Call me dumb....

Call me dumb, but what is it that makes a firearm "tactical"?

Usually black, too much scope, large ammo capacity and it has to be "scary" to the regular uninformed public.

Looks cool to zombie hunters.

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Dumb.

Hi, as far as i believe its a advertising gimick to make money. Its used to market certain firearms to silly punters lol. It can also be refered to a rifle that is used in law enforcement and military purposes. A tactical rifle could be one that is vesatile to be used in different situations but as far as hunting goes as more a marketing gimick to sell more. (esp black ones) No questions dumb, just dumb answers but this answer isnt a dumb one haha cheers

You shouldn't say things like that of piss takers like me Shearer. You are dumb! Ha ha ha ha

Well :P

Most importantly it has to be matt black - that is non-negotiable.
If it has a pistol grip, your "tactical" score goes up.
If it has at least 2 torches, you get 5 extra points.
Each accessory rail scores 1 extra point.
The ability of the owner to shoot has no bearing on the "tactical" score.

I think those are the basics :D

I'd say originally it was used to describe firearm variants derived from or marketed towards law enforcement/military, but now it also includes guns with too many rails, and guns with enough shit on them to comfortably sail past the point of practicality.

Ask Gimp

Tacticool

while you're at it, ask Gimp about zombies :P

Tactical means it never gets on my shopping list.

It's the sort of shite this type like...
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Maybe I'm the dummy, i thought tactical had the opposite meaning to practical :ORLY: :P

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Maybe I'm the dummy, i thought tactical had the opposite meaning to practical :ORLY: :P

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Sums it rather well:)

gonna annoy a lot of people here but to me anyone that hunts with a unnecessarily kitted out tactical riffle is a try hard. a bit like a townie driving around in a lifted hilux with 72" mags thats never been parked on the lawn let alone touch decent mud. call me odd but to me nothing beats a blued barrel and a nicely polished walnut stock.

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gonna annoy a lot of people here but to me anyone that hunts with a unnecessarily kitted out tactical riffle is a try hard. a bit like a townie driving around in a lifted hilux with 72" mags thats never been parked on the lawn let alone touch decent mud. call me odd but to me nothing beats a blued barrel and a nicely polished walnut stock.

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The Kaimais will beat that lovely stock :D

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Dumb.

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I guess someone had to.

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And in a Magpul promo vid.

TACTICOOL
A gun that has been unnecessarily modified to include such things as vertical foregrips, laser systems, flashlight systems, hair triggers, replacing wooden stocks with lightweight black plastic ones... and these expensive modifications are done to a rifle or shotgun to make it "cool."

"Tacticool" is generally used as an insult; when guns like the M4 or MP5 are modified in such ways for real uses like house-to-house combat or counter-terrorist operations, it is not usually used.
Dude 1: Dude, check out my SKS!
Dude 2: That doesn't look like an SKS to me...
Dude 1: Well yeah, I modified it a bit!
Dude 2: What the fuck did you do to it!?
Dude 1: Well I replaced the original wooden stock with a black one and I added a laser sight and also a rail system so I could put a flashlight on it and...
Dude 2: Now why would go and tacticool a perfectly good rifle?

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Originally Posted by possummatti

gonna annoy a lot of people here but to me anyone that hunts with a unnecessarily kitted out tactical riffle is a try hard. a bit like a townie driving around in a lifted hilux with 72" mags thats never been parked on the lawn let alone touch decent mud. call me odd but to me nothing beats a blued barrel and a nicely polished walnut stock.

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FUDD (American usage)

The slang term for gun owners of what could be called limited tastes. They are thought of as being casual gun owners and nut true supporters of the Second Amendment. These are the guys that Diane Feinstein is talking about when she talks about acceptable gun ownership.

Two characteristics normally identify a FUDD.

#1: Very limited range of shooting interests. A FUDD could have just 1 gun, or more than 153 guns, but all those guns fall within a very limited range of interests. The interest that defines a FUDD is "sporting purposes". All their 12 ga wood and blued steel shotguns, bolt action rifles, 44 magnum revolvers, and 9mm pistols only have one purpose: sport. These guns are either for hunting, or they are for marksmanship and trap competitions. Nothing they have is supposed to take the role of a dedicated defense gun, or a daily carry gun. They wouldn't be caught dead with anything black polymer, tactical, or concealable. If you ask them why they own guns, the typical answer is for hunting or for sport. If you ask them about personal defense, expect either half-assed answer about a shotgun loaded with birdshot, or just calling the Police.
#2: Provincialism in applying the Second Amendment. By the estimation of a FUDD, the Second Amendment exists to let him hunt deer, shoot quail, play trap, and punch targets. They will likely talk about how nobody needs an "assault weapon" or anything like that. FUDD type sentiment is what brought about the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban, as well as many other ultimately pointless laws. The FUDD does not care so long as they can keep their M1903a3 Springfield and their custom Beretta double-barreled shotgun. They are willing to sacrifice other sections of the gun community to save themselves.

