Mispronounced names in the firearms industry

[DaveTN]

Seeing a video today about Lapua gave me the idea to start a thread about names that are mispronounced. I'll start with a couple..

Garand. I suspect this is the most common mispronounced name in the firearms industry. And the most argued. I have very few people pronounce it (what I believe to be) correctly.

Lapua. I had no idea I was pronouncing it wrong, because everyone around me was also.

 

[Spurhunter]

Soooo many people mispronounce the word magazine. It is NOT pronounced klĭp.

 

[Remi]

A pet peeve of mine is calling a cartridge a caliber.


My favorite caliber is a 3030 Winchester. That's a cartridge but it is .308" caliber.


I say lapua wrong, I say Garand wrong, I say Browning Citori wrong on purpose, I throw an extra L in there.

 

[Hymie3]

Leupold scopes prob get mispronounced as much as any…

 

[Creek bottoms]

Sako or Socko?

 

[Bambi Buster]

Ithaca

 

[Spurhunter]

Leupold scopes prob get mispronounced as much as any…

ABSOLUTELY THIS! ^^^^^^

 

[DaveTN]

Sako or Socko?

You choose

 

[Creek bottoms]

Ithaca

I-thacka always tickles me.

 

[Jbird22]

Sako or Socko?

I remember watching a hunting show many years ago with a guest on the show being a lady who worked for Sako. I remember her saying something along the lines of Seiko ("Say-co") makes watches, Sako ("Socko") makes rifles. I've always remembered that for whever reason.

 

[Creek bottoms]

ABSOLUTELY THIS! ^^^^^^

Loopold or Lee-a-pold?

 

[cbhunter]

Franchi

 

[DaveTN]

Loopold or Lee-a-pold?

Loo-pold.
Lee-a-pold is a guy who spells his name differently than others.

 

[DaveTN]

Heckler and ????

 

[Creek bottoms]

Heckler and ????

Coke or chocolate chip cookie?

 

[Creek bottoms]

Coke or chocolate chip cookie?

Chocolate chip cookie is not what I posted.

 

[Jcalder]

A pet peeve of mine is calling a cartridge a caliber.


My favorite caliber is a 3030 Winchester. That's a cartridge but it is .308" caliber.


I say lapua wrong, I say Garand wrong, I say Browning Citori wrong on purpose, I throw an extra L in there.

It's caliper! Get it right lol

 

[Remi]

It's caliper! Get it right lol

My bad

 

[rifle02]

Smith and Western

 

[rifle02]

Stevenson single shot 12 gauge.