Gun Control

[parodyluvr75]

What's your issue?


Quick on the trigger
Flash in the pan
Locked and loaded
Shoots blanks
Half cocked
Dodge the bullet
Bite the bullet
Jump the gun
Shoot from the hip
Don't shoot the messenger
In the cross hairs

 

[VaticanAssassin]

off target
Long barrel
Short barrel
small caliber
large caliber
zeroed in
muzzle velocity
powder burn
snub nose

 

[phrodeau]

What's your issue?


Quick on the trigger
Flash in the pan
Locked and loaded
Shoots blanks
Half cocked
Dodge the bullet
Bite the bullet
Jump the gun
Shoot from the hip
Don't shoot the messenger
In the cross hairs

Two of these don't belong in a discussion of guns.

"Flash in the pan" comes from gold ore hunters who use pans to search river bottoms.

"Bite the bullet" was a technique for bracing a patient before a painful surgery.

 

[neci]

murder
accidental death
maiming
bodily disfigurement
grievous injuries

 

[SpermDoner]

murder
accidental death
maiming
bodily disfigurement
grievous injuries

We should ban cars too as they do the same.

Also sporks. Just because they are unnatural.

 

[parodyluvr75]

Two of these don't belong in a discussion of guns.

"Flash in the pan" comes from gold ore hunters who use pans to search river bottoms.

"Bite the bullet" was a technique for bracing a patient before a painful surgery.

I feel flintlocked on the first but I'll agree on the second, that was for non-gun owners.

 

[koalabear]

Two of these don't belong in a discussion of guns.

"Flash in the pan" comes from gold ore hunters who use pans to search river bottoms.

"Bite the bullet" was a technique for bracing a patient before a painful surgery.

FLASH IN THE PAN

1. A Project, person etc that enjoys only short lived success.
2. Something which disappoints by failing to deliver anything of value, despite a showy beginning such as a phrodeau.
Origin
This originally had a literal meaning, i.e. a real flash in a real pan. Muskets used to have small pans to hold the gunpowder charge. An attempt to fire the musket in which the gunpowder flared up without firing a bullet would be called a 'flash in the pan'.
origin, The term is known since the late 17th century. Elkanah Settle, in Reflections on several of Mr. Dryden's plays 1687, had this to say:
"although the group had a number one hit, it was only a one hit wonder making them a flash in the pan."

 

[phrodeau]

FLASH IN THE PAN

1. A Project, person etc that enjoys only short lived success.
2. Something which disappoints by failing to deliver anything of value, despite a showy beginning such as a phrodeau.
Origin
This originally had a literal meaning, i.e. a real flash in a real pan. Muskets used to have small pans to hold the gunpowder charge. An attempt to fire the musket in which the gunpowder flared up without firing a bullet would be called a 'flash in the pan'.
origin, The term is known since the late 17th century. Elkanah Settle, in Reflections on several of Mr. Dryden's plays 1687, had this to say:
"although the group had a number one hit, it was only a one hit wonder making them a flash in the pan."

They've been panning for gold centuries before muskets were invented.

 

[BotanyBoy]

They've been panning for gold centuries before muskets were invented.

Doesn't make you any less WRONG!!

 

[Boxlicker101]

Two of these don't belong in a discussion of guns.

"Flash in the pan" comes from gold ore hunters who use pans to search river bottoms.

"Bite the bullet" was a technique for bracing a patient before a painful surgery.

What Koala said about "Flash in the Pan."

And "bite the bullet" refers to removing a bullet from a wounded soldier without any kind of anesthetic. To keep from crying out in pain or breaking his teeth by clenching his jaw, the patient literally bit down on a bullet.

What it means now is accepting a painful experiencing because it is necessary.

 

[koalabear]

They've been panning for gold centuries before muskets were invented.

^Squibb

Useless bullet that always misses the target.

 

[Boxlicker101]

Quote:
Originally Posted by koalabear
FLASH IN THE PAN

1. A Project, person etc that enjoys only short lived success.
2. Something which disappoints by failing to deliver anything of value, despite a showy beginning such as a phrodeau.
Origin
This originally had a literal meaning, i.e. a real flash in a real pan. Muskets used to have small pans to hold the gunpowder charge. An attempt to fire the musket in which the gunpowder flared up without firing a bullet would be called a 'flash in the pan'.
origin, The term is known since the late 17th century. Elkanah Settle, in Reflections on several of Mr. Dryden's plays 1687, had this to say:
"although the group had a number one hit, it was only a one hit wonder making them a flash in the pan."

They've been panning for gold centuries before muskets were invented.

The term is a derisive one, meaning somebody or some thing that looked good at first, but turned out to be a flop. To a miner, a flash in a pan is good news and means he might be on the trail of something really valuable.

 

[BotanyBoy]

I have bad grouping issues with my HK45 4-5" at 30ft.....it's the trigger that feels like a marsh-mellow I know but *shrug* whatever...I guess if i want accuracy I'll keep with the 1911.

 

[phrodeau]

Quote:
Originally Posted by koalabear
FLASH IN THE PAN

1. A Project, person etc that enjoys only short lived success.
2. Something which disappoints by failing to deliver anything of value, despite a showy beginning such as a phrodeau.
Origin
This originally had a literal meaning, i.e. a real flash in a real pan. Muskets used to have small pans to hold the gunpowder charge. An attempt to fire the musket in which the gunpowder flared up without firing a bullet would be called a 'flash in the pan'.
origin, The term is known since the late 17th century. Elkanah Settle, in Reflections on several of Mr. Dryden's plays 1687, had this to say:
"although the group had a number one hit, it was only a one hit wonder making them a flash in the pan."




The term is a derisive one, meaning somebody or some thing that looked good at first, but turned out to be a flop. To a miner, a flash in a pan is good news and means he might be on the trail of something really valuable.

No, if it's just a flash, it's bad news. A nugget is good news.

 

[koalabear]

No, if it's just a flash, it's bad news. A nugget is good news.

Since it is a gun thread, you post another squibb.

 

[parodyluvr75]

Since it is a gun thread, you post another squibb.

It's a thread using the metaphor of guns for the penis.

 

[koalabear]

It's a thread using the metaphor of guns for the penis.

It should have been about howitzers then.

 

[JohnnySavage]

It's a thread using the metaphor of guns for the penis.

Do you know about brass monkeys and their balls?

 

[parodyluvr75]

No, but I hope the climate is temperate for them.