REAL MAN RULES!

[horsesoldier03]

***REAL MAN RULES***

As written by Richard Mann

Carry a knife. Always. The only time you should not have a knife is when you are naked, in a bed or when you’re swimming. (Real men swim, they don’t play in the water. And, there is only one kind of knife and that’s a sharp one. A dull knife is nothing but a flat piece of metal with a handle.)

Get a hat; a real hat, you gotta have a hat. Not a baseball cap. You don’t have to wear it all the time but when you are wearing it, take it off when you hear the National Anthem, when you are eating and when you go inside and sit down.

If you are going to carry a handgun, carry it concealed. There are only a few social settings where open carry is proper and they are cookouts and barbecues, campfires and hangings. (We don’t have many hangings these days.) Never open carry in nylon, plastic or Kydex; it’s like wearing tennis shoes to a funeral. And never, ever open carry a Glock unless you are a cop. Nobody wants to see that ugly thing.

Teach at least one kid to shoot and hunt – and to do it well, before you die.

Don’t show off your tattoos unless you are asked.

Stop using your smart phone to check the time. Get a watch for god’s sake.

Act like you have been there before no matter if it’s Paris or a hurricane. This always applies unless it’s your first time at Gunsite. If it is, keep your mouth shut; you’ll learn more that way.

If you have hair on your head or a beard or mustache, keep it trimmed or groomed. Avoid the Unabomber look.

Own at least one custom rifle.

Always buy the first round; nobody remembers who bought the second round or the last one.

If you are going to engage in a ballistics discussion, know something about ballistics.

When discussing guns, cartridges, bullets and ballistics, never say, “all things being equal” because they never are and never will be.

Never ask someone if they have ever killed someone, never ask anyone if they ever slept with someone and never, ever brag or talk about doing either.

Never sit or stand by a man when you can sit or stand by a woman. Do I really need to explain this one?

Keep a rope, a rifle and ammo in your truck. What, you don’t have a truck?

Never waste a sunset.

Learn how to start a fire and how to split wood but always let the youngest in the group do both.

If you are riding in the passenger seat, for heaven’s sake, get the gate!

Own at least one lever action rifle and don’t put a scope on it. (If you own two lever action rifles one of them can have a scope but only if it’s a scout scope.)

Know what Schnee’s boots are and where they are made.

Know who John Browning was and at least two firearms he invented.

Learn how to tell a hunting story that folks will listen to.

Know who COL Jeff Cooper was and be able to quote at least one thing he said.

Knowing how to ride a horse is not near as important as knowing how to saddle one.

Know who Frank Luke, Raoul Lufbery were and how they died.

Own a dog – an outside kind of dog – with a hunting heritage.

Read, The Life of the Hunt and know who wrote it.

Know that Jack O’Connor did not talk directly to God but that Elmer Keith might have.

Own at least one gun in .35 caliber.

Own, carry and shoot a single action revolver. If its not a Colt or Ruger it does not count.

When your hunting partner kills an animal, they touch it first. No exceptions. Well, unless they are sick, seriously injured or if you had to deliver the final shot before it stomped them into a blood puddle.

Its OK to let someone field dress and skin your animal but only if you hired them and are paying them to do it.

You don’t have to know how to cook a lot of things but you must know how to cook breakfast and venison.

Repeat after me, “There is no such thing as a ladies gun.”

And finally, for the love of all that has anything to do with firearms, know how to sight your rifle in without using a box of ammo.

[fordwannabe]

I may have to look a couple of those references up but most are how I was raised. Thanks Dad

[Griff]

Good rules. Although I would replace "...Know who Frank Luke, Raoul Lufbery were and how they died..." with: Know who "the Sullivans" were, and how they died.

[gamekeeper]

Good rules, I'm pleased to know that I follow most of them. If I lived in the USA I would follow them all.
The one about not standing next to a man when you can stand next to a woman is the easiest though.....

