8 Commonly Misused Gun and Firearms Terms

[@graynotescartridgebox]

Silencer is the term that was on the original patent. Therefore, “silencer” is the correct term according to the guy that invented it.

[@-joe-davidson]

Exactly. Amazing how many people get this wrong.

[@xvonfrankenstein]

Says silencer on ATF form 4 also. So unless someone can get ATF technology branch to change their minds it's definitely "silencer".

[@graynotescartridgebox]

Calling it a “suppressor” is just trying to placate the antis.

[@kurama670]

I refuse to call it the same thing the ATF calls it. Those guys are a bunch of NERDS!!

[@augreich]

You are absolutely correct!

[@cheasepriest]

when suppressors were first invented by hiram percy maxim, he called, patented and sold it as a silencer, and the term suppressor came about a lot later. so if you want to be accurate to the origional you'd call it a silencer, but both terms are equally valid even if it doesnt silence the report of the weapon.

[@adrenalewie8135]

I feel like the term "Cure-all" works as a good analogy. Cures all? No. Cures some? Yes! Silences all sound? No. Silences some? Yes! Some would say, it "Suppresses" I think the term "suppressor" is more accurate to the function of the item, where as "silencer" is just carrying on the name given by the inventor.

[@misterkaos.357]

"The Silencer"™ Suppressor

[@mikemcmanus116]

I think the terms pistol, revolver, derringer are sub-categories of "handgun". I never refer to a revolver as a "pistol". But they are all handguns. AR/AK style "pistols" are a different can of worms! Like to see more of these discussions.

[@tedlava]

Band-Aid vs adhesive bandage. Velcro vs hook-and-loop fastener. Silencer vs suppressor.

[@josephperez7015]

A revolver is a revolving pistol or a repeating pistol as they were called in the 1800s vs auto loading or automatic loading pistol also named in the late 1800s (now semi-automatic pistol). They are both pistols.

[@blackhawk65589]

Was about to say this

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

I use the term "rounds" more than bullets or cartridges. I've seen cops 👮🏼‍♀️ & TV media reporters say bullets. 😐

[@sealy3]

Doctors and coroners would us the term bullet. They do not dig cartridges out of victims bodies. When you fire a cartridge, what is left is a casing. The casing consist of the cartage shell and the spent primer. The bullet goes down range and the propellant is consumed.

[@kurama670]

The "round" is always the safest term to use since it refers to the greater majority of ammunition which is round in shape. There are a few alleged exceptions to this in history in the case of square bullets, which no doubt faded into obscurity as conical bullets and cased ammunition became increasingly popular.

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

@@sealy3 Thanks Capt! 😉

[@AsianTrix]

My 30 round magazine clip goes into my fully semi automatic .50 cal ghost gun assault rifle with bumper stock and shoulder thing that goes up. It weighs as much as 10 boxes that you would move, and fires 3,000 rounds every second.

[@imperfectlump6070]

Showoff, mine only fires 2,999 per second.

[@bitmikealerts_lol]

I have a fully semiautomatic Assault rifle with a power level of 15 shooting 50 caliber bullets, and my 30 caliber clip can empty in half a second.

[@rayperez3426]

Great explanations of misused terms.

[@kurama670]

Remember kids, heavy's gun uses $200 custom-tooled cartridges, and he has yet to meet a man who can outsmart a bullet.

[@jads9296]

The tricky thing about word usage in this age is that word meanings change with popular use over the years. Using any definition that has been described by AFT is very sketchy. These guys have changed the definition of machine gum six times and that’s just since 1959! There are hundreds of words that were in Webster’s Dictionary in the 40s, 50s and 60s that are no loner there or have different definitions. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, Colt and Smith made and patented pistols and not hand guns. And as others viewers have pointed out, suppressors were originally patented as silencers. Words change from generation to generation.

[@wpierce34004ever]

If you define a "semi-automatic" as sending one bullet downrange for each squeeze of the trigger...then a revolver is also semi-automatic.

[@nucleargrizzly1776]

The term "pistol" greatly predates the semiautomatic. So....

