All time best shooter related quotes?
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Mikhail Konovalov
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"It'll blow your head into vapor, while it demoleculizes your bones. That's how fake it is."
Shark - 12 oz. Mouse.
Also used by myself to a newbie shortly before a session of masochistic big-bore range work. Oh the hilarity of introducing an airsoft junkie to a real Desert Eagle.
Shark - 12 oz. Mouse.
Also used by myself to a newbie shortly before a session of masochistic big-bore range work. Oh the hilarity of introducing an airsoft junkie to a real Desert Eagle.
CountGlockula
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By Jack Burton in Big Trouble in Little China. Jack shoots with a Tec-9.
brighamr
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Paladin42 - ask and you shall recieve.
http://home.earthlink.net/~knuthco1/Itemsofinterest1/huckleberrysource.htm
Paladin42 - ask and you shall recieve.
http://home.earthlink.net/~knuthco1/Itemsofinterest1/huckleberrysource.htm
Stevie-Ray
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I have never fired a 4-bore rifle, but I welcome (I think) the opportunity to do so.............Ross Seyfried
Wild Deuce
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I think I heard this one attributed to Wyatt Earp (talking about aiming during a gunfight) ....
"Take your time but do it quickly."
"Take your time but do it quickly."
M1 Shooter
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I remembered another one from the Clint Eastwood film Unforgiven
"You just shot an unarmed man!"
"Well, he should've armed himself"
"You just shot an unarmed man!"
"Well, he should've armed himself"
kermit315
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"the last thing you will hear will be the whistle of a .308 round approaching at high speed"
Double Naught Spy
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Said by Greg Prophet to John Angal, Gunsite students practicing their draws in the motel one evening after class, only Angal apparently was using Prophet as a target and had not cleared his weapon. Prophet collapsed after making that statement and died as a result of a single gun shot wound to the lower chest.
Bob F.
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Twist on a couple previous ones: "Don't mess with an old-fart; he's got nothing to loose and knows all the dirty tricks!"
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Bob F.
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Just saw another thread which reminded me of this one, attributed, IRRC, to Col. Cooper: "Directions for cleaning a gun: Step 1: load another gun!"
TonyB
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anyone worth shooting,is worth shooting twice....
a mouse gun in your pocket beats a 1911 at home in the safe....
I may be killed w/ my own gun,but the guy will have to beat me to death w/ it,because it will be empty....
You can't argue w/ a 357..well you can,but you end up bleeding alot....
less talk,more shoot.....(me at IDPA )
a gun is just a tool...it's a hard heart that kills.....
and my all time favorite said in the original Kojack(Telly Savalas)after chasing down a bad guy who runs when Kojack pulls his 38...he catches the guy ,holds his gun up and says"What is this a bagel?"...makes me laguh every time I think about it....
a mouse gun in your pocket beats a 1911 at home in the safe....
I may be killed w/ my own gun,but the guy will have to beat me to death w/ it,because it will be empty....
You can't argue w/ a 357..well you can,but you end up bleeding alot....
less talk,more shoot.....(me at IDPA )
a gun is just a tool...it's a hard heart that kills.....
and my all time favorite said in the original Kojack(Telly Savalas)after chasing down a bad guy who runs when Kojack pulls his 38...he catches the guy ,holds his gun up and says"What is this a bagel?"...makes me laguh every time I think about it....
bang_bang
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"You couldn't hit sand if you fell off a camel."
"This is my rifle, this is my gun." Full Metal Jacket
"This is my rifle, this is my gun." Full Metal Jacket
Jeff Cooper was always good for a few:
"A man can't have too many wines, too many books or too much ammunition."
"One should shoot as quickly as one can -- but no quicker."
"It is long been a principle of ours that one is no more armed because he has possession of a firearm than he is a musician because he owns a piano. There is no point in having a gun if you are not capable of using it skillfully."
"A man can't have too many wines, too many books or too much ammunition."
"One should shoot as quickly as one can -- but no quicker."
"It is long been a principle of ours that one is no more armed because he has possession of a firearm than he is a musician because he owns a piano. There is no point in having a gun if you are not capable of using it skillfully."
Birdhunter1
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Heard Uncle ted (Ted Nugent) once say after shooting a buck in the heart with his trusty .243 "Pump station disconnect!"
After taking ahead shot recently on a deer, and doing this to several squirrels, I like the new term I coined "stop drop and flop!"
