"Keep your powder dry" does indeed mean "take care".
I believe it comes from the old flintlock days, where the rifleman had a pinch of gunpowder in the primer pan, which in turn was ignited by a spark from the flint when the trigger was pulled. Wet powder meant you weren't going to shoot whatever you needed to shoot, be it grizzly or Indian or food for your family.
One of the ugliest pieces of gun slang I know is the verb "to line", as in "I lined him with my nine." Meaning, I killed him with my 9mm. Comes from the chalk outline of a body.
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If God didn't want us to own guns, why did He make the 1911?
I believe it comes from the old flintlock days, where the rifleman had a pinch of gunpowder in the primer pan, which in turn was ignited by a spark from the flint when the trigger was pulled. Wet powder meant you weren't going to shoot whatever you needed to shoot, be it grizzly or Indian or food for your family.
One of the ugliest pieces of gun slang I know is the verb "to line", as in "I lined him with my nine." Meaning, I killed him with my 9mm. Comes from the chalk outline of a body.
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If God didn't want us to own guns, why did He make the 1911?