"Shoots like a dream"

[Koshinn]

Where did this phrase come from?

What does it even mean? What does a dream shoot like? I don't think a dream has ever shot anything. Maybe things in your dreams shoot or get shot at, but the dream itself doesn't even really exist. Are they saying they don't even shoot their gun, because that's the only way to really compare it to a dream.

Do they actually mean "shoots like I dreamed it would shoot"? It's a tool, why are you dreaming about it?

Do people lack such creativity or vocabulary that they must use a vague cliche to justify their purchases?


Also, trigger break like a glass rod. I've never personally broken a glass rod, but I'd imagine it would be a very high trigger pull weight if you're comparing it to a glass rod.

[SteyrAUG]

"Drives like the wind..."

Probably most of this stupid stuff originated on Madison Ave. before most of us were born. Everything else is just a variation on established dreams.

Additionally, sales pitches such as "engages multiple targets quickly and easily, reminded me of shooting VC brats in country" and "accurate enough to score hits from tall buildings" might be more specific but may not play well to wider audiences.

As for "glass rod" it was somebodies ideal of a "crisp break" that "surprised the shooter" rather than an idea of trigger weight. That was back when people were coached to let the gun "surprise you" rather than break the trigger on command.

Anyone somebody probably wrote it in some gun rag and every idiot who read it quoted it for a couple decades.

[ggammell]

Probably came about around the same time as its hanger-on "if I did my part." No shit.

[Watrdawg]

"shoots like a dream". Every time I'm shooting at something in my dreams it is usually trying to attack me or break into the house or some such thing. No matter how hard I pull the trigger nothing happens or when it does fire the bullet flies about a foot or so out of the barrel and drops right to the ground. In my case it's more like , shoots like a nightmare!!

[MAUSER202]

Now you've ruined it for a lot of folks, if I cant be creative in my analogy of my weapons performance, I might as well put it on the EE and get a different hobby where my poetic prose is appreciated;-)

[FromMyColdDeadHand]

Guns malfunctioned in my dreams until I found the Dream Chart for ARs.

[skywalkrNCSU]

"shoots like a dream". Every time I'm shooting at something in my dreams it is usually trying to attack me or break into the house or some such thing. No matter how hard I pull the trigger nothing happens or when it does fire the bullet flies about a foot or so out of the barrel and drops right to the ground. In my case it's more like , shoots like a nightmare!!

Man this happens to me all the time. Or I am trying to shoot some bad guy and I am actually able to fire the gun but it does absolutely nothing to stop him. Some of the most frustrating dreams.

[militarymoron]

It refers to the figure of speech that relates to something you desire. I (day) dream of having that car, or shooting groups like that etc.

[SomeOtherGuy]

What does a dream shoot like?

Pretty much the same as a unicorn fart after binging on habanero skittles for two weeks.

Also, trigger break like a glass rod. I've never personally broken a glass rod, but I'd imagine it would be a very high trigger pull weight if you're comparing it to a glass rod.

No one said the glass rod has to be any specific diameter. Thin glass rods break easily. The key characteristic of a "glass rod" trigger break is that you get little sharp bits of material all over the floor and you can only experience it once. Picture Emma Frost having... a... uh... you know.... sneezing fit.

[26 Inf]

Also, trigger break like a glass rod. I've never personally broken a glass rod, but I'd imagine it would be a very high trigger pull weight if you're comparing it to a glass rod.

Didn't you ever take organic chemistry? Scoring and breaking glass rods (actually tubes) to use with stoppers in test tubes? Clean, surprise break.

http://www.cmscientific.com/info_she...ng_and_rod.pdf