[@VampireMilf]

yup. flintlock pistol lmao. revolvers and pistols are types of handguns so it is correct to call them handguns.

[@TacticalHyve]

As Myles mentions, the research on handgun, pistol, and even the word gun, is not clear cut. Research will take you to reputable sources who say different things.

[@pyeitme508]

@@TacticalHyve oh okay

[@maxheadroom4659]

yes. He did say revolvers fall into that category but semi autos do not? hmm.

[@MA-lq6eb]

Nuke Griz is correct...the word/term "Pistol" does predate Auto/SemiAuto guns. Also, some more modern guns considered PCCs(Pistol Caliber Carbines) come chambered in 44mag, 357mag, 38spc, etc...which are Revolver Rounds. Soooo...🤔

[@jimwlouavl]

Thanks for this. Accuracy and precision in language is important. I didn’t realize several of these distinctions.

[@brucecook1883]

I thought this was a good way to make the terms clearer. Would like to see more.

[@corywest263]

Loved this video! 30 years of hands on with firearms including 12 years military service and I learned some great info. Now I will be using shot shell properly. 👍

[@johndoe-ek6vl]

semantics is the lowest form of argumentation.

[@cocowonderdog]

My biggest beef is when the media & politicians mislead/confuse the ignorant public with the term ‘Assault Rifle’ versus Armalite Rifle (AR). Which was its original designation .

[@thatkajunguy8029]

Weapons of war sets me off

[@misterkaos.357]

Nothing should be considered a weapon of war, unless it is actively being used in an actual war. For example, If I mail a baseball bat overseas to a Ukrainian soldier in need, and said soldier uses it to club a Russian one day, then it is officially christened a weapon of war!

[@johndoe-ek6vl]

for christ sake, people know the difference, they understand they just don't believe what you believe as far as guns go. You just can't accept that not everyone wants to live in a society with the chance of being shot every day. I'm not on their side but I can comprehend their side. They're not ignorant, they just don't care about your fee fees.

[@johndoe-ek6vl]

@@thatkajunguy8029 double down, have you read the 2nd amendment? If they're sporting/ fun/ dEfEnSe guns then you don't deserve to own them. The only reason we have a 2a is for civil war.

[@CTorres_1993]

I did not know there was a difference between pistol and handgun. I learned something new today. Thank you.

[@floridahdshooter]

I started watching this thinking I knew the answers and was pleasantly surprised to learn something. I do think there is a difference between what something is called and what it does. I would agree a silencer suppresses sound and does not silence it, regardless of that fact they are still legally called silencers.

[@ryewhiskeyfan5946]

I have always separated pistols and revolvers but thought that both of them were handguns. Great information.

[@scaleworksRC]

Nice! You got me on the pistol/handgun one. I was saying both in my brain but knew there was some technical difference as explained. 👍

[@graynotescartridgebox]

He did a poor job of explaining it, though. All pistols are handguns. But not all handguns are pistols.

[@KaptajnKaffe]

@@graynotescartridgebox It is the whole whiskey and bourbon all over again. all bourbons are whiskies, but not all whiskies are bourbons.

[@graynotescartridgebox]

@@KaptajnKaffe yup

[@graynotescartridgebox]

It is both a pistol and a handgun. Handgun has a legal definition.

[@gungods01]

Great content, the information was on point. Especially the difference between the extractor and the ejector.

[@dougwebster8868]

True, but a break action shotgun could have extractors or ejectors depending on whether the shells are just extracted a bit or are completely removed from the chamber.

[@davea4037]

im sure you guys hit this in a prior video..........hows about "AR" meanining Armalite Rifle, not assault rifle! great video, thx for sharing.

[@johndoe-ek6vl]

do you have any idea how gay semantics are?

[@maxheadroom4659]

all of these I was aware of except revolvers being handguns & semi autos being pistols. Thanks.

[@graynotescartridgebox]

Semi-autos are also handguns.

[@onpsxmember]

For hundreds of years all single hand held and fired firearms were pistols. It was the 'handgun' term of the time. If you go way before 1880, you can find major revolver makers advertising as pistols. Then they became famous and everything is revolvers. Later on some are 'the lever action company' and that's how a questionable shotgun came to be.

