't say Assault Weapon, call it a Black Rifle or a Semi Auto Variant of a Military Weapon
Don't say, Civil War, it was The War Between The States
Don't say Accurate when I want you to say Precise

Be open minded, think just like I do

 

[john219]

It's relative. I sometimes like things more because they aren't PC. I often like guns that certain folks want to ban because they look scarier. One can assault with any weapon.

 

[CNYCacher]

Let me get this straight. . .

• Shooters are happy for years shooting guns
• Anti-gun zealots decide that 10 is a magic evil number and coin the phrase "high-capacity magazines", using it to describe any magazine that holds more than the evil number 10 rounds of ammo, despite the fact that 10+ magazines are common.
• Anti's frame debates around the idea that 10+ is a "high" number of rounds, using the term "high-capacity" all through the debate.
• Gun lovers start using the anti-gun phrase "high capacity", and start believing that 10+ really IS a lot of ammo.
• Gun lovers lose the debate through the AWB and various state laws.
• LAR-15 tries to remind people that 10+ is not a lot of ammo, and that 10- is actually low-capacity
• "Gun Lovers" get pissed that LAR-15 is trying to get them to stop using anti-gun terminology

Is that basically what is going on here? I only skimmed.

 

[SHTFmilitia]

ok how bout just 22 rd clip / mag. or 30rd clip / mag :banghead: hell i dunno

 

[Exmasonite]

DO NOT use this phrase: "High Capacity"

"Hi pat. I'd like to buy some context, please."

Seriously, it's a good thing other people on this board decided to make your point for you because your post/this thread is as clear as mud.

I happened to buy a new Hard Drive for my computer last week. 250GB. It says "High Capacity" on the box. Please tell me why I can't use this phrase.

 

[romma]

Phrase control is a flagrant violation of my first ammendment rights!

 

[98C5]

I mean really, who cares? Screw this whole PC thing. It has gotten WAY out of control.

For example, Glock 20's come with the 10 OR 15 round mags. If 10 is standard, what are we supposed to call the 15 rounders? Standards plus 5?? I'm not worried about what the anti-gunners think of my terminology, or anyone else. This might has well be the mag vs clip thread.

 

[atblis]

Well

I see your point, but the antis are so clueless. They make up whatever they want anyways so it seems kinda pointless.