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| quote: Originally posted by kho: Who takers off grips in a field strip?
No one if it’s a traditional “field” strip. Although I’ve never attempted to confirm my belief, I always assumed that field stripping meant the degree of disassembly that could be done safely in adverse situations, such as in a field or in “the field” (as the soldiers call it). Disassembling an autoloading pistol, for example, to frame/grip, slide, barrel, and recoil spring with guide doesn’t run the risk of losing something beyond recovery in the weeds or mud. All those little springs and other parts inside, though? An entirely different matter. But as so often happens, and especially when talking about guns, someone hears a term, doesn’t really understand what it actually refers to, and then starts using it to refer to something else. Then other people hear/see it being used that way and first thing we know, voilà: That’s what it means forever (to some people, anyway), and woe betide any traditionalist who dares point out the misuse.
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| Well, I didn't interpret your comment as a criticism. It's good that someone offers that information. It was just a minor rant of my own about firearms terminology, and I wouldn't have expected a video about field stripping to go into that level of disassembly either. It is an example, though, of how confused terminology can hinder communications.
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