After taking ahead shot recently on a deer, and doing this to several squirrels, I like the new term I coined "stop drop and flop!"
timn
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A few of my favorites
Please, keep them coming.
I've been collecting these gems for several years and hope to add some from this thread. Here are few of my favs.
I like westerns because nothing ever goes to trial.
"The purpose of the pistol is to stop a fight that somebody else has started, almost always at very short range." Col. Jeff Cooper
I opened the door and there stood a blonde twirling a pair of 38's and holding guns in her hands.
Every time you call a magazine a "clip," God kills a kitten.
Please, think of the kittens.
"One of these days the talking will be over and the citizenry of the United States will decide whether or not to remain free."
-- Dan W. Shoemaker
"Bolt actions speak louder than words."
Please, keep them coming.
I've been collecting these gems for several years and hope to add some from this thread. Here are few of my favs.
I like westerns because nothing ever goes to trial.
"The purpose of the pistol is to stop a fight that somebody else has started, almost always at very short range." Col. Jeff Cooper
I opened the door and there stood a blonde twirling a pair of 38's and holding guns in her hands.
Every time you call a magazine a "clip," God kills a kitten.
Please, think of the kittens.
"One of these days the talking will be over and the citizenry of the United States will decide whether or not to remain free."
-- Dan W. Shoemaker
"Bolt actions speak louder than words."
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Armed and Dangerous
I loved this movie. Now I have to go dig up a copy of it somewhere in Kuwait so I can watch it again.
Oh, and in the spirit of the thread:
"You gonna pull those guns, or whistle 'Dixie'?"
Josie Wales
I loved this movie. Now I have to go dig up a copy of it somewhere in Kuwait so I can watch it again.
Oh, and in the spirit of the thread:
"You gonna pull those guns, or whistle 'Dixie'?"
Josie Wales
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SSN Vet
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well....not really a gun quote, but one of my favorites from my navy days....
One ship, one crew.
One shaft, one screw.
One ship, one crew.
One shaft, one screw.
mljdeckard
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Clint Smith, director of Thunder Ranch, is part drill instructor, part stand-up comic. Here are a few of his observations on tactics, firearms, self defense and life as we know it in the civilized world.
Tactics:
"So a guy says, ‘I’m good! I move, I shoot, I communicate.’ Yeah, but can you do it on the ground? Because that’s where you’re gonna be in a fight."
Gunfights:
"It’s real different when the bad guy shoots back. It doesn’t mean you’re going to lose, it just makes the story more interesting afterward."
Caution:
"The best example of good training is to never get in a fight."
Defensive Driving:
"If you’re accosted, don’t get out of the car. Put it in some other gear and put both feet on the gas. Clint’s school of driving-add power!"
Running Out Of Ammo:
"If pointing an empty gun at your opponent makes him duck, you may live for an extra two seconds-and who knows? I may find another gun, the bad guy may give up, or the ammo fairy may drop me a magazine."
Target Recognition:
"If we’re going down a hall and I see the end of a double barrel shotgun, I better communicate to my partner, ‘cause I can be pretty sure it’s not the Easter bunny on the other end."
Marksmanship:
"Open up the ground between you and the threat. At arm’s distance, your opponent doesn’t have to be good, he just has to be lucky."
Coordination:
"It doesn’t do me any good to have a partner and shoot ‘em-although I’ve had some partners I’d like to shoot."
Verbal Skills:
"You better learn to communicate real well, because when you’re out there on the street, you’ll have to talk to a lot more people than you’ll have to shoot, or at least that’s the way I think it’s supposed to work."
Big Bore Sixguns:
"...He asked, ‘Did you hit him?’ Hey, I don’t know, but he was smokin’ when he ran outta here."
Counting Your Shots:
"It’s our experience that in a fight you will continue to shoot the gun until the threat goes away or until the gun is empty."
Hesitation:
"Don’t be a deer caught in the headlights of the Kenworth of life!"
Long Guns Vs. Handguns:
"They say you can’t use a rifle or shotgun indoors because a bad guy will grab the barrel. Yeah? Well, he better hang on, ‘cause I’m gonna light him up and it’ll definitely be an "E" ticket ride."
Conserving Ammo:
"People ask, ‘What do you do if the guy’s on drugs?’ Shoot ‘em! ‘But what if it doesn’t work?’ Shoot ‘em some more!"
