Mark wrote:
>
> Someone else can probably explain this much better,
but as I recall my
> brother's explanation, drilled into him by drill
sergeants (who would
> make those who screwed up hold their rifle over
their head in one hand,
> hold their cock with the other and chant this is my
rifle and this is my
> gun, one is for killing, one is for fun), a gun is a
stationary weapon,
> usually requiring more than one person to fire it
(machine guns on
> tripods or guns on the deck of a ship, for instance;
there are probably
> certain caliber requirements, too), while rifles are
rifles and pistols
> are sidearms. Can anyone with more knowledge tell me
if I'm even close
> to remembering correctly? (And as they always note
at the beginning of
> books, any mistakes are mine, not my
brother's.)
>
That's pretty much the way I remember it from my bootcamp
days.
Jim Beaver
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