Favorite Shooting/Gun sayings and phrases

germanator2 · June 24, 2018, 10:48 PM

I was watching The Patriot the other day and Mel Gibson says "Aim small, miss small". Also watched the season 3 premiere of Shooter and a phrase that is said in the episode is "If it ain't loaded it ain't lethal".
What are some of your favorite sayings about guns, whether its from movie/tv or something you've heard before??

KY_blkout · June 25, 2018, 12:24 AM

Not exactly a gun saying but I follow John Correia and his active self protection videos on YouTube and whenever a perp gets taken down and he says "he took the room temperature challenge" I get a little laugh.

**Aguila Blanca** · June 25, 2018, 12:55 AM

"Ready on the left. Ready on the right. All ready on the firing line. Commence firing."

jonnyc · June 25, 2018, 08:49 AM

"Keep your finger off the trigger......"

UncleEd · June 25, 2018, 08:57 AM

Of course I shot him in the back.
He was facing the other way.

TrueBlue711 · June 25, 2018, 09:18 AM

"I'd rather have a gun and not need it, than need a gun and not have it."

Though you can pretty much insert anything where the word "gun" is, such as toilet paper haha

ocharry · June 25, 2018, 09:34 AM

keep your booger hook off the bang switch

ocharry

RickB · June 25, 2018, 10:09 AM

You can't miss fast enough to win.

Funny exchange between a lawyer and Rooster Cogburn, from True Grit:

Goudy: Now is it not true that you sprang up on old man Wharton and his two sons with a deadly, six shot revolver in your hand?

Rooster Cogburn: I always try to be ready.

Goudy: Was this revolver loaded and cocked?

Rooster Cogburn: Well, a gun that's unloaded and cocked ain't good for nothin'.

MTT TL · June 25, 2018, 10:58 AM

"There are no 'good guns.' There are no 'bad guns.' Any gun in the hands of a bad man is a bad thing. Any gun in the hands of a decent person is no threat to anybody, except bad people."

And

"Now, I doubt any of you would prefer a rolled up newspaper as a weapon against a dictator or a criminal intruder. Yet in essence, that is what you have asked our loved ones to do, through an ill-contrived and totally naive campaign against the Second Amendment."

And

"Hit hard, hit fast, hit often"

and

"In War you win or lose, live or die - the difference is just an eyelash."

kenny53 · June 25, 2018, 12:49 PM

Don't point at anything you don't want to destroy.

Erno86 · June 25, 2018, 02:57 PM

"Don't point at anything you don't want to destroy...including yourself."

"From my cold dead hands" - Charlton Heston

"Go ahead punk, do you feel lucky" - Clint Eastwood

"Good enough for government work" - In reference to the AK's accuracy.

"Treat all guns as if they are loaded"

"Never trust a safety"

"Be aware of your backstop and what's behind it"

"Don't put your trigger finger on the trigger, until you are on target an ready to fire."

"It appears that everybody is back...line is hot...HOT."

"I like guns" - song by Steve Lee

Rangerrich99 · June 25, 2018, 06:05 PM

Rooster Cogburn: "Well, a gun that's unloaded and cocked ain't good for nothin'."

And the classic gun quote of my generation:

Dirty Harry: 'Did he fire six shots or only five'? Well to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I kind of lost track myself. But being that this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well do ya, punk?"

DukeConnor · June 25, 2018, 06:32 PM

"beware the man with just one gun, he probably knows how to use it".

Rangerrich99 · June 25, 2018, 06:40 PM

Thought of another one: “Son, only a pimp in a Louisiana whore-house carries pearl-handled revolvers. These are ivory.” - Gen. George S. Patton

wild willy · June 25, 2018, 07:27 PM

There's hope in the heart when there's lead in the air

TXAZ · June 25, 2018, 07:46 PM

"He said it WASN'T loaded!!!!!"

"Anything worth shooting once is worth shooting again."

"Go ahead, make my day."

"How do I load this?" as they bring the gun to you to load, with the muzzle pointed at you...

CalmerThanYou · June 25, 2018, 07:52 PM

"I'm your huckleberry"

sgms · June 25, 2018, 08:30 PM

Ifin you don't have a round up the pipe it's just an expensive rock thats damned hard to throw good.

blackwidowp61 · June 25, 2018, 10:21 PM

Honest officer, I didn't know he was dead until the gun was empty. He looked like he was faking!

Joe-ker · June 26, 2018, 08:31 AM

How can you shoot women and children?

Easy! You just don't lead them as much.

blackwidowp61 · June 26, 2018, 01:01 PM

Josey Wales: Well, are you gonna pull those pistols or whistle Dixie?

Lone Watie: How did you know which one was goin' to shoot first?

Josie Wales: Well, that one in the center: he had a flap holster and he was in no itchin' hurry. And the one second from the left: he had scared eyes, he wasn't gonna do nothin'. But that one on the far left: he had crazy eyes. Figured him to make the first move.

Lone Watie: How 'bout the one on the right?

Josie Wales: Never paid him no mind; you were there.

Lone Watie: I could have missed.

