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Just curious, is it car "bean" like kidney bean or car "byne" like combine and nine.
both?

And what about Walther? I heard that pronounced three different ways lol vaulter, walter, or walther

I've always pronounced Carbine, like bean. Walther like it's spelled. The Vaulter or Walter options are usually more European influences, (read German). A lot of words are like that. Like the brits Al-Loo-Min-e-um vs. ah loo min um. I get a kick out of it actually, and sometimes use of odd (for U.S.) pronunciation for any number of words (Aw Dee vs Ow Dee) just for the reaction it gets.

I read in one of my gun publications that the " proper " pronunciation is "byne" I have, however said it both ways.

According to the dictionary, both pronunciations are correct. Not surprising, since the word "carbine" is not an original word. It's a word derived from earlier words and the origin is a bit uncertain. First meaning as we know it was a short rifle carried by horsemen.

On that note I guess the gun barrel length determines if it's a carbine or not?

Car-bean and Wal-ther. But I don’t know squat!

I will try to find the article I read by a respected gun authority
I think it was Masad or someone as respected as he.

Don’t care...I have a couple of carbines. They do the job.

Cofisher wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 14, 2021 9:50 pm

Don’t care...I have a couple of carbines. They do the job.

Just trying to answer the original question.

Understand. I call them carbines. Beans. Don’t really care about other pronunciation. Of course, I’m an old redneck. Lol

Cofisher wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 14, 2021 10:58 pm

Understand. I call them carbines. Beans. Don’t really care about other pronunciation. Of course, I’m an old redneck. Lol

Either way...we all know what we're talkn' about.

markiver54 wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 14, 2021 11:03 pm

Cofisher wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 14, 2021 10:58 pm

Understand. I call them carbines. Beans. Don’t really care about other pronunciation. Of course, I’m an old redneck. Lol

Either way...we all know what we're talkn' about.

It's rifle, Right?
So what makes it a car-bean? 20" or shorter.
Back in the day a lot of rifles wore 24" tubes,
so the 20" was considered the carbine.
Now most Are 20" so are they carbines the shorter 18" and 16" tubes?
I'm so confused...

RP

as to the pronunciation, add me to the Car--bean list .... as to the barrel length, more a matter of how it looks than a set number of inches

The words' origins are French, so Europeans go with the bine pronunciation while most Americans go with the bean.
Actually, either is correct.

Been.

Take it from a cowboy. Say Bine and we’ll escort you from the bunkhouse.

My 20” Model 94 (1911 manufactured) is considered a carbine for that era. Henry considers 20” a rifle, but 16.5” gets my BBSC the carbine designation, while everyone else calls a 16” barrel a “trapper”. It’s all rather subjective.

Oh, and in my mind, it’s bean.

I'm with Hatch on this.

U.S Army training films refer to an M1 car-bean. I’m not going to argue with the Drill Sargent.

In the vernacular of the Plains States car”bean”

I pronounce it 'byne', 'cause farmers don't drive combeans. just sayin'.