[@eenzyme898]

If I were you, ill use a thumbnail image with Myles holding his g34, and subtitled "Is this Handgun or Pistol". The video is definitely going viral.

[@matthewmcgee]

With all due resect to Tactical Hyve, revolvers are "pistols" too. Figure 11 of Samuel Colt's 1839 patent even uses the word "pistol". Another example is that a Concealed Pistol License (CPL) includes revolvers. IMHO, "Pistol" and "Handgun" are synonymous.

[@garyh1449]

And Savage calls their removable magazine a "clip" I have one with "clip" stamped on the magazine.

[@johndoe-ek6vl]

they're trying to play the word salad game the liberals play in the courts ie 'undocumented migrant' vs illegal alien because the useage has real impacts in court proceedings. But honestly most of it's just cringe bs that wastes the right's dwindling time.

[@BrandensOutdoorChannel]

"slide release" is technically wrong. The main purpose is to lock the slide back on the last round so it's a slide lock.

[@BlaineNay]

Yes. On some models of pistols the "slide release" cannot be used to release the slide. It is, as you say, a slide lock. Some pistols don't even have a "slide release". Instead, they have an internal slide lock. Can you say Walther PPK?

[@samhicks7568]

With the silencer, vs suppressor argument, why don't we just call them a muffler.😁

[@sealy3]

Or you can call it a Muffler. = Suppresser. Revolver = wheel gun.

[@halekang1805]

It sounds like if you're being nitpicky silencer is correct based on the original patents.

[@troywillard7619]

The term the get me is Jam, my pistol got a Jam. No the pistol had a Malfunction and there are different types of Malfunctions.

[@markgoing6971]

always thought a suppressor had to do with diffusing (i.e. suppressing) the flash, and silencer had to do with reducing the noise

[@n8-j722]

Which is why it is now more commonly called a Flash Hider. Suppressor (more common, closer to actual function) is used interchangeably with Silencer (legal term, not as close to function), but due to exact definitions of 'suppress' vs 'silence'; most will say Suppressor, because none of then are capable of perfect silence.

[@politicallyinsensitive4200]

It's BOTH. Pistols are magazine fed, revolvers are cylinder fed. They are both handguns however.

[@matthewmcgee]

There are also pistols that don't have magazines. Muzzle loaded flintlock, breach loaded Derringer.

[@ianbuick8946]

Newbie here: what is the difference between holographic sight, red dot sight, or even reflex?

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

By the way: it's HK not H&K for Heckler & Koch 🇩🇪. They, themselves say: HK. ✔️

[@onpsxmember]

They themselves do a lot of dense things. They do a lot of things for marketing. You can even call them a marketing and law firm that happens to make firearms. On their US website they added how to pronounce 'Koch' and it's wrong and sounds like the male chicken which is hilarious. I can attest to that being German. Any German based dictionary site with native speakers recorded will give the right pronunciation. Koch is a very common name in Germany like Smith or Carpenter pointing out the job and Koch means the Cook, the chef in the kitchen. I can only assume they want to make it easy on the english speakers. HK is just the logo or in writing or designation cause they're initials. This may help, cause hearing it may sound different to english speakers: You start with a short 'Ko' like the 'Co' of Cobalt or Coco and add the weak hiss of a cat without showing teeth from the throat like you softly try to coff out a candle or cool down some hot beverage and then you chop off that sound quickly. All one syllable. Tada...Koch. The same speed as snapping your fingers. To listen to it, go to LEO dot org and search 'Koch' and listen to the German side of the audio.

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

@@onpsxmember I don't remember asking about that but thanks 😏 ....

[@docb1844]

8 bullets in a round .... come on man!