Josey Wales: When I get to likin' someone, they ain't around long.

Lone Watie: I notice when you get to DISlikin' someone they ain't around for long neither.

blackwidowp61 · June 26, 2018, 01:11 PM

No poor bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making other bastards die for their country. --- George S. Patton

seeker_two · June 26, 2018, 03:04 PM

"Hey! Wanna try my new gun?"

Sent from my SM-G892A using Tapatalk

xandi · June 26, 2018, 04:51 PM

Plasma Rifle in the 40 Watt range

Tom68 · June 26, 2018, 05:15 PM

"Fire for Effect"

I've never been 13-series so admittedly I haven't had many opportunities to use that phrase. I did lead a 4.2" mortar platoon 22 years ago and at least got to a few times on the range. Traded in the 4.2s for the new 120s just before I got reassigned, so only got to try them out once.

June 24, 2018, 10:48 PM	#1
germanator2 Junior Member Join Date: June 24, 2018 Posts: 2	Favorite Shooting/Gun sayings and phrases I was watching The Patriot the other day and Mel Gibson says "Aim small, miss small". Also watched the season 3 premiere of Shooter and a phrase that is said in the episode is "If it ain't loaded it ain't lethal". What are some of your favorite sayings about guns, whether its from movie/tv or something you've heard before??

June 25, 2018, 08:49 AM	#4
jonnyc Senior Member Join Date: July 20, 2009 Location: PA Posts: 1,731	"Keep your finger off the trigger......" __________________ 2024 PA Cartridge Collector Show; Aug. 16-17, 2024!!! Buy...Sell...Trade All Types of Ammunition & Ordnance PM or email me for 2024 show details.

June 25, 2018, 09:34 AM	#7
ocharry Senior Member Join Date: October 20, 2006 Posts: 687	keep your booger hook off the bang switch ocharry __________________ The felon does not fear the police, and he fears neither judge nor jury. Therefore what he must be taught to fear is his victim." - Lt. Col. Jeff Cooper, USMC

June 25, 2018, 10:09 AM	#8
RickB Senior Member Join Date: March 1, 2000 Location: Boise, ID Posts: 8,518	You can't miss fast enough to win. Funny exchange between a lawyer and Rooster Cogburn, from True Grit: Goudy: Now is it not true that you sprang up on old man Wharton and his two sons with a deadly, six shot revolver in your hand? Rooster Cogburn: I always try to be ready. Goudy: Was this revolver loaded and cocked? Rooster Cogburn: Well, a gun that's unloaded and cocked ain't good for nothin'. __________________ Runs off at the mouth about anything 1911 related on this site and half the time is flat out wrong. Last edited by RickB; June 26, 2018 at 11:16 AM.

June 25, 2018, 10:58 AM	#9
MTT TL Senior Member Join Date: October 21, 2009 Location: Quadling Country Posts: 2,780	"There are no 'good guns.' There are no 'bad guns.' Any gun in the hands of a bad man is a bad thing. Any gun in the hands of a decent person is no threat to anybody, except bad people." And "Now, I doubt any of you would prefer a rolled up newspaper as a weapon against a dictator or a criminal intruder. Yet in essence, that is what you have asked our loved ones to do, through an ill-contrived and totally naive campaign against the Second Amendment." And "Hit hard, hit fast, hit often" and "In War you win or lose, live or die - the difference is just an eyelash." __________________ Thus a man should endeavor to reach this high place of courage with all his heart, and, so trying, never be backward in war.

June 25, 2018, 12:24 AM	#2
KY_blkout Member Join Date: June 10, 2018 Posts: 67	Not exactly a gun saying but I follow John Correia and his active self protection videos on YouTube and whenever a perp gets taken down and he says "he took the room temperature challenge" I get a little laugh.

June 25, 2018, 12:55 AM	#3
Aguila Blanca Staff Join Date: September 25, 2008 Location: CONUS Posts: 18,468	"Ready on the left. Ready on the right. All ready on the firing line. Commence firing."

June 25, 2018, 08:57 AM	#5
UncleEd Senior Member Join Date: April 13, 2013 Location: N. Georgia Posts: 1,150	Of course I shot him in the back. He was facing the other way.

June 25, 2018, 09:18 AM	#6
TrueBlue711 Senior Member Join Date: March 16, 2011 Posts: 489	"I'd rather have a gun and not need it, than need a gun and not have it." Though you can pretty much insert anything where the word "gun" is, such as toilet paper haha

June 25, 2018, 12:49 PM	#10
kenny53 Senior Member Join Date: December 30, 2015 Location: My back yard Posts: 971	Don't point at anything you don't want to destroy.

June 25, 2018, 02:57 PM	#11
Erno86 Senior Member Join Date: September 22, 2012 Location: Marriottsville, Maryland Posts: 1,739	"Don't point at anything you don't want to destroy...including yourself." "From my cold dead hands" - Charlton Heston "Go ahead punk, do you feel lucky" - Clint Eastwood "Good enough for government work" - In reference to the AK's accuracy. "Treat all guns as if they are loaded" "Never trust a safety" "Be aware of your backstop and what's behind it" "Don't put your trigger finger on the trigger, until you are on target an ready to fire." "It appears that everybody is back...line is hot...HOT." "I like guns" - song by Steve Lee __________________ That rifle hanging on the wall of the working class flat or labourer's cottage is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there." --- George Orwell Last edited by Erno86; June 25, 2018 at 03:03 PM.

