Pet peeves

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My peeve: people who refer to bullet drop as "come-ups." Apparently something that came out of the airsoft world.
 
"Come up" is the sight adjustment made by a target shooter to allow for that bullet drop at successively longer ranges. Ki would not be bothered by the term, if they did not persist in applying come ups to "open sights."
 
Various nicknames assigned to critters (I'm guilty) like tree-rat, stink-kitty, bait stealer etc makes it sound like we all go out thrill hunting. It's annoying now that we are under attack more than ever.

Likewise automatic (insert type of gun), mouse gun, elephant gun, hand cannon etc. (I'm guilty again) gives us bad viewpoint from people who don't understand the way in which the term is used incorrectly.
 
As this resides in the Hunting section;

People who call themselves hunters but who are poor shots and do not practice the art of accurate field shooting resulting in wounded animals.

People who constantly try use / motivate the use of very light / underpowered calibres for the larger species, resulting in wounded animals.

People who clearly cannot shoot accurately enough but insist on head shots, resulting in bits of jaw / horn etc. being blown away.

"Hunters" (talking locals here) who cannot tell the difference between and Impala and a Springbok.

The need to take a bite of bloody raw warm liver from your first animal shot as an initiation into hunting.
 
People who constantly try use / motivate the use of very light / underpowered calibres for the larger species, resulting in wounded animals.
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Yep if you find your self asking the question can this tiny little round be pressed into service on this large animal? The answer is NO despite all of the anecdotal (an elephant was once killed with a .22LR, once) horse pucky, and massive qualifiers like "if the animal is in the perfect position, at short range, no wind, on sunny day, if you can see the spot between the ribs over the heart, ETC ETC that will inevitably be presented on the internet.

here's another in the vane of Andrews post above. "I only take head and neck shots because, with a head or neck shot you either drop them in their tracks or it's a miss nothing in between....). To which I say BULLSHIIIIIIZEL! A head or neck shot is actually one of the riskiest shots you can take in regards to missing and wounding. When they work and are done correctly they are spectacular when they aren't done right they will inevitably be a wounded and not recovered animal.
 
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here's another in the vane of Andrews post above. "I only take head and neck shots because, with a head or neck shot you either drop them in their tracks or it's a miss nothing in between....). To which I say BULLSHIIIIIIZEL! A head or neck shot is actually one of the riskiest shots you can take in regards to missing and wounding. When they work and are done correctly they are spectacular when they aren't done right they will inevitably be a wounded and not recovered animal.
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That one is right up there with "I shoot full choke on everything because it's either a clean hit or a clean miss." :banghead::fire::banghead::fire::banghead:

You can pattern a shotgun on paper and show them how that's completely false, but they still don't believe it. You've got more deformed pellets outside the main pattern with a full choke than with any of the more open chokes. One guy (one of my high school teachers) responded with "It looks that way on paper, but in the air it's different." :banghead: Until we get guided shot that can communicate with each other and insure that a sufficient number of them will hit the quarry with sufficient energy or divert if not, that won't happen.

One of my pet peeves, and this is on gunbroker specifically, is when someone list a C&R-eligible gun in the "Curio and Relic" firearms section but refuses to accept a C&R license from the purchaser. Instead, they require an 01 FFL to receive the gun.

Matt
 
I have a couple I guess.

One is the guy who always thinks that unless you shoot his favorite caliber you're a complete moron who is risking complete and utter failure. The fact is that when hunting whitetails, it almost doesn't matter what you use (within reason). I'm not advocating the use of marginal rounds but it grinds my gears when the guy who shoots a .270 scoffs at the guy shooting a .30-06 (or vice versa).

Also, pet peeve #2 is two fold. I can't stand it when the guys shooting the magnums act like nothing short of that is adequate. On the flip side the folks who down the magnum shooters are crazy too. These are the people who think that anything bigger than whatever it is they shoot will destroy half of the edible meat. It's nonsense. The most damage I've ever seen done to a whitetail was with a .223 Rem. It's simple really. If you shoot them through the shoulders it doesn't matter what you shoot them with. It's gonna do some damage.
Shoot what you like as long as it will cleanly and ethically kill the animal you are hunting under the conditions/circumstances you are hunting it.

#3 really isn't a pet peeve, I just think it's funny. The ol' "front shoulder" shot placement. I guess the term is not incorrect, but it's redundant because no animal that I'm aware of has a "rear shoulder". :)
 
When I come back to work after taking a vacation day or two for deer season, and then people ask me at work if I caught anything.:scrutiny:
 
I haven't read all of the peeves so if this one has been listed...I apologize. Certain snakes and spiders referred to as "poisonous" instead of "venomous".
 
I have a new one in the Baby Talk category, seen today on another board.

What would you think a "10mm Commie" was?
A big bore Tokarev? Me, too. Or maybe a "Nork" converted from .45 to 10mm.
But the brag pictures showed a Commander sized 1911 deriviative with 10mm barrel.
Hence, "Commie."
 
Pet Peeves? Lessee, calling the .223 adequate for more than prairie dogs or coyotes, or at least trying to make believe it's a medium, even big game caliber. There's just SO many better choices, even in .22 caliber, though they mostly aren't available in a plastic/aluminum semi auto Mattel toy. :rolleyes: Some, like the .308, ARE, though. That makes the .223 even worse a choice IMHO.
 
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