tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post4424642266285106875..comments2024-03-28T13:20:29.156-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Ask Dad For a Winchester this ChristmasRon Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-20674227050200377452011-05-22T16:30:55.801-07:002011-05-22T16:30:55.801-07:00I miswrote something. The grain is the weight of t...I miswrote something. The grain is the weight of the bullet not the powder. Sorry about that!Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14129472719929268755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-67823742145426782172011-05-22T09:20:51.324-07:002011-05-22T09:20:51.324-07:00Nut,
I apologize for the confusion. "Gun&qu...Nut, <br /><br />I apologize for the confusion. "Gun" is a generic term for large mounted or carriage-borne artillery pieces, like a cannon or naval gun. Unfortunately (and I do it, as well) the word "gun" has become commonplace for any small arm. <br /><br />Rifles are shot from the shoulder, have rifled barrels and, usually fire larger cartridges all which allow for greater accuracy. Rifles can be single shot employing a manually bolt, repeaters which use a lever action to chamber their rounds, and automatics, which use the expelled gas from a previously fired round to chamber it's next round. Carbines are shortened rifles, originally, for horse-mounted shooters. They are now used when longer, more unwieldy firearms become a hindrance.<br /><br />Shotguns are also shot from the shoulder but do not have rifled barrels, and are therefore less accurate at longer ranges. They fire a shot shell, filled with ball bearings or a sabot encased slug, rather than a primed metallic cartridge. The intent of a shotgun is to spay the target with a large number of tiny projectiles. <br /><br />Handguns are devised into two main groups Pistols (implying automatic pistols) and Revolvers, which use a revolving cylinders to chamber their rounds. Handgun cartridges are often larger in diameter than rifle cartridges, but are shorter in length and are of a lesser grain (the weight of the powder used to fire a bullet.) Because handguns are small, have short barrels and less powerful ammunition, they are accurate only up to around 50 yards.<br /><br />Machine guns are large weapons, usually, but not always mounted. Firing rifle sized ammunition, machine gun use belted ammunition fed through their receivers. MG's are usually used in conjunction with more than one person and may use tripods for stability. <br /><br />Submachine guns and machine pistols are small, shoulder or waist fired weapons that use pistol ammunition, fired automatically. Submachine use external magazines to feed their ammunition into the receiver.<br /><br />I hope that this clarifies things.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14129472719929268755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-33435352365202075712011-05-22T04:39:33.428-07:002011-05-22T04:39:33.428-07:00I'm interested by "gun or rifle", im...I'm interested by "gun or rifle", implying that they're two different things. Did language evolve here in a similar way as with "beer" and "ale"?The Beer Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-72849381717687275722011-05-21T18:13:43.749-07:002011-05-21T18:13:43.749-07:00To your point Martyn, Birmingham's Gun Quarter...To your point Martyn, Birmingham's Gun Quarter, was named that for a reason! I think many Americans assume that they're are no firearms in the UK, which, as you know is untrue. <br /><br />Gun manufacturing in the US and beer production in the UK are not that different from each other. Both are significant to our histories; both are backbone industries for our respective countries; and both are indelibly intertwined with our culture and identity as Americans and Britons.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14129472719929268755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-32927680395578536602011-05-21T14:13:05.766-07:002011-05-21T14:13:05.766-07:00Gun law in the UK only started stiffening up after...Gun law in the UK only started stiffening up after the First World War. You'll notice in, eg, Sherlock Holmes stories, he and Watson would slip a revolver each into the pockets of their overcoats when leaving Baker Street on missions that might require packing some heat …Martyn Cornellhttp://zythophile.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-50093939824681394742011-05-21T13:20:00.443-07:002011-05-21T13:20:00.443-07:00You're probably better off giving the lad a ri...You're probably better off giving the lad a rifle than a pistol - it's considerably harder to carry concealed, for a start.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-38536782951608944582011-05-21T08:23:51.144-07:002011-05-21T08:23:51.144-07:00I received the gift of a rifle for my 12th birthda...I received the gift of a rifle for my 12th birthday. Haven't shot anyone with it yet.<br /><br />Then again, it's only been 37 years...I'm Bill Howell.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06153577927069146825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-82093854843268519312011-05-21T05:35:53.032-07:002011-05-21T05:35:53.032-07:00Yes, they do still advertise rifles in Scouting ma...Yes, they do still advertise rifles in Scouting magazines. Shooting sports are a big part of Scouting in the US. Gun culture is different here than in the UK. Generations of boys have received .22 rifles from their fathers. I have owned rifles and I am fully aware that they can be dangerous, if not operated properly. I'm not a holier-than-thou, "don't -you- take-my-gun-away-from-me-er," but I do think that a father can teach his son or daughter to shoot responsibly and safely, without worrying the they are going to go into their school and kill anyone. Do we have a handgun problem in the US— you bet. However, I don't think that owning a rifle at a young age is going to turn a child into a homicidal maniac.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14129472719929268755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-38594869693779714992011-05-21T03:40:04.671-07:002011-05-21T03:40:04.671-07:00Reminds me of the movie "A Christmas Story&qu...Reminds me of the movie "A Christmas Story"Thomas Barnesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-42540546477392407842011-05-21T02:06:25.205-07:002011-05-21T02:06:25.205-07:00"What heaps of good, healthy fun you could ha..."What heaps of good, healthy fun you could have with it!"<br /><br />You could shoot your classmates and teachers, for example.....Rodnoreply@blogger.com