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In the past year or so I see more and more people substituting the verb "running" in place of using as in "I'm running a 3-9x40 scope on my 270 "or "I'm running a 308 lever action on my deer hunt this year instead of a bolt action". No offense and maybe I'm just square and don't have the latest cool lingo but it sounds sort of trendy and juvenile to me. Where did this come from? Now if I could just figure out what a "bangeye" is.... 
laissez les bons temps rouler
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Isn't it obvious? Bangeye is Chinese for "cheap piece of crap rifle scope."
As in, "I'm running a 3x9 Bangeye on my Remmy 777."
Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult.
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On the other hand, the surest way to get yelled at on the web is to try to correct somebody's spelling, grammar, or word choice. Someone's self esteem may get damaged.  Thar ain't any one around hear got no self esteem.
Beware of thieves, scammers and dishonest members on the "Fire" classifieds. Ya there is a thief here too. Whatever!!
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I well remember folks using the term 'running', back when I was a lad, in reference to our hot cars.
"I'm running tri power on 390 CID Block, with ported heads". That sort of thing was very common.
Sam......
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Isn't it obvious? Bangeye is Chinese for "cheap piece of crap rifle scope."
As in, "I'm running a 3x9 Bangeye on my Remmy 777." Prolly forgot the Tupperware mcswirley
Beware of thieves, scammers and dishonest members on the "Fire" classifieds. Ya there is a thief here too. Whatever!!
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"Running Bear loved Little White Dove...."
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In the past year or so I see more and more people substituting the verb "running" in place of using as in "I'm running a 3-9x40 scope on my 270... Nowadays I be rockin' a lupy.
"There's more to optics than meets the eye."--anon
"...most of us would be better off losing half a pound around the waist than half a pound on our rifle."--dhg
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In the past year or so I see more and more people substituting the verb "running" in place of using as in "I'm running a 3-9x40 scope on my 270 "or "I'm running a 308 lever action on my deer hunt this year instead of a bolt action". No offense and maybe I'm just square and don't have the latest cool lingo but it sounds sort of trendy and juvenile to me. Where did this come from? I first heard that kind of use of the word "running" around race cars and racers maybe 30 years ago...maybe that is where it came from???
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"Running Bear loved Little White Dove...." "with a love that would never die...."
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Isn't it obvious? Bangeye is Chinese for "cheap piece of crap rifle scope."
As in, "I'm running a 3x9 Bangeye on my Remmy 777." Prolly forgot the Tupperware mcswirley Don't forget the flip flop pad for the tupperware.
Faith and love of others knows no mileage nor bounds. That's simply the way it is.
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After the game is over, the king and the pawn go into the same box.
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I think it is a progressive devolution of the english language. May have its origins at an earlier time when people began ending sentences with prepositions... As Winston Churchhill was reprimanded by his secretary never to end his sentence in a preposition, he replied, "Very well madam, this is behavior up with which I do not intend to put."
By the way, in case you missed it, Jeremiah was a bullfrog.
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The alleged record ... a sentence ended with five prepositions, all completely legitimate, grammatically and linguistically ... belongs to a preschool boy whose father brought the wrong book up to his bedroom ...
"What did you bring that book that I don't want to be read to out of up for?"
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No way are you gonna get me to post pics of getting dressed up here..... Uuuummm, ahem, uhhh ![[Linked Image]](http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/4/2/8/7/2/0/webimg/480313040_tp.jpg) 
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...I first heard that kind of use of the word "running" around race cars and racers maybe 30 years ago...maybe that is where it came from??? Around hot rods and at the drag strip in the early 60's it was always referred to as what you're "running", as in engine, trans, fuel, etc.
"There's more to optics than meets the eye."--anon
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I know, I'll go ahead and get the matches now....
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Need to buy me an old school Mauser rifle when I get the money.
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No way are you gonna get me to post pics of getting dressed up here..... Uuuummm, ahem, uhhh You guyz are ruthless.....
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Been looking for the BC of the pills some are shooting in their rifles.....
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Any of you had to trip a rifle or scope lately?
laissez les bons temps rouler
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Since this is the "Gunwriters" forum, allow me to say that there is a very wide body of water between how a professional writer goes about describing things and the way the average internet posters "writes" - and I use the term very generously. Many posters seem semi-literate at best; their efforts to converse in English are pitiable.
This deplorable state isn't always due to stupidity, but simple ignorance. Schools simply don't teach English any more, and students therefore don't learn it. Most people could learn to write well if they had a chance to.
On the other hand, the surest way to get yelled at on the web is to try to correct somebody's spelling, grammar, or word choice. So maybe some people actually prefer to appear linguistically crippled. I don't know.
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