June 25, 2018, 06:05 PM	#12
Rangerrich99 Senior Member Join Date: March 20, 2014 Location: Kinda near Phoenix, AZ Posts: 1,254	Rooster Cogburn: "Well, a gun that's unloaded and cocked ain't good for nothin'." And *the* classic gun quote of my generation: Dirty Harry: 'Did he fire six shots or only five'? Well to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I kind of lost track myself. But being that this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and *would blow your head clean off*, you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well do ya, punk?"

June 25, 2018, 06:32 PM	#13
DukeConnor Senior Member Join Date: May 6, 2016 Posts: 224	"beware the man with just one gun, he probably knows how to use it".

June 25, 2018, 06:40 PM	#14
Rangerrich99 Senior Member Join Date: March 20, 2014 Location: Kinda near Phoenix, AZ Posts: 1,254	Thought of another one: “Son, only a pimp in a Louisiana whore-house carries pearl-handled revolvers. These are ivory.” - Gen. George S. Patton

June 25, 2018, 07:27 PM	#15
wild willy Senior Member Join Date: March 8, 2006 Posts: 404	There's hope in the heart when there's lead in the air

June 25, 2018, 07:46 PM	#16
TXAZ Senior Member Join Date: September 5, 2010 Location: McMurdo Sound Texas Posts: 4,322	"He said it WASN'T loaded!!!!!" "Anything worth shooting once is worth shooting again." "Go ahead, make my day." "How do I load this?" as they bring the gun to you to load, with the muzzle pointed at you... __________________ Cave illos in guns et backhoes

June 25, 2018, 07:52 PM	#17
CalmerThanYou Senior Member Join Date: April 16, 2017 Posts: 323	"I'm your huckleberry"

June 25, 2018, 08:30 PM	#18
sgms Senior Member Join Date: May 30, 2010 Location: Arizona or Ohio depending Posts: 1,021	Ifin you don't have a round up the pipe it's just an expensive rock thats damned hard to throw good.

June 25, 2018, 10:21 PM	#19
blackwidowp61 Senior Member Join Date: November 18, 2017 Location: laiceps erehwon Posts: 165	Honest officer, I didn't know he was dead until the gun was empty. He looked like he was faking! __________________ If God is watching us, the least we can do is be entertaining. I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it! If you need a real belly laugh, try this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFCrJleggrI

June 26, 2018, 08:31 AM	#20
Joe-ker Senior Member Join Date: September 6, 2016 Location: North Iowa Posts: 247	How can you shoot women and children? Easy! You just don't lead them as much. __________________ From my cold dead hands.....

June 26, 2018, 01:01 PM	#21
blackwidowp61 Senior Member Join Date: November 18, 2017 Location: laiceps erehwon Posts: 165	Josey Wales: Well, are you gonna pull those pistols or whistle Dixie? Lone Watie: How did you know which one was goin' to shoot first? Josie Wales: Well, that one in the center: he had a flap holster and he was in no itchin' hurry. And the one second from the left: he had scared eyes, he wasn't gonna do nothin'. But that one on the far left: he had crazy eyes. Figured him to make the first move. Lone Watie: How 'bout the one on the right? Josie Wales: Never paid him no mind; you were there. Lone Watie: I could have missed. Josey Wales: When I get to likin' someone, they ain't around long. Lone Watie: I notice when you get to DISlikin' someone they ain't around for long neither. __________________ If God is watching us, the least we can do is be entertaining. I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it! If you need a real belly laugh, try this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFCrJleggrI

June 26, 2018, 01:11 PM	#22
blackwidowp61 Senior Member Join Date: November 18, 2017 Location: laiceps erehwon Posts: 165	No poor bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making other bastards die for their country. --- George S. Patton __________________ If God is watching us, the least we can do is be entertaining. I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it! If you need a real belly laugh, try this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFCrJleggrI

June 26, 2018, 03:04 PM	#23
seeker_two Senior Member Join Date: August 31, 2002 Location: Deep in the Heart of the Lone Star State (TX) Posts: 2,169	"Hey! Wanna try my new gun?" Sent from my SM-G892A using Tapatalk

June 26, 2018, 04:51 PM	#24
xandi Senior Member Join Date: April 10, 2015 Location: ga Posts: 321	Plasma Rifle in the 40 Watt range

June 26, 2018, 05:15 PM	#25
Tom68 Senior Member Join Date: September 20, 2011 Location: Alabama Posts: 349	"Fire for Effect" I've never been 13-series so admittedly I haven't had many opportunities to use that phrase. I did lead a 4.2" mortar platoon 22 years ago and at least got to a few times on the range. Traded in the 4.2s for the new 120s just before I got reassigned, so only got to try them out once.