Reticle drives me nutz

[Buck1950]

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reticule

 

[AB.boy]

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reticle

 

[Buck1950]

^ exactly my point - very many here have purses on their rifles

 

[9-ball]

a purse on top, and a break at the end of the barrel.

 

[1895GS]

Rectalcul

 

[scotteboy]

?

 

[I Dont Care About You]

I have never once seen anyone use the spelling "reticule" here.

I do see a TON of people using the word "grain" completely incorrectly ... as in, "what grain bullet?" Grain is a unit of weight, NOBODY would ever ask, "what pound of bullet".

 

[9-ball]

I have never once seen anyone use the spelling "reticule" here.

I do see a TON of people using the word "grain" completely incorrectly ... as in, "what grain bullet?" Grain is a unit of weight, NOBODY would ever ask, "what pound of bullet".

ok, so how do you ask for what bullet weight to use?
I might be in the TONNE (metric, but still a weight of people? But you wouldnt say "pounds of people"?) bunch of people that use it wrong.

 

[FLHTCUI]

^ exactly my point - very many here have purses on their rifles

They are not purses, they are murses.....

 

[Buck1950]

thanks for the clarification

 

[I Dont Care About You]

ok, so how do you ask for what bullet weight to use?
I might be in the TONNE (metric, but still a weight of people? But you wouldnt say "pounds of people"?) bunch of people that use it wrong.

What bullet weight do I use?

Shooters have managed that question for over 100 years but this "what grain?" idiocy has only gained traction in the last 4 or 5 years.

 

[DGY]

Well since bullets are in grains or grams then it make sense to ask why would it be in grains?!?! Or is what weight bullet is the right formulation?

 

[9-ball]

What bullet weight do I use?

Shooters have managed that question for over 100 years but this "what grain?" idiocy has only gained traction in the last 4 or 5 years.

Well since bullets are in grains or grams then it make sense to ask why would it be in grains?!?! Or is what weight bullet is the right formulation?

dont forget slugs in oz.

I am still not convinced to just ask bullet weight. Seems like too many units being used.

 

[fred0000]

I have never once seen anyone use the spelling "reticule" here.

I do see a TON of people using the word "grain" completely incorrectly ... as in, "what grain bullet?" Grain is a unit of weight, NOBODY would ever ask, "what pound of bullet".

"What grain bullet" is the propper way, just like asking "can i go to the bathroom" in school, it's improper english, but we know what you meant.
We know they're more commonly weighed in grains hence why it's asked that way.

But i'm with you on reticule, never once seen anyone spell it that way, took a few replies on the thread before i realised what the OP was on about.

 

[lucky07]

It's those damned frenchmen again.

 

[Boltgun]

adding to the list

crosshairs I have heard -
- recticle
- rectacul

picatinny
- picadilly
- picatilly
- picanny

leupold - proper - loop-hold
-lee-o-pold

 

[taeish]

Clips and shoulder things that go up. Who cares.

 

[270AB]

"a purse on top, and a break at the end of the barrel..."

Must be talking 6.5 creedmoor??

 

[brownbear53]

"a purse on top, and a break at the end of the barrel..."

Must be talking 6.5 creedmoor??

mildly offended, but still finds it extremely funny

 

[R005t3r]

Thank gawd I'm not the only literacy NA2I around here.
'reticular'
adjective
characterized by a fine network or netlike structure.