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Heinz · 10-17-2020, 04:42 PM

I am with Dwight and Norme.
"Clone" seems to have an accepted usage in the firearms lexicon: as in "1911 Clone" "AR15 Clone" inferring that the object is a very close copy by a different manufacturer. An S&W 1911 is a 1911 clone, a Colt Commander is not a 1911 clone, but a different model. It is typically used as jargon, not as a definitive category. If you want to pick nits you might look up Webster's definition of convention. Dwight's use of clone is conventional.

The problem with 1923 commercial for the 1918 to 192? serial-numbered commercial and 1920 commercial for the later alphabet serial numbered commercials is those designation are inaccurate and misleading.

10-17-2020, 04:42 PM	#23
Heinz User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Greenville SC Posts: 1,004 Thanks: 377 Thanked 410 Times in 180 Posts	I am with Dwight and Norme. "Clone" seems to have an accepted usage in the firearms lexicon: as in "1911 Clone" "AR15 Clone" inferring that the object is a very close copy by a different manufacturer. An S&W 1911 is a 1911 clone, a Colt Commander is not a 1911 clone, but a different model. It is typically used as jargon, not as a definitive category. If you want to pick nits you might look up Webster's definition of convention. Dwight's use of clone is conventional. The problem with 1923 commercial for the 1918 to 192? serial-numbered commercial and 1920 commercial for the later alphabet serial numbered commercials is those designation are inaccurate and misleading.