[octagon]

Always open the door for ladies and refer to your elders as "Ma'am" and "Sir."

[piller]

I would have also heard: Always close the gate as soon as you are either in or out of it so that whatever is inside doesn't get outside.

Never let your dog chase anyone's cows.

If a dog is chasing the cows and not herding them, the owner of the cows has the right to protect his herd with a gun.

Always help your neighbors when they need a hand.

[M. M. Wright]

I don't recall ever owning a 35 cal but have several 45s.
I totally agree about the knife. Buck or Kabar preferably.
The only bolt action in the house is my daughter's 22.
We currently have 2 Treeing Walker coon hounds.
There is an R. T. Frazier saddle on a stand in the room with me. Yes, it's an A fork.
I had to look up the WWI aces but I know who Wiley Post and Will Rogers were.
I almost always carry a Colt SAA. Well, sometimes a Bisley or 1911.

A young man should read and learn to appreciate poetry. You know, a little Shakespeare and Shelley.
Sunrises are also important and deserve appreciation.
Staring into the red coals and contemplating the cosmos should be the best part of campouts or evenings around the fire.

[J Buck]

Thanks for that. I scored rather high on that, thanks to my raisin'. I missed a couple, I'll clean that up right away. I think I'll pass this on to my daughter. I'd like to think she would be selective in her choices.

[Pete44ru]

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Yep !

If the gate's open when you get to it, make sure it's open when you leave it.

OTOH

If the gate's closed when you get to it, make sure it's closed when you leave it.

Don't spit into the wind..............

Don't mess with the Eagle (US Gov't anything)

and

Don't tug on Superman's cape


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[Booger Bill]

Real men never ask for directions!

[Blaine]

Someone can have my horse.

[jeepnik]

Someone can have my horse.

If they do, and things get really bad you may go hungry.

[Blaine]

Someone can have my horse.

If they do, and things get really bad you may go hungry.

Thread Drift:
Army mess halls served horse (the mystery meat) until about '73.
I had horse steaks in Germany that were tender, and tasted pretty good.

[Dan 444]

Good stuff!
Dan

[jeepnik]

Someone can have my horse.

If they do, and things get really bad you may go hungry.

Thread Drift:
Army mess halls served horse (the mystery meat) until about '73.
I had horse steaks in Germany that were tender, and tasted pretty good.

Now see there's just one more reason I enlisted in the USAF. The SOS may have been the same, but we never ate horse. At least in the chow hall. Outside the gate it could be a stuff shoot some places.

[2571]

I make my living going into buildings with metal detectors & where carrying a knife is not permitted.

And, I ain't no less a man that you are.

[Rusty]

Thanks Horsesoldier, those are words to live by.

Just my $.02 worth and being around a cattle ranch... if you opened it close it, If you turned it on turn it off. If you didn't, don't.

[Blaine]

Now see there's just one more reason I enlisted in the USAF. The SOS may have been the same, but we never ate horse. At least in the chow hall. Outside the gate it could be a stuff shoot some places.

You don't think they would tell you what it was, do you?

[Streetstar]

Never be photographed with a drink in your hand - is another one that came to my mind

[jeepnik]

Now see there's just one more reason I enlisted in the USAF. The SOS may have been the same, but we never ate horse. At least in the chow hall. Outside the gate it could be a stuff shoot some places.

You don't think they would tell you what it was, do you?

Well that just burst my bubble

[horsesoldier03]

My favorite was not knowing how to ride a horse but how to saddle a horse. I have always held to the rule that if you want to know if someone can ride, throw them a rope halter and have them get their own horse and tack him out.

[Griff]

Now see there's just one more reason I enlisted in the USAF. The SOS may have been the same, but we never ate horse. At least in the chow hall. Outside the gate it could be a stuff shoot some places.

You don't think they would tell you what it was, do you?

They didn't in the Navy. Maybe to the rest of the crew, but my best bud was the cook... and he always grilled our steaks separately. Even when the crew had boiled beef(?).