Quotable quotes

[aggshooter]

To add a bit of levity (and perhaps homage to those no longer with us) to our new forum.....here's a thread for members to add their memorable quotes from shooting disciplines from past years. Not limited to silhouette, but describe the discipline if needed. So what are your memories? You may want to describe the people involved and the circumstances.

From Diane Kroetz, wife of famed silo shooter Dale Kroetz who shot 50 perfect scores in .22 revolver:
"Dead center", "Dead center", "Dead center". Then repeated 77 more times.

[aggshooter]

From Ed Ganz of Indiana (Rest in Peace) circa mid 1980's, to Rich Hawkins who later became known as "Aggshooter", on choosing what events to enter at an upcoming major championship:

"Shoot all of them. You never know when you're gonna get hot".

An inspiring message, from a unsolicited mentor. Thank you Ed.

Rich

[aggshooter]

From Ralph Bond of Indiana, silhouette gunsmith extraordinaire (Rest in Peace), on the ease and plethora of 80x80's fired at the 1991 Internationals at Oak Ridge, Tenn, many of which were with guns Ralph built:

"Not me (laughing). I struggled. My hits were everywhere. It wasn't pretty" (still laughing).

Ralph was a great guy, and a great gunsmith with many innovations. Wish he was still here.

[35isit]

"I hate this game and the people that play it." Normally said by me after a bad score.

Heard at a Internationals in Oak Ridge. "If you hadn't missed it you would have hit it right dead in the middle."

[dan in mi]

After a frustrating round one of the better local shooter's came off the line and yelled "Dang, clouds on the sky!" We all new very well what he meant but we teased him about clouds in the sky for years.

[jcunclejoe]

One of many great lines from Ted Zysk (may he rest in peace) Laughing, I'm sure, sitting next to Ralph the silhouette God.

"There is a leg under them, there ain't shit over them."

Joe

[aggshooter]

"Go ahead and shoot. The bullet has to go somewhere and the target is....somewhere..."

The late George T. Hawkins, who taught me the game of silhouette.

Rich

[Jimologist]

From my standing shooting mentor who I always aspired to beat, Phil McCullough

"Concentrate on the chickens and pigs. If you get all the chickens and pigs, you're halfway to a good score"


Jim

[19 Turkeys]

From Tom McKnight when I pondered the purchase of an FA.

“You don’t see a Brinks Truck in a funeral procession.

Of course I bought it!

Steve W.