The Defensive Mindset:
"The only reason we would plant our feet is to dig ‘em real good so we can run, ‘cause we’re about to get the hell out of here."
The Survival Instinct:
"Anyone can understand shooting to protect themselves. You give me five minutes and I’ll make anyone on this planet mad enough to shoot me. The real question is, will they have that much time in a fight? You need to make that decision before you start to fight-only your life depends on it."
CLINT SMITH ON THE 1911
“The 1911 remains popular because it’s an efficient tool. In more than 30 years of experience, I’ve met more competent, serious gunmen who carry 1911’s than those who pack any other handgun. They are professionals – policemen, government agents and others who carry handguns daily because the know their live may depend on it…Me? I’ve carried a 1911 every single day for the past 20 years. It’s a very comforting gun to have at your hip. It offers a good, consistent single-action trigger pull and is wonderfully dependable. Because the 1911 is basically a defensive handgun, I’m not concerned about tight groups. I don’t bother with expanding hollowpoints that could cause feeding problems. For absolute reliability, I shoot only high-quality ball ammunition. That big .45 slug doesn’t have to expand to be effective.” From Guns and Ammo, September, 2001.
More:
"The handgun would not be my choice of weapon if I knew I was going to a fight. I’d choose a rifle, a shotgun, an RPG or an atomic bomb instead."
"The two most important rules in a gunfight are: always cheat and always win."
"Every time I teach a class, I discover I don’t know something."
"Don’t forget, incoming fire has the right of way."
"Make (your attacker) advance through a wall of bullets. I may get killed with my own gun, but he’s gonna have to beat me to death with it, ‘cause it’s going to be empty."
"If you’re not shootin’, you should be loadin’. If you’re not loadin’, you should be movin’. If you’re not movin’, someone’s gonna cut your head off and put it on a stick."
"When you reload (in low light encounters), don’t put your flashlight in your back pocket. If you light yourself up, you’ll look like an angel or the tooth fairy - and you’re gonna be one of ‘em pretty soon."
"Do something. It may be wrong, but do something."
"Nothing adds a little class to a sniper course like a babe in a ghille suit."
"Shoot what’s available, as long as it’s available, until something else becomes available."
"If you carry a gun, people will call you paranoid. That’s ridiculous. If I have a gun, what in the hell do I have to be paranoid about?"
"Don’t shoot fast, shoot good."
"You can say ‘stop’ or ‘alto’ or use any other word you think will work, but I’ve found that a large bore muzzle pointed at someone’s head is pretty much the universal language."
"You have the rest of your life to solve your problems. How long you live depends on how well you do it."
"You cannot save the planet. You may be able to save yourself and your family."
Tactics:
"So a guy says, ‘I’m good! I move, I shoot, I communicate.’ Yeah, but can you do it on the ground? Because that’s where you’re gonna be in a fight."
Gunfights:
"It’s real different when the bad guy shoots back. It doesn’t mean you’re going to lose, it just makes the story more interesting afterward."
Caution:
"The best example of good training is to never get in a fight."
Defensive Driving:
"If you’re accosted, don’t get out of the car. Put it in some other gear and put both feet on the gas. Clint’s school of driving-add power!"
Running Out Of Ammo:
"If pointing an empty gun at your opponent makes him duck, you may live for an extra two seconds-and who knows? I may find another gun, the bad guy may give up, or the ammo fairy may drop me a magazine."
Target Recognition:
"If we’re going down a hall and I see the end of a double barrel shotgun, I better communicate to my partner, ‘cause I can be pretty sure it’s not the Easter bunny on the other end."
Marksmanship:
"Open up the ground between you and the threat. At arm’s distance, your opponent doesn’t have to be good, he just has to be lucky."
Coordination:
"It doesn’t do me any good to have a partner and shoot ‘em-although I’ve had some partners I’d like to shoot."
Verbal Skills:
"You better learn to communicate real well, because when you’re out there on the street, you’ll have to talk to a lot more people than you’ll have to shoot, or at least that’s the way I think it’s supposed to work."
Big Bore Sixguns:
"...He asked, ‘Did you hit him?’ Hey, I don’t know, but he was smokin’ when he ran outta here."
Counting Your Shots:
"It’s our experience that in a fight you will continue to shoot the gun until the threat goes away or until the gun is empty."
Hesitation:
"Don’t be a deer caught in the headlights of the Kenworth of life!"