[@onpsxmember]

Historically, any firearm that is held and fired one handed is a pistol. The word pistol comes french, that probably is connected to czech meaning a whistl and an italian region famous for it's firearms. Even in the 1555 it had that meaning. Look at old commercials of Colt and other revolver makers..."The new Single Action Army Pistol". Only later on they marketed it differently, maybe for patent or marketing reasons. If you call any handgun a pistol that's correct. If you call a revolver a pistol that's also correct. It's a multi-chambered pistol...and a pepperbox is? If you call a semi-auto handgun/pistol a revolver that's incorrect. ( rare exceptions as always) Nobody has an issue with handgun. "Revolving" is another issue but it's just nitpicking astronomy terms. Overall the video is fine with modern terms and legalities. Terms often get decided by marketing and legal issues like vibrato/tremolo bridge. That was so wrong that guitar effect pedals made the wrong effect later on. But enough of that. Can't go wrong with whammy. The one that designs and patents something can call it what he wants and Hiram Maxim chose Silencer, but it doesn't matter that much. The outcry of the lingo brigade at some point...it's platform this, system that but on the other hand terms are terminology is important or one gets in trouble for "a shoulder thing that goes up."

[@JB-mt7hr]

Thank You!!! I hate being a snob, but I can't begin to tell you how many firearms sales people use the wrong terms. Rifles, and "handguns" use cartridges. (With few exceptions). Shotguns use shot shells. I know in most cases it does not matter, but holy crap it's nice to hear someone still knows what is what. We would load a shell in a 5" 38 on board ship.

[@johndoe-ek6vl]

maybe you're the problem? maybe try to learn things that actually matter in this world and not your stupid semantics?

[@boodgiek8146]

Young fellow a magazine was called a powder magazine where gun powder was store at a fort.yes we called them clips back in 1970s.

[@thatkajunguy8029]

True but at the time lots of rifles were still using striper clips so the term " hand me another clip " made sense. Now magazine fed weapons are more popular and widely used...

[@mikereese15]

Good stuff. An AR can be a pistol too so maybe adding that in and differences. Which leads into braces being called stocks. These are whole other conversations thst we shouldn't even need to have, but here we are.

[@Chris09978]

What I think of accuracy to me is where you want to shoot in a self dense situation or on the range. If your aim was to point and shoot a threat in the arm but end up shooting him in the torso or leg your not an accurate shoot because you did not shoot where you want to aim. Same goes with if you want to shoot the threat in the torso but got the threat in the leg. That’s my thoughts what accuracy is, it’s not about shooting the bullseye almost every time it’s about where you want to aim. If you disagree on this let me know I’m curious

[@BYGTOPP2]

Should’ve added the assault rifle Term misusage

[@mattberry4457]

it’s not a casing it’s a cartridge case.

[@shooterqqqq]

Casings are for sausages. LOL.

[@dougwebster8868]

One of my pet peeves. When you say casing you are just repeating the TV term or are new to shooting. The same as saying 22lr. Instead of saying long rifle.

[@warrenphilips8441]

Suppressor/Silencer - Completely agree, originalist interpretation also plays into the hands of the gun-grabbers (silencer-grabbers) who want to demonize what really amounts to just a gun muffler. Although the "silencer" industry and aficionados seem to cling to the term because it sounds cool. We could get more gun ranges and less hearing damage if we started encouraging suppressors instead of restricting them. Exclusivity hurts all of us in the long run. If you make another one of these it might be helpful to address some other terms: "Key Hole-ing" - I've always heard this term used in a disparaging way. Your bullet is tumbling at distance and so it doesn't make a perfect circle hole on paper, it makes a key hole. Although I've also heard it used to describe precision, a key hole sized group, or stacking shot placement like Robin Hood. Pistol v Rifle v AR v carbine v firearm v arms v AOW v objects that weight as much as 10 boxes 🙂 - [screams while running toward and diving out window]

[@michaelbrininstool4515]

Handgun versus pistol. I agree that glock and the lot are pistols, however your explanation(definition) does not make sense. In the 1830s through at least the 1880s, What we call a revolver today was called a pistol. As in pistoleros.

[@jeffdavidson2666]

When I hear "clip" I get a spastic twitch that I cannot control. LMAO. That's the biggest one that gets me

[@njcranes]

I guess in a life or death situation it might matter but honestly, we butcher our language to death repeatedly soooo...yeah, there's that

[@victormaxwell5947]

Really cool 😎

[@jfrost1260]

Silencer is the correct term if you refer to the original blueprint.

