randomJACKASS
Banned
Everyone has preconceived notions....EVERYONE!
By the by -- bye bye
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paul_valaru
100% Pure Canadian Beef
you thinking that is a preconceived notion about everyone.
I don't have any real preconceived notions about anyone, I just have thoughts about peoples online persona's.
I learnt the hard way, I used to think Leslie was some kind of church lady.
Gato_Solo
Out-freaking-standing OTC member
paul_valaru
100% Pure Canadian Beef
She was...until some shady guy moved to Toronto and messed up her viewpoints.
Toront....
why I otta!
Gato_Solo
Out-freaking-standing OTC member
paul_valaru
100% Pure Canadian Beef
Yes, Troll. From first hand experience.So would that be first hand experience?
Wrong rifle, though... I used a Barrett.
Don't worry about the Troll.
She's so trapped by her own ideology she can't see the forest through the trees. Education is lost on her. 
randomJACKASS
Banned
You have to change the barrels every so often in a heavy firefight....
Cerise
Well-Known Member
Uhhhh....hello? A "rifle?"
I would think someone with your "first hand experience" would know the difference.
If you really want to play these games you should at least know what you're talking about.
paul_valaru
100% Pure Canadian Beef
Uhhhh....hello? A "rifle?"
I would think someone with your "first hand experience" would know the difference.
If you really want to play these games you should at least know what you're talking about.
wrong.....laundry dryer?
I am not good at this game, though it looks like an air-cooled .50 cal machine gun.
Professur
Well-Known Member
Uhhhh....hello? A "rifle?"
I would think someone with your "first hand experience" would know the difference.
If you really want to play these games you should at least know what you're talking about.
Congrats on pissing away any credibility you had, Cherry. A 'rifle' is any firearm with a 'rifled' barrel. It may also carry other labels, but rifle does apply. In fact, you can even get a rifled shotgun barrel these days.
paul_valaru
100% Pure Canadian Beef
then wtf is a carbine
Cerise
Well-Known Member
You wish.
Talk about "pissing away."With your logic you would call a "pistol" a "rifle" correct?
"A rifle" is a firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder.
A "machine gun" is not a "rifle."
Go into a gun store and tell the guy behind the counter you want to buy a "rifle." Where does he point you to?
Professur
Well-Known Member
A short barreled 'long arm'. Usually used by cavalry because of the need to holster it while riding, as opposed to carrying it on a sling like infantry. The difference in accuracy didn't matter, since they were moving so much on horseback that they couldn't hit the broad side of a barn from the inside.
Understand that the terms today are frequently mixed and confused thanks to ineptness. That's nothing new, really. Trying to get one single definition for a broadsword is just as impossible, as the term varied from region to region.
And Cherry ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_barreled_rifles
If you don't like it, feel free to take it up with Bafta, ATF and Websters, because they all agree
Professur
Well-Known Member
A musket isn't rifled. Neither are most shotguns, with noted exceptions. Many 'black powder' guns aren't rifled, many are.
A firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder is considered a 'long gun'. Many people, even supposedly educated people in the business will use 'rifle' as a generic term. Common stupidity doesn't make them right. A facial tissue may be called a Kleenex, but the ones in my drawer aren't made by them.