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How about just minifig gun musket minifig gun pistol minifig gun revolver and minifig gun rifle (24 years ago, 10-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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OK, I've done DAT files for three of the four firearms that LegoCo produces for Lego minifigs (the pirate pistol, the pirate musket, and the wild west revolver), and I still have questions on how we should name these weapons. Both the wild west guns (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) *either* the "Pirate Musket Pistol" *or* the "Wild West Pistol Revolver"... You *don't* know for *certain* just by looking at that name... (Continued below.) (...) By using "modern" and "archaic", there would be *no* ambiguity: an *archaic* (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'm fairly happy with keeping the names short, and introducing longer names when (if) it becomes necessary. Minifig Revolver is (currently) clear Minifig Rifle is clear Minifig Musket is not clear So Minifig Musket Longarm (or whatever other (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Isn't "Musket Pistol" an oxymoron? Why not just name them Minifig Flintlock Pistol Minifig Flintlock Musket Minifig Revolver eric (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Hmm. Possibly. I thought a "musket" was a gun with a belled/flared muzzle (among other characteristics). Typical usage is for long-barrelled weapons. (...) I guess I'd be OK with that. Steve (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Not all muskets have a belled muzzle. Civil War era muskets were non-belled, making them much more accurate. I believe "musket" refers to muzzle loading, as a butt loading rifle was known as a carbine. Sorry, I'm a stickler for history. -John (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Which wouldn't explain an arquebus, the muzzle-loading precursor to the musket. I believe the difference between the two when both were used was that the musket had a longer barrel and fired a heavier ball (armor could be "proof" against an (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Just as a casual LDraw user, I appreciate the effort to disambiguate the names by including "Archaic" vs. "Modern," but then again it wouldn't be obvious to me what "Archaic" meant and what "Modern" meant. If "Modern" applied to the Wild West (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) [sigh]... You've got a point. "modern" w/ respect to History != "modern" in mundane usage (...) Sorry, but once again, this opens up confusion. Which one of these is the pirate pistol? Which one is the pirate long-gun? (You see, not all (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Franklin W. Cain skrev i meddelandet ... (...) Shouldn't that be: Minifig Gun Musket Pirate Minifig Gun Pistol Pirate Minifig Gun Revolver WW Minifig Gun Pistol WW to push the theme dependency to the least significant end? (Is WW an accepted (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) That settles the "is 'musket pistol' an oxymoron?" question. (...) If we go this way, flintlock is a better-known term, and so is probably a better choice for naming. (...) Is that the long musket or the pistol? ;) (...) (you've got the (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) It works for me. Thanks, Franklin (24 years ago, 18-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) IMHO, the disadvantages of "Pirate" and "WW" outweigh the disadvantages of "Modern" and "Archaic"... But I like best what Steve Bliss suggested most recently. --Todd (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Me too. --Todd (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Since Franklin and Todd have weighed in on this, I'll assume the matter is settled. Not to slight anyone else's opinion, but Franklin is the author (well, I haven't seen a rifle.dat yet (hint, hint)), and I've got a lot of respect for Todd on (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) It's in the queue. I'll finish it up eventually. But I'd kinda like to reacquire a steady source of income first, though, if for no other reason than to continue having such luxuries as an apartment, food, electricity, Internet access, and so (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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My opinion would be: minifig pirate rifle minifig pirate pistol minifig ww rifle minifig ww pistol This keeps everything very simple. If Ldraw users don't know what they are...they probably don't need them in their drawing. as for this: (...) Look (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) No! No! No! No! No! >:-( No! No! No! No! No! >:-( No! No! No! No! No! >:-( No! No! No! No! No! >:-( See: (URL) musket is a *SMOOTHBORE* firearm (long gun). A rifle is a firearm (long gun) which has spiraling grooves -- called *RIFLING* -- down (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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