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Originally Posted by twistedmosaic
You're actually wrong here, and the term has been used correctly all thread--I'm only pointing it out because you tried to say that others were wrong. Automatic refers to the fact that you can just pull the trigger over and over without having to manually cycle the action. You are thinking of 'fully automatic' (as opposed to 'semi-automatic'), but both are examples of automatic designs--automatic by itself just means you don't have to do anything to advance a new cartridge.
So quoth wikipedia:
Automatic firearm - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
Twistedmosiac, I don't feel that I'm "wrong here" & I certainly wasn't trying "to say that others were wrong." I'm used to making a distinction between automatic & semi-automatic. In my experience automatic means fully automatic, while semi-automatic means "you can just pull the trigger over and over without having to manually cycle the action." I know a good number of people who would agree with my interpretation of the terms, & apparantly there are some who would not.
IMO the media has a bad habit of using the term "automatic weapons" when in fact they should say semi-automatic weapons. But that depends on how one defines the terms.