While it's interesting (and somewhat gratifying) that this thread has rumbled along for quite a while now, apparently quite a few posters didn't notice that it originated in 2004.
After 18 years I am not terribly worried about what the non-shooting world thinks about "rifle loony", or even the shooting world. Have seen and heard the term used considerably since then, so apparently it's pretty well accepted among us....
“Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.” John Steinbeck
