Quote from: smart dog on January 06, 2019, 04:41:47 PMQuote from: Mike Brooks on January 05, 2019, 05:49:25 PMIt's about language, words mean things. I ask "what kind of gun are you making". You respond " A Lancaster build". Why would you add the word "Build"? Or, "My next gun is a Woodbury build". What the heck does that mean? Seems to be common practice but it rubs my fur backwards. Very annoying, of course I'm nearly always annoyed these days. Folks don't make guns anymore, they now make "builds". Seems to be a cross over from the bolt gun crowd. Carry on......Mike, I agree words matter and so does grammar. These days we take verbs, like "build", and turn them into nouns, and nouns, like "text", and turn them into verbs. I guess I am less annoyed by that than I am when someone calls a rifle "Lancaster" and it has some generic stock with hardware labeled "Lancaster" by the parts supplier. If you look at TOW's gun consignment sale pages, you see many guns labelled Christian's Spring, Lehigh, English fowler, etc, that have very little in common with originals and the label is pretty dubious.dave HA! My favorite is "Early Virginia". Seems to be a catch all for just about anything iron mounted. Or how about "SMR"? Seems to cover everything iron mounted with later features than "Early Virginia". Took me about three years to figure out what the abbreviation "SMR" even meant. Another favorite is "Smoothie"...too annoying to even discuss but is on par with "Smoke Pole". Also add to my hate list: "Flinter" , "Rock Lock", "Front Stuffer" and a new one I read recently, "Poke Stalk". And don't forget the controversial term "Canoe Gun". Sure is fun complaining about stuff.
Quote from: Mike Brooks on January 05, 2019, 05:49:25 PMIt's about language, words mean things. I ask "what kind of gun are you making". You respond " A Lancaster build". Why would you add the word "Build"? Or, "My next gun is a Woodbury build". What the heck does that mean? Seems to be common practice but it rubs my fur backwards. Very annoying, of course I'm nearly always annoyed these days. Folks don't make guns anymore, they now make "builds". Seems to be a cross over from the bolt gun crowd. Carry on......Mike, I agree words matter and so does grammar. These days we take verbs, like "build", and turn them into nouns, and nouns, like "text", and turn them into verbs. I guess I am less annoyed by that than I am when someone calls a rifle "Lancaster" and it has some generic stock with hardware labeled "Lancaster" by the parts supplier. If you look at TOW's gun consignment sale pages, you see many guns labelled Christian's Spring, Lehigh, English fowler, etc, that have very little in common with originals and the label is pretty dubious.dave
It's about language, words mean things. I ask "what kind of gun are you making". You respond " A Lancaster build". Why would you add the word "Build"? Or, "My next gun is a Woodbury build". What the heck does that mean? Seems to be common practice but it rubs my fur backwards. Very annoying, of course I'm nearly always annoyed these days. Folks don't make guns anymore, they now make "builds". Seems to be a cross over from the bolt gun crowd. Carry on......
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