Long Guns Vs. Handguns:
"They say you can’t use a rifle or shotgun indoors because a bad guy will grab the barrel. Yeah? Well, he better hang on, ‘cause I’m gonna light him up and it’ll definitely be an "E" ticket ride."
Conserving Ammo:
"People ask, ‘What do you do if the guy’s on drugs?’ Shoot ‘em! ‘But what if it doesn’t work?’ Shoot ‘em some more!"
The Defensive Mindset:
"The only reason we would plant our feet is to dig ‘em real good so we can run, ‘cause we’re about to get the hell out of here."
The Survival Instinct:
"Anyone can understand shooting to protect themselves. You give me five minutes and I’ll make anyone on this planet mad enough to shoot me. The real question is, will they have that much time in a fight? You need to make that decision before you start to fight-only your life depends on it."
CLINT SMITH ON THE 1911
“The 1911 remains popular because it’s an efficient tool. In more than 30 years of experience, I’ve met more competent, serious gunmen who carry 1911’s than those who pack any other handgun. They are professionals – policemen, government agents and others who carry handguns daily because the know their live may depend on it…Me? I’ve carried a 1911 every single day for the past 20 years. It’s a very comforting gun to have at your hip. It offers a good, consistent single-action trigger pull and is wonderfully dependable. Because the 1911 is basically a defensive handgun, I’m not concerned about tight groups. I don’t bother with expanding hollowpoints that could cause feeding problems. For absolute reliability, I shoot only high-quality ball ammunition. That big .45 slug doesn’t have to expand to be effective.” From Guns and Ammo, September, 2001.
More:
"The handgun would not be my choice of weapon if I knew I was going to a fight. I’d choose a rifle, a shotgun, an RPG or an atomic bomb instead."
"The two most important rules in a gunfight are: always cheat and always win."
"Every time I teach a class, I discover I don’t know something."
"Don’t forget, incoming fire has the right of way."
"Make (your attacker) advance through a wall of bullets. I may get killed with my own gun, but he’s gonna have to beat me to death with it, ‘cause it’s going to be empty."
"If you’re not shootin’, you should be loadin’. If you’re not loadin’, you should be movin’. If you’re not movin’, someone’s gonna cut your head off and put it on a stick."
"When you reload (in low light encounters), don’t put your flashlight in your back pocket. If you light yourself up, you’ll look like an angel or the tooth fairy - and you’re gonna be one of ‘em pretty soon."
"Do something. It may be wrong, but do something."
"Nothing adds a little class to a sniper course like a babe in a ghille suit."
"Shoot what’s available, as long as it’s available, until something else becomes available."
"If you carry a gun, people will call you paranoid. That’s ridiculous. If I have a gun, what in the hell do I have to be paranoid about?"
"Don’t shoot fast, shoot good."
"You can say ‘stop’ or ‘alto’ or use any other word you think will work, but I’ve found that a large bore muzzle pointed at someone’s head is pretty much the universal language."
"You have the rest of your life to solve your problems. How long you live depends on how well you do it."
"You cannot save the planet. You may be able to save yourself and your family."
herohog
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"You S.O.B., you Shot me!"
6'2' gorilla to 5' nothing guy who just put 6 .25's in his huge, lined vest covered chest just before said gorilla made him eat said .25..
Seen at a little bar in Metairie Louisiana called "Beau Louie's".
6'2' gorilla to 5' nothing guy who just put 6 .25's in his huge, lined vest covered chest just before said gorilla made him eat said .25..
Seen at a little bar in Metairie Louisiana called "Beau Louie's".
A rangemaster looked at a Keltec P3AT 32ACP pistol someone brought to the range and said the following:
"Go to a junk yard with a blow up doll, put her in the passenger seat, then get in the drivers seat yourself. Practice drawing the gun and unloading the magazine while sitting next to her. If she deflates before you fire the last round, you're shooting well."
"Go to a junk yard with a blow up doll, put her in the passenger seat, then get in the drivers seat yourself. Practice drawing the gun and unloading the magazine while sitting next to her. If she deflates before you fire the last round, you're shooting well."
mljdeckard
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"As we used to teach in the spook business, carry a 25 if it makes you feel good, but do not ever load it. If you load it you may shoot it. If you shoot it you may hit somebody, and if you hit somebody - and he finds out about it - he may be very angry with you."
Jeff Cooper
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