[@dalehazard8016]

Another term that is overly used and is overly confusing is the term "Assault Weapon". This term was created by the media to instill fear in people because it looks scary (because it resembles the AR-15) and is overused by the media and the government. An Assault Weapon is a fully automatic weapon used only by the military and police. The military doesn't use the AR-15. The government uses this term to describe an AR-15 because it cosmetically resembles the fully automatic version of either the M-16 or M-4 Carbine which are used only by the military and some police departments. The AR-15 is the civilian version of these two rifles. The AR-15 only fires one bullet per trigger pull. The M-16 & M-4 Carbine will fire continuously until the trigger is released. The proper term for an AR-15 is called a "Modern Sporting Rifle" or MSR. Will someone please educate Nancy Pelosi, Joe Biden, Chuck Schumer and all of the other gun grabbers to use the proper term and stop calling the AR-15 an AK-47 an assault weapon.

[@Mantis_Tobahgahn]

I also want to point out the constant misuse of the names of two cartridges. 45 ACP and 45 Long Colt are incorrect names for these cartridges. It 45 Auto and 45 Colt.

[@stolnpckup]

I was calling a magazine a clip. Then, people told me, it is called a magazine not a clip. So, I started calling it the proper name. Handguns to me are all of them. I did not know that a some are considered pistols and some handguns.

[@ConcernedCitizen1957]

You missed the whole "pistol" point. The difference which has been proven wrong here was between pistol and revolver. They were always handguns.

[@pyeitme508]

So true 😅

[@JohnTubiolo]

8:43 when the pistol is being chambered into the barrel?

[@25N77]

Adding a bit of history… Spanish, from pistola pistol The first known use of pistolero was in 1932.

[@onpsxmember]

Nah, that comes from french and that comes possible czech and italian. Czech píšťala meaning a pipe/tube. That goes way back to the 1570s, in some 1555ish.

[@bpm990d]

Barrel extension being called a star chamber.

[@The_Referee]

i got 1 more, slide lock, slide release, or slide stop

[@DaveL9170]

It’s not a pistol or handgun. It’s called a WEAPON because that’s what’s firearms are according to my drill instructor. He told use to always “secure our weapon” so that’s the right terminology.

[@amym828]

I was really hoping you would do Caliber & Cartridges. "308" is a cartridge not a caliber.

[@stumpyhigginbottom3466]

Gotta correct you. ".308" is a caliber, ".308 Winchester" is a cartridge.

[@graynotescartridgebox]

Stumpy is right.

[@REVELN]

Exactly

[@44hawk28]

And the most horribly abused term in the Firearms industry, hands down, is the misuse of the word Firepower. The highest fire power handgun that exists today is a 38 special revolver, followed very closely within just a couple of percentage points by a 357 Magnum Revolver. Firepower has less to do with how many rounds the firearm holds at any given time. But it seems to be that the more rounds they firearm can shoot at one time without a Reload tends to work against it's actual Firepower. Firepower is the percentage of rounds that it take effect as the function of the ratio of the number of rounds that are fired. So let's say you hit four out of six rounds out of a six shot revolver, you have a Firepower ratio of 66.6%. That is considerably better Firepower than a 50% efficacy with a Beretta that had 18 rounds available. Remember it's the rounds that take effect, which, by the way, is why I believe that the move to think that the 9mm is the end all and be all of handgun cartridges is horribly flawed. The effectiveness of a handgun round, because it does not move fast enough to create hydrostatic shock which requires a bullet to be very close if not over the level of about 2000 ft per second. Then you must depend on rounds that produce the largest permanent wound cavity. And that is bullets that expand to the greatest size to create a wound cavity of the largest cubic inches. A bullet that opens up to 60 caliber for 10 in produces much greater stopping power then a bullet that Remains 35 caliber for 18 in like the FBI claims, but we know, as a matter of actual gunfight statistics and wound observation, that the FBI is utterly wrong. They are correct that you can more easily train people to hit better with a 9 mm, but how many of those rounds are actually having an effect on stopping the gunfight. So you're hitting more with a round that results in a lower firepower. When their own testing indicates that 357 Magnum is still the best first shot fight stopper that exists. And the closer to that capability is a better round. The 357 magnum, the 38 super, the 357 sig, the 40 smith, the 45 acp, all produce larger permanent wound cavities than anything but the very fastest/most effective 9 mm.

