Favorite Muzzleloader sayings

[The Crisco Kid]

One went high, one went low.
Where the Hell did the other ones go?

Talking about the Brown Bess, I think.

 

[Byron A Rudrow]

Did I pour powder in the down the barre?????

 

[toot]

I knew that I should have not talked to the guy next to me when loading my muzzleloader, did I put powder in??? I guess that I will find out when I bust a cap!

 

[Mr. Flintlock]

Aim small, miss small.

 

[Dreamhawk]

Muzzle loaders have muzzle odors!

 

[Gopher0]

Ya Got to look Under the smoke

 

[wojciste]

Dipping yur stinger in the honey pot!

 

[Salvavita]

Couldn't hit the broad side of a barn......from inside with the doors closed.

I didn't realize any one was watching me shoot!

 

[J.Campbell63]

Old Cossack saying ;

Weapons , women & books must be studied every day.

 

[B P Arn]

I once studied abroad. My girlfriend found out about it, so that was the end of that.

 

[Rock Home Isle]

Old Cossack saying ;

Weapons , women & books must be studied every day.

I knew I should’ve been a Cossack in High School.

 

[Col. Batguano]

Got short started.

 

[Kabulrocks]

Where did my ramrod go??

 

[Yewbender]

 

[toot]

a hunters prayer- OH LORD LET ME KILL CLEAN OR MISS CLEAN!

 

[jimhallam]

Hi
Back to the topic about "shooting-related" terms in general usage... ...

The term "bullseye" DEFINITELY comes from muzzle-loading.
At Wimbledon (UK) when our NRA started matches for the Rifle Volunteers and others in 1860 the rectangular iron target was painted white and had a black "centre"' as the aiming mark. The bullet made a "splash" on it and the firer heard the "ding!" If he missed he had "dropped a clanger" !!!
The marker was in an iron shed and had 2 long poles with brushes -- one dipped in black paint and the other in white. The brush was used to paint out the mark and also to indicate where the hit was. The pole with the WHITE brush had a black disc on it so that the "register keeper" and the firer could see where the hit was -- - and vice-versa. After a while the marker found it difficult to see where the last shot hit, so he raised a red flag -- and getting a matching flag from the firing-point he emerged to "do a complete whitewash" , so that's ONE term based on target-shooting. The "register keeper" on the point recorded a 2 for a "centre" or a 1 for an "outer".
At some distances there was a need for more scoring zones to avoid ties. For the smaller zone in the black aiming mark (scoring 3) there was another pole with a black paintbrush but the disc was RED. That meant that the people at the firing-point saw 3 colours -- white , with black inside and a RED centre -- - just like a "bulls-eye" ---- ;-)

 

[Snake Pleskin]

Aim small, miss small.

I never really understood what that actually meant?

 

[rdavidson]

Hi
Back to the topic about "shooting-related" terms in general usage... ...

The term "bullseye" DEFINITELY comes from muzzle-loading.
At Wimbledon (UK) when our NRA started matches for the Rifle Volunteers and others in 1860 the rectangular iron target was painted white and had a black "centre"' as the aiming mark. The bullet made a "splash" on it and the firer heard the "ding!" If he missed he had "dropped a clanger" !!!
The marker was in an iron shed and had 2 long poles with brushes -- one dipped in black paint and the other in white. The brush was used to paint out the mark and also to indicate where the hit was. The pole with the WHITE brush had a black disc on it so that the "register keeper" and the firer could see where the hit was -- - and vice-versa. After a while the marker found it difficult to see where the last shot hit, so he raised a red flag -- and getting a matching flag from the firing-point he emerged to "do a complete whitewash" , so that's ONE term based on target-shooting. The "register keeper" on the point recorded a 2 for a "centre" or a 1 for an "outer".
At some distances there was a need for more scoring zones to avoid ties. For the smaller zone in the black aiming mark (scoring 3) there was another pole with a black paintbrush but the disc was RED. That meant that the people at the firing-point saw 3 colours -- white , with black inside and a RED centre -- - just like a "bulls-eye" ---- ;-)

Thanks, I found that very interesting.

 

[B P Arn]

...At some distances there was a need for more scoring zones to avoid ties. For the smaller zone in the black aiming mark (scoring 3) there was another pole with a black paintbrush but the disc was RED. That meant that the people at the firing-point saw 3 colours -- white , with black inside and a RED centre -- - just like a "bulls-eye" ---- ;-)

A bull's eye is not red in the center.

I suppose it could be, if it had some sort of severe medical condition, but probably not more likely than with any animal or human.

 

[Semisane]

Flyers! Why are there Flyers???