Originally Posted by
Bullcamp82834
My simple country lingo calls any handgun I'm carrying "my pistol".
When I'm big game hunting it's "my rifle" I'm carrying.
If I'm hunting birds I tote "my shotgun".
Yep. Same here. The only things I called weapons were my issued M-4 battle rifle and my issued 9mm. Then I called the M-4 the primary and the 9mm the secondary. Machine guns such as the M-2, the M-240, the MK-19 and the MK-44 were all crew served weapons since it took more than one person to keep them shooting.
However, as others have already noted, it doesn't matter what you call them because some brain dead dolt will want to outlaw them.