[@Rangergeo85]

Should cover select fire

[@donovandaniel]

So, it's a pistol AND a handgun... all squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are squares.

[@josephtucciarone6878]

It is a firearm. More specifically, it is a handgun. Even more specifically, it is a pistol as opposed to a revolver.

[@joshuaborne4721]

You said she'll in relation of heavy artillery. Those in the artillery will understand this...Woooshaaa!!! Shot on one.

[@garypeterson3628]

The term automatic. I is used interchangeably for both semi-auto and full-auto. Yes I have an auto loading pistol / rifle, but it is not a machine gun.

[@pauldornbusch6408]

Let's not forget half moon clips, for some revolvers.

[@glennrogers9905]

A handgun is the generic term for a gun you hold in your hand. A handgun can be either a revolver or a pistol.

[@Old_Sailor85]

Then stop calling them guns, except for shotguns. Did your DI let you call your rifle a "gun"?

[@thatkajunguy8029]

Mine absolutely did NOT

[@timlange531]

Good video, great content, but cut down on the caffeine and take it from 45 to 33 & 1/3. :-)

[@geoffreydavis1346]

As taught in the military a gun such as shot gun and artillery piece such as 105MM artillery pieces are guns no rifling in the barrel a M16 or M14 are rifles because of rifling in the barrel heaven forbid you called your rifle a gun.

[@MA-lq6eb]

WELL U CERTAINLY GOT PEOPLE TALKING HERE. SO I GUESS THIS WAS A SUCCESS! 😎👍🇺🇸

[@armeddiver]

You got a few riled up with the silencer vs suppressor issue. While [suppression] is all a [silencer] can actually do, purist get wound up over people not calling it by it’s actual registered nomenclature. I refuse to use the term [silencer] because it is a word that anti-gunners clamp onto just like they do “assault weapons.” Anti-gunners will beat you up in any conversation over the fact that “silencer” is it’s real nomenclature, not suppressor. It makes for a great debate when they insist I call a suppressor a silencer, but I can’t correct them when they call a semi-automatic carbine an “assault weapon.” Yes, I have these debates because they are fun and I normally leave the anti-gunner extremely frustrated wishing they had a gun to shoot me with. People really don’t like to have their ignorance challenged. Now with all that said, thank you for the video. I learned something that I had never thought about and that is the difference between accuracy and precision. Your explanation caused me to go and do a little extra reading. If you are open minded learning will continue. Again, thank you.

[@boodgiek8146]

Years ago we read magazines,now you young folks are tied to your computers,and I pads ,we shot open sighted guns a lot at 100 yds,now everybody needs gadgets to hit anything.i guess times have changed.

[@DaveL9170]

Silencer is correct cause that’s what’s on your Form 4.

[@mr.nobody68]

"Trigger Finger" The proper and correct term is "Booger Hook". However, "Booger Hooker" is widely accepted as well

[@Woodstock271]

Here’s something often overlooked, gun nuts are anal-retentive. They tend to insist on proper nomenclature to hide the fact that they are weak inside. Don’t get me wrong, I’m an engineer and know all the “proper terms” in describing physical parts of a machine but I’m not so anal that I’ll not forgive when someone is using slang in a more relaxed way. I trust the relaxed more than the anal-retentive. I love guns but I’m not so serious about what you call every part. For instance, I bought a Beretta 92F way back in the early 80’s. The gun shop guy was someone I’d never hang out with and when I asked if this gun came with one clip or two, he corrected me explaining it wasn’t a gun, it was a pistol, and it came with two 15 round “magazines”, not clips. He actually said, “We use the proper nomenclature here.” I nodded, “You’ve never been invited to a party huh?” He didn’t even understand what I was saying. He thought, by being an anal-retentive using all the proper nomenclature, he’d be superior to those who don’t and get invited to a party. Strangely, he never was. I walked out of the gun shop with two clips for my gun thinking this sociopath better never cross my path. He’s just weird. Way too careful about what he says. I don’t trust him at all. There’s a time and place to be “precise” about your wording regarding physical things like machines, but in public and in a looser setting, you need to know how horrible it makes you sound if you’re focused on proper nomenclature instead of reality. In the machinist world, I’ve dealt with lots of social misfits. They always used proper nomenclature. I’d never invite them to my parties. Relax everyone! It’s okay to call a magazine a clip. Always has been. The guy who insists it’s not called that, won’t be at the party anyway so you’re safe. I wonder if anal-retentives know what’s wrong with them?

