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Old May 23, 2015, 09:05 AM   #1
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Guns will not "run" ammo.

For the life of me, I cannot figure out why none of my guns will "run" with any kind of ammo. They will however fire, shoot and function with any ammunition I use in them. Must be my age.
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Old May 23, 2015, 10:09 AM   #2
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Sounds like somebody tinkled in your Cheerios this morning.
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Old May 23, 2015, 06:45 PM   #3
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Yes, your guns can run with ammo. The definition of "run" fits perfectly:

From Merriam-Webster:
"8b: function, operate."

From the Oxford Dictionary:
"7. Be in or cause to be in operation; function or cause to function."

From Dictionary.com:
"29. To operate or function."
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Old May 23, 2015, 08:04 PM   #4
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I don't care for that term "run" as it is used for firearms. It's just some folks being tacticool through terminology.
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Old May 23, 2015, 08:08 PM   #5
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I don't care for that term "run" as it is used for firearms. It's just some folks being tacticool through terminology.
I disagree. The term has been used for decades (at least) in a variety of contexts. I'm now a senior citizen. Even when I was a teen-ager, we would say that a freshly tuned up car "runs like a top." I can think of any number of things over the years that I have praised with the description "runs like a sewing machine." The John Deere company for years used the slogan "Nothing runs like a Deere."

I just don't see anything "tacticool" about using the same expression in connection with firearms. They are, after all, machines.
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Old May 23, 2015, 08:27 PM   #6
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Just a standard American saying about any piece of machinery. "My ole' Chevy runs good!" Being around since the beginning of the industrial age. Nothing tacticool about it. jeez....
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Old May 23, 2015, 08:33 PM   #7
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My assault rifle sniper runs on bullets I load in the clip.

Terminology is a beautiful thing.
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Old May 23, 2015, 09:27 PM   #8
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Im ok with any of the verious shooting terminology . If Im talking Tactical I can do so with the best , if Bench rest precision can do , Country Boy sharp shooter grew up talking it .
Whats the problem ?
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Old May 24, 2015, 10:52 AM   #9
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Old May 24, 2015, 11:00 AM   #10
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I don't care for that term "run" as it is used for firearms. It's just some folks being tacticool through terminology.
The constant accusations of various things being "tacticool" is getting absolutely ridiculous. No, people aren't trying to be "tacticool" when they use the verb "run" in relation to firearms, they're just using the word as it has been used for decades or perhaps even centuries.
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Old May 24, 2015, 11:03 AM   #11
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Is it taticool when you get the 'runs'? Had to ask.

You run a program.

I think this has run its course.
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Old May 24, 2015, 11:14 AM   #12
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Old May 24, 2015, 09:30 PM   #13
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Never in my long life have I ever, until the last 4 or 5 or 8 years, heard anybody referring to running a gun. Tractors run. Cars run. A rifle is fired. Use whatever slang you like. No biggie to me. It just sounds silly to me.

Still, I suppose a fully automatic weapon could be said to run, since it's repetitively firing. My bolt actions don't run. And yes, I do think that the term has its origins in tacticool slang.
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Old May 24, 2015, 10:02 PM   #14
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The function of a semi-auto rifle is not so different than a two stroke motor.

For a person who understands machines and HOW THEY RUN,it is perfectly understandable to use the term" runs good" when talking about a self loader.

My perception is the term "run "is more the language of a mechanically minded individual than some "tacticool" person.

The terminology conveys the idea rather perfectly.What is the point of language and terminology?

I really do not care in the least if someone calls a 30 rd M-1Carbine magazine a "Banana Clip".Plenty of folks who carried one in war might use that term.

I feel no requirement to correct them to "Banana Magazine"

The conversation would stop being fun.What did I accomplish?

Even though I am fully aware I am not technically correct,I prefer to call a .45 Colt a .45 Long Colt.And I do.

I might call a Winchester 1897 slide action repeating shotgun a cornshucker.

So what?
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Old May 24, 2015, 10:20 PM   #15
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Your guns can't, however, run with scissors.....
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Old May 24, 2015, 11:23 PM   #16
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well, it could run with scissors, but it might put out it's sight

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Old May 24, 2015, 11:58 PM   #17
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Old May 25, 2015, 12:03 AM   #18
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I really do not care in the least if someone calls a 30 rd M-1Carbine magazine a "Banana Clip".Plenty of folks who carried one in war might use that term.

I feel no requirement to correct them to "Banana Magazine"
Ironically, I spent last Sunday and today taking the required hunter safety course so I can get a hunting license. Today's session included a (very limited) live fire session with bolt action .22 rifles. We "students" had to load up the magazines in the classroom before we headed out to the range.

When the instructors were collecting the loaded magazines, the head instructor told his assistants to be sure they got all the "clips."
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Old May 25, 2015, 05:43 AM   #19
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YEARS ago; Back in he early '90s during one of my annual In-Service Training classes, and later on the range for firearms recertification, the Sr. Trainer kept referring to cartridges as "bullets" and to make sure to keep our "clips" topped off while waiting for other shooters on the line to finish firing.

I couldn't help myself at the time, and I loaded some plain 9MM bullets alternately in one mag for the G17 with which we were qualifying that day.

The Sr. Trainer was only one shooter from me when I would shoot, fire once, and then raise my hand to signal a misfire. After the third or fourth time, the Sr. Trainer approached and took the G17 from me to inspect it.

Upon removing the mag and seeing the plain bullets, he made some remarks which cannot be repeated here, and called over another instructor to see the bullets. When asked why the Bull s**t stunt, I merely stated in front of the other instructor that we were told to keep the mags topped off with fresh "bullets" and that is what I topped them off with.... "Fresh BULLETS".

After some chuckles from a couple other instructors who had wandered over to see what was so important and funny, I was chastised by the Sr. Trainer for my apparently arrogant insolence, and told I would to make up recertification at the next scheduled date.

The "incident" made it back to my duty station before I did and I was called into my supervisor's office upon return for an explanation, which then drew another chuckle or two from the Lt. and Sgt. over me.

However, at the next recert, and every one thereafter, and even in annual training classes until I retired in '05, the Sr. Trainer always used proper terminology in referring to cartridges and magazines.

In retrospect.... Perhaps not so funny now but I thought it was downright hilarious back then.

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Old May 25, 2015, 07:41 AM   #20
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Sure guns can run!!!!!!!

Ever heard of "gun running" what's the matter with you people!!!!!
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Old May 25, 2015, 03:15 PM   #21
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Stupid me! I forgot "Fast and Furious " . Gun running at it's finest!
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Old May 27, 2015, 09:43 AM   #22
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Yeah, I can't figure out how my car runs with gasoline.

I know it internally combusts, but really... .
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Old May 27, 2015, 10:17 AM   #23
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This thread reminds me of the old phone prank......"is you refrigerator running?", and is just as foolish.
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Old May 27, 2015, 12:20 PM   #24
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Not as foolish as " wich hollow point will stop the bad guy " type thread .
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Old May 27, 2015, 12:43 PM   #25
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This thread reminds me of the old phone prank......"is you refrigerator running?", and is just as foolish.
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