Questions and Contributions Please! THR Library Update

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Contributions Please! THR Library Update

Everyone,

It's time to update the THR Library, and we need your help to do so. There are a lot of smart people here, and all of us together know more than any one of us alone. So here's what we're going to do:

If you would like to see a definition for a puzzling term ("what's a mall ninja?") but don't know the answer yourself, please post it in this thread as a question for others to answer, so that THR members' knowledge can be pooled in the library. It'd help if you put the term you're asking about in bold print, so that it stands out on a quick skim-through.

If you have a contribution including a definition for the Glossary, Acronym, or FAQ pages, please post it in this thread. It'd help if you would put just the title of your entry in bold print, so that it stands out.

If you'd like to extend someone else's definition, go ahead and do so in this thread. Please be sure to put the term you are talking about in bold print, to make it easier for others to spot as they scroll down.

If you have a grammatical pet peeve that you'd like others to know about, please post it here so it can be included on our Grammar 101 page.

Once this thread has grown awhile, I'll come through and harvest the entries for inclusion in the Library, and one of our tech-savvy admin types will post it for us.

Thanks for your help, people.

pax
 
thEn vs. thAn

THEN: Adverb, Noun or Adjective

1--At that time: I was still in school then. Come at noon; I'll be ready then.

2--Next in time, space, or order; immediately afterward: watched the late movie and then went to bed.

3--In addition; moreover; besides: It costs $20, and then there's the sales tax to pay.

4--Used after but to qualify or balance a preceding statement: The star was nervous, but then who isn't on the first night of a new play.

5--In that case; accordingly: If traffic is heavy, then allow extra time.

6--As a consequence; therefore: The case, then, is closed.

THAN: Conjunction

1--Used after a comparative adjective or adverb to introduce the second element or clause of an unequal comparison: She is a better athlete than I.

2--Used to introduce the second element after certain words indicating difference: He draws quite differently than she does.

3--When. Used especially after hardly and scarcely: I had scarcely walked in the door than the commotion started.

Thank You!

Peter
 
"Site" vs. "Sight"

"Your" vs. "You're"

I'll name my firstborn after anyone who can come up with a way that we can stop people from thinking that just because they are free to have an opinion and voice said opinion that everyone else should pat them on the back and say "Great opinion, buddy! Thanks!"

I hate that.

- Gabe

<edited for grammatical error! yikes!>
 
What's a drop safety and how does it work?

pax
 
Pax-

Puzzling question:
Just what is a mall ninja, anyway?

Contribution:
Nothing of my own, but how about importing some stuff from the TFL library? Specifically, links to some of the great essays from TFL and elsewhere, such as:

The 5-Minute Handbook
Metal and Wood
A Nation of Cowards

And links to prominent 2A cases:

U.S. v. Miller
U.S. v. Emerson
U.S. v. Haney
U.S. v. Cruikshank (sp?)
any others

and last but not least, the TFL Flash Theatre!

Also, as long as we're on the subject of grammar 101, can we add proper use of prepositions? I don't see it here much but my personal grammatical pet peeve is ending sentences n prepositions, eg, "where are you at ?"
 
Pronunciation Key

Carbine - k a r b e e n

Heckler and Koch - See Sig Sauer below and scroll down.

Mosin Nagant -
HERE

Sig Sauer - HERE

Hoppe's - HERE

Anybody else got any to add / ask?
 
ORDNANCE -- Military hardware, such as cannons and artillery.


ORDINANCE -- A law, rule, or regulation.

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KURZ -- German, meaning short, as associated with cartridges, including the 7.92 Kurz or 9mm Kurz.


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Leupold -- American optics manufacturer. Not Leopold, Lupold, etc.
 
Mag : Magazine- ammunition holders that are equipped with a spring to move the ammo, these are not clips.


Clip : A strip of metal that is used to hold cartridges together to facilitate the loading into (usually) an internal rifle magazine.
 
Heres one that even the media mavens on their news banners mess up. The difference between, LOOSE and LOSE .

LOOSE is when something is not tight.

LOSE is when something is not there, its now lost.



:D
 
What's a drop safety and how does it work?
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Typically used in autoloading pistols, a drop safety prevents the firing pin from moving forward into contact with the cartridge primer unless the trigger is pulled.

Examples are the Series 80 Colt and the Glock pistols which aren't supposed to fire if dropped. Older Colt automatics were said to be capable of firing if the gun were dropped on its muzzle.

TRIVIA: Tests by the US Navy indicated the Model of 1911A1 had to drop something like 27 feet (IIRC) onto a hard surface and hit on the muzzle before the gun would discharge.
 
How about this one:

Muzzle Brake. As opposed to the commonly-seen Muzzle Break.

Examples of both terms:

"A muzzle brake uses residual gas pressure to reduce recoil and assist in quick sight picture recovery."

"When Bubba dropped his WalMart Remington 710 into the abandoned quarry while shooting rockchucks, you should have seen his muzzle break as it hit the granite outcropping beneath him!"

or:

"When one is shooting in a stage at an IPSC match, he should never let his muzzle break the 180° rule!"

:D
 
What's with people saying prolly when what they mean is probably

Looks like all of my other pet peeves have been covered in the grammar section.
Now we just have to get prople to read it.

Most people I have chatted with don't even realize that the library section is even there. (So much for situational awareness.)

If you're going to quote something someone said more than 1 or 2 posts previously PLEASE include their name in the quote so we can find out the context of it. Just using "quotes" to show another persons words is confusing also. Especially if you have an opposing viewpoint regarding the quote.
 
Good so far! Keep 'em coming, people...

Can someone give a concise explanation of a safety and maybe a quick list of different types of safeties?

Maybe someone fond of shotguns could tell us about over-under shotguns.

In riflery: are bolt-actions similar to lever-actions?

pax
 
I find it AMAZING the number of people who are on this board every day or almost everyday who NEVER read their private messages.

Many don't even know the ability exists. :rolleyes:

Didn't they see it when they signed up? IIRC it is automatically set to notify you at sign on when you have an unread one.

And it seems that some of the Moderators have theirs turned off. :mad:
 
I wouldn't mind seeing a list of Smith & Wesson frame names, model numbers, and calibers, as well as Colt frame designations, model names, and calibers. Heck, if we really wanted to get sophisticated about it, we could include years of manufacture and serial numbers, too, although I have no idea how much brute labor would be involved in such a task.
 
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