Favorite Muzzleloader sayings

[Toneloc]

Had a conversation today where I told a co-worker I needed some input on the history of a sales discussion with our client (I’m in operations) because I didn’t want to go off half cocked.

Got me thinking of some other sayings that have muzzleloader origins…

Lock stock and barrel. Keep your powder dry.

What’s your favorite saying with muzzleloader origins?

 

[Daryl Crawford]

Flash in the pan...like a lot of 80s bands.

 

[deermanok]

Bust a cap, yo.

 

[Kansas Jake]

Going off half cocked

Ramrod

Keep your powder dry

 

[SlidePicker]

KABOOM! KERPOW! Flintlock onomatopoeia. And Batman fight captions.

 

[Frontier's]

Pyrodex will rot yer gun

 

[Rock Home Isle]

Makin Meat​

 

[Fly Navy]

Hang fire

 

[Bushfire]

Does keep your powder dry mean good luck or stay safe or something else?

 

[jdw276]

Uh oh when it does not go bang.

 

[TFoley]

Does keep your powder dry mean good luck or stay safe or something else?

'keep your powder dry' means keep up your guard, watch out, stay vigilant and so on.

 

[user 48702]

Uh-oh, my balls stuck!

 

[m-g willy]

Shot your wad,,

 

[SamTex1949]

Does keep your powder dry mean good luck or stay safe or something else?

all the above

 

[Rock Home Isle]

Going off half cocked….dang posted it and it’s already been posted. Hmmmm……

Watch your top knot

Shine-in Times

…Tan your Hide.

 

[Semisane]

FIRE IN THE HOLE!!! (A requirement on our hunting club's rifle range to alert the beer drinkers sitting back at camp 25 yards away from the shooting bench. Don't want to spill any beer.)

 

[The Crisco Kid]

Dammit!

 

[tenngun]

All your skill is of no avail when an angel urinates in your touch hole

 

[Rock Home Isle]

Dammit!

That was the name of one of the neighbors kids…you’d hear his parents calling him all the time, “Dammit, get in here…”

 

[Omahkapi'si]

“Missed again”