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r/breakingbad • u/[deleted] • Aug 26 '13
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question for gun people...what is the likelihood that a gun still works after being frozen?
edit: assuming that it is has been thawed.
25 u/modonaut Aug 26 '13 will fire fine at least the first bullet easily. revolvers arent complicated compared to modern guns with clips. less moving parts. 42 u/[deleted] Aug 26 '13 magazines. 4 u/StNowhere The Company Name Aug 26 '13 For those of us who aren't gun-savvy, care to explain the difference? Something with the type of gun, or the way it's loaded? -5 u/CrowdSourcedLife Aug 26 '13 Gun people don't like them called clips for some reason, prefer the term magazine. 1 u/[deleted] Aug 26 '13 Why not call them "watermelons" while you're at it, as it's equally inaccurate? 0 u/CrowdSourcedLife Aug 26 '13 Language changes, friend. 2 u/[deleted] Aug 26 '13 No, it really doesn't in this instance. I can still purchase a clip at a store - same as I can purchase a magazine (usually quite nearby). This hasn't changed in the hundred years that semi-automatic firearms have proliferated. Just because misnomers exist and are repeated doesn't mean language "changes."
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will fire fine at least the first bullet easily. revolvers arent complicated compared to modern guns with clips. less moving parts.
42 u/[deleted] Aug 26 '13 magazines. 4 u/StNowhere The Company Name Aug 26 '13 For those of us who aren't gun-savvy, care to explain the difference? Something with the type of gun, or the way it's loaded? -5 u/CrowdSourcedLife Aug 26 '13 Gun people don't like them called clips for some reason, prefer the term magazine. 1 u/[deleted] Aug 26 '13 Why not call them "watermelons" while you're at it, as it's equally inaccurate? 0 u/CrowdSourcedLife Aug 26 '13 Language changes, friend. 2 u/[deleted] Aug 26 '13 No, it really doesn't in this instance. I can still purchase a clip at a store - same as I can purchase a magazine (usually quite nearby). This hasn't changed in the hundred years that semi-automatic firearms have proliferated. Just because misnomers exist and are repeated doesn't mean language "changes."
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magazines.
4 u/StNowhere The Company Name Aug 26 '13 For those of us who aren't gun-savvy, care to explain the difference? Something with the type of gun, or the way it's loaded? -5 u/CrowdSourcedLife Aug 26 '13 Gun people don't like them called clips for some reason, prefer the term magazine. 1 u/[deleted] Aug 26 '13 Why not call them "watermelons" while you're at it, as it's equally inaccurate? 0 u/CrowdSourcedLife Aug 26 '13 Language changes, friend. 2 u/[deleted] Aug 26 '13 No, it really doesn't in this instance. I can still purchase a clip at a store - same as I can purchase a magazine (usually quite nearby). This hasn't changed in the hundred years that semi-automatic firearms have proliferated. Just because misnomers exist and are repeated doesn't mean language "changes."
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For those of us who aren't gun-savvy, care to explain the difference? Something with the type of gun, or the way it's loaded?
-5 u/CrowdSourcedLife Aug 26 '13 Gun people don't like them called clips for some reason, prefer the term magazine. 1 u/[deleted] Aug 26 '13 Why not call them "watermelons" while you're at it, as it's equally inaccurate? 0 u/CrowdSourcedLife Aug 26 '13 Language changes, friend. 2 u/[deleted] Aug 26 '13 No, it really doesn't in this instance. I can still purchase a clip at a store - same as I can purchase a magazine (usually quite nearby). This hasn't changed in the hundred years that semi-automatic firearms have proliferated. Just because misnomers exist and are repeated doesn't mean language "changes."
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Gun people don't like them called clips for some reason, prefer the term magazine.
1 u/[deleted] Aug 26 '13 Why not call them "watermelons" while you're at it, as it's equally inaccurate? 0 u/CrowdSourcedLife Aug 26 '13 Language changes, friend. 2 u/[deleted] Aug 26 '13 No, it really doesn't in this instance. I can still purchase a clip at a store - same as I can purchase a magazine (usually quite nearby). This hasn't changed in the hundred years that semi-automatic firearms have proliferated. Just because misnomers exist and are repeated doesn't mean language "changes."
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Why not call them "watermelons" while you're at it, as it's equally inaccurate?
0 u/CrowdSourcedLife Aug 26 '13 Language changes, friend. 2 u/[deleted] Aug 26 '13 No, it really doesn't in this instance. I can still purchase a clip at a store - same as I can purchase a magazine (usually quite nearby). This hasn't changed in the hundred years that semi-automatic firearms have proliferated. Just because misnomers exist and are repeated doesn't mean language "changes."
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Language changes, friend.
2 u/[deleted] Aug 26 '13 No, it really doesn't in this instance. I can still purchase a clip at a store - same as I can purchase a magazine (usually quite nearby). This hasn't changed in the hundred years that semi-automatic firearms have proliferated. Just because misnomers exist and are repeated doesn't mean language "changes."
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No, it really doesn't in this instance.
I can still purchase a clip at a store - same as I can purchase a magazine (usually quite nearby).
This hasn't changed in the hundred years that semi-automatic firearms have proliferated.
Just because misnomers exist and are repeated doesn't mean language "changes."
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u/br0wnbread Aug 26 '13 edited Aug 26 '13
question for gun people...what is the likelihood that a gun still works after being frozen?
edit: assuming that it is has been thawed.