YES I DO!!!!!
a poly is one little dot on a 3d model and a face is 3 or more poly dots joined to make it that and it goes on and on and on :)
and no the gun only takes 1500polys ;)
That is not is, the "Dots" are vertexes, a triangle is a face, Polygons are different in each program. A Polygon in 3DS is a 4 sided face, where in Milkshape a triangle is a polygon. Polys should always be referred in Triangle rather then squares.
Also FYI weapons should be under a thousand and in the 300-600 Range max.