Here's a fictional FUDD:

Name: Ed Mulder
Age: 53
Employment: Auto Mechanic
Guns: 3; 1 Mauser 98 sporter, 1 Remmington 870 shotgun, and 1 Ruger 10/22.
Why he owns guns: He likes the sport.
Reaction when offered an AR-15: Grimmace.
Stance on Second Amendment: Giving citizens the right to have guns, but allowing for certain types of dangerous guns, like handguns and semiautomatic rifles, to be regulated. All he cares is that he still gets to hunt and do shooting sports.

Buddy has mine has a NMH90 that has plenty of shit glued on it, but it still kills goats as good as anything else. He's happy, so I'm happy :D

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Ooh I feel disappointed, my AR has none of that crap hanging off it

Bro, Monique thinks your dumb.

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Ooh I feel disappointed, my AR has none of that crap hanging off it

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Nor does mine Mikee. It's OK

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Nor does mine Mikee. It's OK

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Does yours go bang yet or have you installed a loud speaker on it?

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Nor does mine Mikee. It's OK

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It doesn't have ammo at the mo :ORLY:

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Does yours go bang yet or have you installed a loud speaker on it?

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It went bang on Sunday Nibblet and he must of been hitting things because the other two members of the group weren't getting much.

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TACTICOOL
A gun that has been unnecessarily modified to include such things as vertical foregrips, laser systems, flashlight systems, hair triggers, replacing wooden stocks with lightweight black plastic ones... and these expensive modifications are done to a rifle or shotgun to make it "cool."

"Tacticool" is generally used as an insult; when guns like the M4 or MP5 are modified in such ways for real uses like house-to-house combat or counter-terrorist operations, it is not usually used.
Dude 1: Dude, check out my SKS!
Dude 2: That doesn't look like an SKS to me...
Dude 1: Well yeah, I modified it a bit!
Dude 2: What the fuck did you do to it!?
Dude 1: Well I replaced the original wooden stock with a black one and I added a laser sight and also a rail system so I could put a flashlight on it and...
Dude 2: Now why would go and tacticool a perfectly good rifle?


FUDD [I](American usage)[/I

The slang term for gun owners of what could be called limited tastes. They are thought of as being casual gun owners and nut true supporters of the Second Amendment. These are the guys that Diane Feinstein is talking about when she talks about acceptable gun ownership.

Two characteristics normally identify a FUDD.

#1: Very limited range of shooting interests. A FUDD could have just 1 gun, or more than 153 guns, but all those guns fall within a very limited range of interests. The interest that defines a FUDD is "sporting purposes". All their 12 ga wood and blued steel shotguns, bolt action rifles, 44 magnum revolvers, and 9mm pistols only have one purpose: sport. These guns are either for hunting, or they are for marksmanship and trap competitions. Nothing they have is supposed to take the role of a dedicated defense gun, or a daily carry gun. They wouldn't be caught dead with anything black polymer, tactical, or concealable. If you ask them why they own guns, the typical answer is for hunting or for sport. If you ask them about
personal defense, expect either half-assed answer about a shotgun loaded with birdshot, or just calling the Police.
#2: Provincialism in applying the Second Amendment. By the estimation of a FUDD, the Second Amendment exists to let him hunt deer, shoot quail, play trap, and punch targets. They will likely talk about how nobody needs an "assault weapon" or anything like that. FUDD type sentiment is what brought about the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban, as well as
many other ultimately pointless laws. The FUDD does not care so long as they can keep their M1903a3 Springfield and their custom Beretta double-barreled shotgun. They are willing to sacrifice other sections of the gun community to save themselves.

