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Break or Brake - babaganoush - 09-02-2013
I know this sounds picky, but the unintentional misuse of these words has been having an accumulative effect on me. It appears that people on the board have been politely ignoring the occasional misuse, and thats fine. But for those who really dont know the distinction, and would like to, here it is:
Brake
As a noun, brake most commonly refers to a device for slowing down or stopping the movement of a vehicle or machine. (This includes devices fastened to the muzzles of rifles). The verb brake means to slow down or stop with a brake.
Break
As a noun, break has many meanings, including a fracture, an interruption, a pause, a sudden move, an escape, and an opportunity.
The irregular verb break also has many meanings. The most common ones include to split or cut open, to make unusable, and to interrupt.
Lastly, there is the compound word, break-in, which refers to the initial period of mechanical operation during which working parts begin to function properly.
Now that that is off my chest, I think Ill hit the brakes on this thread and go take a break.
Break or Brake - Allen - 09-02-2013
I'm glad that I'm not the only one that stuff like that bothers them.
Break or Brake - ricsmall - 09-02-2013
You guys need to shoot more! Lol
Break or Brake - NugginFutz - 09-02-2013
ricsmall Wrote:You guys need to shoot more! Lol
Give it a break, Ricsmall. It appears you could stand to follow your own advice.
Break or Brake - explorecaves - 09-02-2013
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Break or Brake - ricsmall - 09-02-2013
NugginFutz Wrote:Give it a break, Ricsmall. It appears you could stand to follow your own advice.
Did you not notice the LOL? Thanks for the advice but I got my trigger time in this weekend.
Richard
Break or Brake - NugginFutz - 09-02-2013
ricsmall Wrote:Did you not notice the LOL? Thanks for the advice but I got my trigger time in this weekend.
Richard
Did you not notice my play on words? Sorry, if my sense of humor was a tad dry. And yes, I got in my therapeutic trigger time in, as well.
Break or Brake - LR1955 - 09-02-2013
You guys done?
How did you shoot this weekend? Anyone compete?
LR1955
Break or Brake - ricsmall - 09-02-2013
Yes sir, I think we got it all out. I was shooting a .458 socom from 100 to 400 yards. My cousin has the pics on his phone, I'll try and get him to send them. The gun is funny, at 100 you're about 1.25 Moa, past that out to 400 it's a little less than Moa. All this is only over two range sessions and about 150 rounds, but consistently so.
Richard
Break or Brake - bwaites - 09-02-2013
Gee, with a.458 or a Beo, 1MOA means jack! When the bullets .5 MOA at 100, close is good enough!
Break or Brake - davidj - 09-02-2013
babaganoush Wrote:I know this sounds picky, but the unintentional misuse of these words has been having an accumulative effect on me. It appears that people on the board have been politely ignoring the occasional misuse, and that’s fine. But for those who really don’t know the distinction, and would like to, here it is:You obviously weren't educated in Albuquerque.
Brake
As a noun, brake most commonly refers to a device for slowing down or stopping the movement of a vehicle or machine. (This includes devices fastened to the muzzles of rifles). The verb brake means to slow down or stop with a brake.
Break
As a noun, break has many meanings, including a fracture, an interruption, a pause, a sudden move, an escape, and an opportunity.
The irregular verb break also has many meanings. The most common ones include to split or cut open, to make unusable, and to interrupt.
Lastly, there is the compound word, break-in, which refers to the initial period of mechanical operation during which working parts begin to function properly.
Now that that is off my chest, I think I’ll hit the brakes on this thread and go take a break.
Break or Brake - babaganoush - 09-02-2013
davidj Wrote:you obviously weren't educated in albuquerque.
Yep - DNHS '73. You know - before they socialized education.
Break or Brake - montana - 09-03-2013
LR1955 Wrote:You guys done?
How did you shoot this weekend? Anyone compete?
LR1955
My daughter and I practiced yesterday with our handguns and AR-15's till we got swarmed and stung by aggressive yellow jackets. Having a yellow jacket crawl on your face while focusing on your shot is good practice on keeping ones focus. Well that's what I told my daughter but I don't think she bought into it.
Break or Brake - wheelguner - 09-03-2013
I understand! My pet peeve is calling a magazine a clip. The M1 Garand uses a clip, it's successor the M14 uses a magazine. I'm not sure why "little things" can rub us the wrong way. Pogo said "I have seen the enemy and he is US".
Break or Brake - JDub - 09-03-2013
Just assume everyone is typing from their phone and auto-correct has taken control.
Break or Brake - JASmith - 09-03-2013
bwaites Wrote:Gee, with a.458 or a Beo, 1MOA means jack! When the bullets .5 MOA at 100, close is good enough!Duh, I never thought about that!!
Cheers!
Break or Brake - LR1955 - 09-03-2013
ricsmall Wrote:Yes sir, I think we got it all out. I was shooting a .458 socom from 100 to 400 yards. My cousin has the pics on his phone, I'll try and get him to send them. The gun is funny, at 100 you're about 1.25 Moa, past that out to 400 it's a little less than Moa. All this is only over two range sessions and about 150 rounds, but consistently so.
Richard
Richard:
Did you use your quadrant sight for the 400 yard range?
I imagine you could shoot the shot, come off the rifle and look through your spotting scope and see the trace of the bullet at 400.
Don't laugh. I would do that with my Sharps 45-90 at 400 plus yards.
Neat shooting big, slow, heavy bullets at distance.
LR1955
Break or Brake - Whelenon - 09-04-2013
It's what the Horde is all about, always learning or is that learned. And yes I got my trigger time in, shooting up an old 20lb propane tank hanging on a Sheppard's hook. 5.56 and 44 Mag cut hole but the 45ACP just put big ugly dents in it.
Break or Brake - sneaky one - 09-04-2013
RS, is that a teaser -heavy pills and all ? Lr1955 is gonna say-wuh?
Break or Brake - LR1955 - 09-04-2013
Guys:
Am waiting for one of you to come up with a sort of lexicon of terms used in the marksmanship arena that we can refer someone to who is new to the equipment and shooting sports.
This would cover material, technology, and marksmanship terminology.
Any takers?
LR1955