what is OOL?

[Mr Mo]

I am a former Marine, been shooting for over 40 years, but have never come across the term OOL. what does it mean? (new to Calguns)

[Half Cocked]

Are you sure you aren't talking about OLL: Off-List Lower?

[Librarian]

Dunno.

Perhaps OLL? That's 'Off List Lower' - a centerfire rifle not listed in the 'assault weapon' law.

[Calico1404]

OOL Optimum Online
OOL Origin of Life
OOL Out of Line
OOL Out of Luck
OOL Object-Oriented Language
OOL Out of Limits
OOL Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia - Coolangatta (Airport Code)
OOL Operation Overlord (D-Day invasion, WWII)
OOL Out of Lock
OOL Object-Oriented Lingo
OOL Oil Offloading Line
OOL Optimize Optimum Online
OOL Out On Leave
OOL Office of Oceanography and Limnology
OOL Order of Laibach (gaming clan)
OOL Open Office Landscape (office architecture)
OOL Office of Open Learning (University of Guelph; Canada)
OOL Office of Licensing (various locations)
OOL Out of Life

[essjay]

Ool = Ordovician oolotic limestone

[Donkeypunch0420]

Out of luck. As in SOoL.

[Calico1404]

Welcome to CGN, just messing with you, use it in the context that you are questioning. If you are mistaken and it is OLL then refer to Librarian above.

Hope this helps.

[Bullitt01]

Ool = Ordovician oolotic limestone

Ummm, like this one!

[glock_this]

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=78606

The acronym bible for CG

oh, and CGN = CalGuns

[Mr Mo]

here was the original context in a post on the Angeles Shooting Range.

I went into the shop, got my targets, bought a few boxes of ammo and grabbed my bench! I had my .30 Carbine, my Ruger M77 .308 and my Garand. I was considering bringing my BWK-92 but since the lady I talked to on the phone didn't know what an OLL was (even when I told her what the acronym stood for ) I didn't feel comfortable bringing it.

so, I should have written, as many inferred, OLL -- "off list lower" I assume that means the lower part of an M16 (AR 15). It is actually a legal term, I see. I don't recall what we called this back in the day, I seem to recall just "receiver". But it was a long time ago.

[strongpoint]

so, I should have written, as many inferred, OLL -- "off list lower" I assume that means the lower part of an M16 (AR 15). It is actually a legal term, I see. I don't recall what we called this back in the day, I seem to recall just "receiver". But it was a long time ago.

California has a list of lower receivers that are banned by name (see "The 3 categories of an assault weapon in CA" and Appendixes A-C on the flowchart). Those receivers are thus on the list.

Therefore, in order to be legally owned in California (excepting those which were registered as assault weapons prior to the Y2K deadline), a given lower must be off the list ... and so, "off-list lower." It refers to the AW law, though it's technically not a legal term.

[DDM4556]

Welcome Mr. Mo. I've always thought of it as Out Of Luck. Though I don't ever actually use ool.

[GMG]

Welcome aboard! And thank you for your service! On a side note when you used the term along time ago. The Marines aboard our ship when we in Western Pacific were issued M-14's, not the plastic rifles.

[scifigunner]

Not sure, but I see it posted at a lot of public pools with a little message I never bothered reading

[GW]

Well, technically, it's SOL as in **** Outta Luck.
Ool was simply an endearing term Alley Oop called his wife.