In case you are wondering how this term was appropriated- In the UK, "gear" is called "kit". When one of our Special Operations units was stood up, they trained extensively with their British counterparts. In fact, some of the "pioneers" of the US unit actually were attached to our British allies, and vice-versa, in exchanges to share knowledge, and that relationship still continues. The term "kit" eventually found its way into other US SOF units. It is sometimes used as a generic term for any type of "gear." or "equipment", but is mostly used for what you actually wear on your body into combat, especially when there is a lot of it and it is heavy. "Full kit" in the US generally means body armor, all of the ammo and do-dads attached to it, helmet, weapons, other and all mission essential items. This "kit" is normally kept in a "kit bag". When you are in "full kit", the bag is empty, or close to it. All that may remain in it is probably.. wait for it... your weapons cleaning kit. At some point (I guess after fall of 2001) the term "kit" was appropriated by the rest of the US mil. I have purposely avoided saying it- I started calling it "stuff", bag full of heavy s---, and other things.Many have covered the “irritating” terms that bug me so I won’t beat them into the ground mentioning them again, but one term I have been hearing lately by Americans is “piece of kit”.
“That’s an interesting piece of kit” when referring to an accessory or anything to do with a gun or anything really. If one says that and they are from Great Britain I figure it’s just their slang, but when an American says it I want to scream colorful expletives at them.
The one that really burns me is when I say “silencer” and some tool at the range starts in with “Well, akshully it’s a ‘suppressor’ because you can’t really silence the sound of gunfire.” Invariably it is me, the silencer owner being told this by some keyboard operator who has never seen one outside the dealer’s display case before. My standard reply has become “You need to tell that to the ATF so they can change the language on their forms. And while you’re at it maybe you can dig up Hiram Maxim and correct him as well.”
The guys that dress up in their SWAT team costumes to go to the shooting range are pretty funny. Whats the deal with all the nylon straps? Sort of reminds me of pictures of the leather underwear bunch at a San Francisco parade. If you wear a bullet proof vest and a helmet to shoot at paper targets you look like a clown. Especially if you are shooting a single action revolver.
Military grade or Professional grade
Auto or automatic instead of semiautomatic,
Dang, guess I'm gonna have to sell this one, it's proclaiming itself "TACTICAL" on the slide. Guess I should also be glad I don't normally train with civilians (well, except every few years when I've saved enough to go to gun school) who'd make fun of me all kitted ... er, geared up.
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Round counts matter if you're a long range rifle shooter who cares about accuracy and precision.Shottie.
I cant stand it.
....while we're at it, ...don't get too carried away with round counts. I've been around.
The Puteaux and Chauchat machine guns were "military grade".Sometimes military grade isn’t exactly a good thing.