Old Sayings

[film495]

the threads on ammo shortages are closed, so figured I'd have some fun and start a related one. I was gong to post "Waste not want not" in that thread. So, that is my old saying - that people may need to learn again in the near future. What are some other old time saying you recall learning that are likely going to be front and center for a lot of people in the near future?

 

[Obturation]

"Don't count your bullets before your online order arrives"
That's what great grandpa used to say, it's on my family crest...

 

[DrDeFab]

Use it up, wear it out.
Make it do, or do without.

- Popularized by, but probably not original to, Silent Cal

 

[Mr. Mosin]

A .22 in the hand beats a .45 in the safe.

 

[Riomouse911]

“That’s a fair piece o’ shootin!”

Said no one examining any target I’ve shot .
Stay safe.

 

[Alte Schule]

When guns are outlawed only outlaws will have guns.

 

[1942bull]

"An empty gun is a good club",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, spoken by Staff Sergeant Marvin Bryant, January 1960, at my first day of training about alternative weapons.

 

[The Evangelist Cowboy]

"It ain't the Indian, it's the arrow"
"That's a .45 son, carry whatever you want there long as it shoots your good."
"You ain't smarter than JMB"
"God made man, Colt made them equal"
" I don't dial 911, I dial 1911 (or .357)"
"An elegant weapon, from a more civilized age"

 

[Mousegun]

You'll shoot your eye out.

 

[Milt1]

You don't learn anything from the 2nd kick of a mule.

 

[Zaydok Allen]

"Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Or all your primers in a glass jar!"

rcmodel

The man was a wealth of knowledge, and of good humor to convey that knowledge.

 

[scaatylobo]

"Better to be tried by twelve ,than carried by six"
If brains were dynamite,you could not blow your nose.
If your brian was put in a bird,it would fly backwards
That boy was dropped on his head a few too many times.
Bless your heart anyway

 

[Dunross]

Don't panic.

 

[OneFreeTexan]

Don't panic.

This has to be the most important thing right now......or the panic will do more damage than the virus.

 

[Bill Raby]

"Beware the man that only owns one gun because he probably knows how to use it."

In the real world the man that only owns one gun most likely has never fired it, has no idea how it works, and does not own any ammo.

 

[Ks5shooter]

If you don't want to get hit by a train....stay off the tracks.
Grandpop used to say.

 

[jmr40]

A lot of people will jump at bargains and often either buy something they really don't need, or more than they really need. My mom did stuff like that occasionally and would use the excuse that she was saving money in the long run by doing so. My dad used to tell her "You can go broke saving money"

 

[TonyAngel]

Never hit a woman, it's embarrassing to get your butt kicked by a woman.

 

[Lizard1911]

My mother's favorite.
"If you had another brain, you'd be twice as stupid!"

 

[brunowbe]

Man who goes to bed with hard problem wakes up with solution in hand.

 

[Corpral_Agarn]

"Buy it cheap, stack it deep."

"Keep your powder dry."

 

[Ramone]

They all fall to Ball- my dad, regarding FMJ as carry ammo.

Buy once, cry once

Buy cheap, stack deep.

If you bought 50, shoot 25, put the rest on the shelf- A friend had a better way of saying it, but I can't recall the phrasing.

Beware the man who has one gun- I first heard this from my uncle, who's been shooting the M1903 Springfield since WWII in the Pacific. He's 92, and still outshoots about half his club.

Never start a fight with an old man, he's got less to lose.

 

[Howland937]

If you cover your ears, can you hear the ocean?

Close your eyes and pretend I give a F

Think those rabbits care how shiny your gun is?

 

[Shanghai McCoy]

"Be Prepared" I was a lousy Boy Scout but I did get that part right.
(Most of the time at least...)

 

[Zaydok Allen]

Buy once, cry once

That’s become one of my mantras. It’s lead to less crap in my home and happier ownership.