Magazine versus Clip

[b322da]

This failure to use commonly accepted terminology is not unique to the U.S. While reading a British murder mystery last night I encountered a shooter holding a revolver, which fired four shots "before he could release the trigger."

Now that's a rapid-fire revolver.

Elmo

[jimlongley]

This failure to use commonly accepted terminology is not unique to the U.S. While reading a British murder mystery last night I encountered a shooter holding a revolver, which fired four shots "before he could release the trigger."

Now that's a rapid-fire revolver.

Elmo

It could happen with a Webley-Fosbery automatic revolver.

Not many others, though.

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[b322da]

This failure to use commonly accepted terminology is not unique to the U.S. While reading a British murder mystery last night I encountered a shooter holding a revolver, which fired four shots "before he could release the trigger."

Now that's a rapid-fire revolver.

Elmo

It could happen with a Webley-Fosbery automatic revolver.

Not many others, though.

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Amazing, Jim! I must mentally apologize to my British author, who is no longer with us, and also to our readers. I get so aggravated learning new things at my age. I thought I already knew it all.

I should add that this novel took place at about the time of WWI, so the timing of the Webley-Fosbery would be perfect.

Elmo

[jimlongley]

This failure to use commonly accepted terminology is not unique to the U.S. While reading a British murder mystery last night I encountered a shooter holding a revolver, which fired four shots "before he could release the trigger."

Now that's a rapid-fire revolver.

Elmo

It could happen with a Webley-Fosbery automatic revolver.

Not many others, though.

http://world.guns.ru/handguns/hg184-e.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Amazing, Jim! I must mentally apologize to my British author, who is no longer with us, and also to our readers. I get so aggravated learning new things at my age. I thought I already knew it all.

I should add that this novel took place at about the time of WWI, so the timing of the Webley-Fosbery would be perfect.

Elmo

I have handled and fired a W/F that had been converted to .45ACP, many years ago at Numrich Arms. An interesting experience, you don't expect a revolver to cycle like a semi-auto.

[terryg]

When I was at military school(Allen Academy, Bryan,TX) many moons ago, we were required to memorize the nomenclature of the M-1 Garand, as that's what we were issued for the year. I'll never forget:

"An M-1 is a gas operated, clip fed, semi-automatic, shoulder fired weapon"

We were issued an FM 23-5 and sure enough, it's in there too:

"The U.S. rifle caliber .30, M1, (fig. 1) is an air-cooled, gas-operated, clip-fed, and semiautomatic shoulder weapon. This means that the air cools the barrel; that the power to cock the rifle and chamber the succeeding round comes from the expanding gas of the round fired previously; that it is loaded by inserting a metal clip (containing a maximum of eight rounds) into the receiver; and that the rifle fires one round each time the trigger is pulled."

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Boy that sure does bring back memories.

"The M16A2 is a light weight. magazine fed, air cooled, gas operated, shoulder fired weapon, capable of firing either semi-automatic or three-round burst."