[@robertdinicola9225]

Uh, revolvers were called pistols long before any semi auto handgun was created.

[@James-xb8dd]

I was taught in Boot, Sidearm

[@davidhartley6232]

"Eight bullets per round." -Joe Biden

[@harrybaulz666]

He called a rimless round a rim

[@seanwhite304]

You should of done Carbine Vs Rifle lol

[@DavidTaitano]

So only revolvers can be properly referred to as "handguns"? Or is handgun an all-inclusive term that includes both revolvers and semi-auto pistols? Virginia issues Concealed *Handgun* Permits (CHP). It authorizes the concealed carry of handguns only, and no other weapons.

[@matthewmcgee]

IMHO, pistol and handgun are synonymous, with pistol being a much older word. Washington state issues Concealed Pistol Licenses (CPL), which includes revolvers.

[@SectionChief]

“Platform” is misused and abused in just about every other firearms video.

[@ericrumpel3105]

.......precision accuracy.

[@bloodbath3585]

Lets get Coch to do a video on all his favorite knifes

[@thomashendricks4470]

FMJ ammo = “Ball ammo”…huh?

[@shooterqqqq]

Correct.

[@Dread_Pirate_Homesteader]

Rolls eyes honestly only the most up tight people care

[@hitman_s1]

A real purist would use "silencer" because of the Maxim patent.

[@joshuaborne4721]

Shell

[@XrayMike17plus1]

Great video. Handgun is often incorrectly and genericly used to differentiate between long-guns and hand-held guns. I recall reading the pistol definition of "one chamber/one barrel" but often revert to handgun because it's not a long-gun. Are there specifics like this when referring to any gun as a 'weapon'? IMO the most egregious error is calling a magazine a clip.

[@johndoe-ek6vl]

I own more guns than you and that I'm sure of and I deliberately irritate morons like you when I'm in your fudd gun shops.

[@theresponsiblyviolentcitizen]

Just the tip

[@Goldenwithaleash]

It’s important to know the proper terminology but don’t be an a-hole about it. I’ve seen several instances where an “expert” berates a new shooter for using the wrong term. You can educate in a way that doesn’t make them feel dumb. We need all the responsible shooters, male and female, we can get.

[@kago1891]

I say clip a lot but that's because my grandfather does I know it isn't but my grandpa calls it that fat and sometimes without thinking I would never dare to correct him about this because this man was in the trenches with clips so let's be honest are you really going to correct someone😅

[@RydaBarber]

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[@davidgaines8607]

This video was slightly elitist. None of this matters AT ALL and in fact a couple of these were even wrong. To me the only one that was worth mentioning was extractor/ejector as they are literally gun parts with different functions , and even that won't matter to most people.

[@ericrumpel3105]

.....removeable clip magazine.

[@colejohnson3705]

Hiram Percy Maxim invented and patented the " Silence attachment". You can call it a suppressor or a silencer. There is not a wrong term for it. I am going to pass on any future videos of this type.

[@davidmeeker7481]

I didn't stick around till the end. I don't know if you touched on it. But the term " point blank range" gets misused A LOT!!!!

[@johngalt234]

The whole silencer-or-suppressor thing is idiotic. No one bitches about _stainless_ steel when it rusts. "Suppressor" is pro-gun propaganda aimed to police our own so the general public doesn't believe that the item eliminates all sound.

[@mr.2d749]

Banana clip