Here's a fictional FUDD:

Name: Ed Mulder
Age: 53
Employment: Auto Mechanic
Guns: 3; 1 Mauser 98 sporter, 1 Remmington 870 shotgun, and 1 Ruger 10/22.
Why he owns guns: He likes the sport.
Reaction when offered an AR-15: Grimmace.
Stance on Second Amendment: Giving citizens the right to have guns, but allowing for certain types of dangerous guns,
like handguns and semiautomatic rifles, to be regulated. All he cares is that he still gets to hunt and do shooting sports.

Buddy has mine has a NMH90 that has plenty of shit glued on it, but it still kills goats as good as anything else. He's

happy, so I'm happy :D

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Perhaps FUDDS just don't do a lot of "house to house combat" or "anti terrorist" stuff and don't think other members of the general public should either. You know, leave that to the professionals.

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Sorry Mikee. Sounds like yours isn't tactical.

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Sorry Mikee. Sounds like yours isn't tactical.

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It may be black? The first pre requisite :D

Dumb, odd, old fashioned? Don't own one but enjoy banging them, waiting for Happys upgrade!

Tan aka "flat dark earth" is actually more tactical than black now. Or Kryptek if you're really dumb as dogshit

I thought for urban warfare that half tea with white trim would be more fashionable

Nah, it's more 1/4 buttermilk with that good old standby of 1/2 Spanish white

Who really cares, it's your money spend it how you like. World would be way too boring if we all had the same rifle.
Would leave us with nothing to bag on, on the internet

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TACTICOOL
A gun that has been unnecessarily modified to include such things as vertical foregrips, laser systems, flashlight systems, hair triggers, replacing wooden stocks with lightweight black plastic ones... and these expensive modifications are done to a rifle or shotgun to make it "cool."

"Tacticool" is generally used as an insult; when guns like the M4 or MP5 are modified in such ways for real uses like house-to-house combat or counter-terrorist operations, it is not usually used.
Dude 1: Dude, check out my SKS!
Dude 2: That doesn't look like an SKS to me...
Dude 1: Well yeah, I modified it a bit!
Dude 2: What the fuck did you do to it!?
Dude 1: Well I replaced the original wooden stock with a black one and I added a laser sight and also a rail system so I could put a flashlight on it and...
Dude 2: Now why would go and tacticool a perfectly good rifle?




FUDD (American usage)

The slang term for gun owners of what could be called limited tastes. They are thought of as being casual gun owners and nut true supporters of the Second Amendment. These are the guys that Diane Feinstein is talking about when she talks about acceptable gun ownership.

Two characteristics normally identify a FUDD.

#1: Very limited range of shooting interests. A FUDD could have just 1 gun, or more than 153 guns, but all those guns fall within a very limited range of interests. The interest that defines a FUDD is "sporting purposes". All their 12 ga wood and blued steel shotguns, bolt action rifles, 44 magnum revolvers, and 9mm pistols only have one purpose: sport. These guns are either for hunting, or they are for marksmanship and trap competitions. Nothing they have is supposed to take the role of a dedicated defense gun, or a daily carry gun. They wouldn't be caught dead with anything black polymer, tactical, or concealable. If you ask them why they own guns, the typical answer is for hunting or for sport. If you ask them about personal defense, expect either half-assed answer about a shotgun loaded with birdshot, or just calling the Police.
#2: Provincialism in applying the Second Amendment. By the estimation of a FUDD, the Second Amendment exists to let him hunt deer, shoot quail, play trap, and punch targets. They will likely talk about how nobody needs an "assault weapon" or anything like that. FUDD type sentiment is what brought about the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban, as well as many other ultimately pointless laws. The FUDD does not care so long as they can keep their M1903a3 Springfield and their custom Beretta double-barreled shotgun. They are willing to sacrifice other sections of the gun community to save themselves.

Here's a fictional FUDD:

Name: Ed Mulder
Age: 53
Employment: Auto Mechanic
Guns: 3; 1 Mauser 98 sporter, 1 Remmington 870 shotgun, and 1 Ruger 10/22.
Why he owns guns: He likes the sport.
Reaction when offered an AR-15: Grimmace.
Stance on Second Amendment: Giving citizens the right to have guns, but allowing for certain types of dangerous guns, like handguns and semiautomatic rifles, to be regulated. All he cares is that he still gets to hunt and do shooting sports.

Buddy has mine has a NMH90 that has plenty of shit glued on it, but it still kills goats as good as anything else. He's happy, so I'm happy :D

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Attachment 28334 I thought a Fudd gun is the one you stick in a rabbit hole and the rabbit bends the barrel around and you shoot yourself. :D