Smokepole?

[1950DAVE]

Something in me just refuses to allow me to refer to a BP firearm as as a smokepole, or as a toy. The last smokepole I saw was a 16" poplar tree that was struck by lightning. What was left was definitely a smokepole. When I see the word I see a large splintered tree with steam coming from every pore of the superheated wood. Don't want to handle no smokepole.

Dave

 

[Eric Krewson]

Strange you should mention that Dave, I was thinking the same thing when I was watching a hunting show the other day. The guy was shooting a modern scoped black thingy that was good to 300 yards but just happened to be loaded through the muzzle, he called it his "smoke pole".

I never liked the term, considering all the work I have in building my various flintlock rifles and smoothbores calling one a "smoke pole" is a slap in the face to me.

I refer to my M/Ls by name; it might be my Beck, Bogle, TN .40, Kibler SMR, fowler or trade gun but never a smokepole.

People latch onto speech patterns or words and they spread like wildfire. The words "basically" or "like" are prime examples, some people use these words in almost every sentence now.

The "in" word for tv show hunters hunters now is the word "baby", as in "that is what I am talking about BABY", sickening. "That is what I am talking about" is another phrase people use that makes no sense but they heard someone say it and adopted the phrase.

Another is calling a huge deer a "toad" or saying "I smoked him" when they make a good shot.

People quickly adopt these words and phrases and add them to their vocabulary, I guess it is just a human thing that can't be avoided.

 

[Crow-Feather]

A rose by any other name is still a rose. I wonder if anyone ever researched the term to see when it came into being. I ask that as I am too damn lazy to do it myself.

 

[hawkeye2]

I'm not big on acronyms and I abhor buzz words. Smokepole is about the top of the list for me and I won't use it but will tolerate those who do, at least for short conversations.

 

[tenngun]

Strange you should mention that Dave, I was thinking the same thing when I was watching a hunting show the other day. The guy was shooting a modern scoped black thingy that was good to 300 yards but just happened to be loaded through the muzzle, he called it his "smoke pole".

I never liked the term, considering all the work I have in building my various flintlock rifles and smoothbores calling one a "smoke pole" is a slap in the face to me.

I refer to my M/Ls by name; it might be my Beck, Bogle, TN .40, Kibler SMR, fowler or trade gun but never a smokepole.

People latch onto speech patterns or words and they spread like wildfire. The words "basically" or "like" are prime examples, some people use these words in almost every sentence now.

The "in" word for tv show hunters hunters now is the word "baby", as in "that is what I am talking about BABY", sickening. "That is what I am talking about" is another phrase people use that makes no sense but they heard someone say it and adopted the phrase.

Another is calling a huge deer a "toad" or saying "I smoked him" when they make a good shot.

People quickly adopt these words and phrases and add them to their vocabulary, I guess it is just a human thing that can't be avoided.

It’s all macaroni
Or the bees knees
People like to use phases that sound cool
I know I had to get a possibles bag when I started shooting
And a Bowie knife to compleat my outfit
Big sailing ships compeated for a while with steam ships, but it wasn’t to last. Steamship crews called them windjammers
Suppository guns, cap poppers, rock in the locks, curry poppers, stitch counters, words that still go around.

 

[Phil Coffins]

Let’s not add a Y to the end of words too!

 

[Henry Miles]

Smokepole, huh. I kinda like the term and have used it for decades. Sounds better than front stuffer!

 

[Jim Wag]

I know
Right

Jim in La Luz

 

[The Crisco Kid]

I've heard it said a ton of times but I literally never call my firestick a smokepole.

 

[Woody Morgan]

"Literally" is another one.

wm

 

[longcruise]

How about "it (anything) averages 30 or 40"? A range of numbers is not an average

 

[ADK Bigfoot]

I have a sister in law who says, YOU KNOW... in every sentence. NO, I DON'T KNOW! Just tell me!

ADK Bigfoot

 

[B P Arn]

"Boolets"

 

[appalichian hunter]

Cool Beans.

 

[tenngun]

English has sure gone down hill:

 

[appalichian hunter]

As well as lot of other things now of days.

 

[smo]

I just saw on another Forum , one of those smokepolling frontstuffers proclaimed victory since he scored some BH 209…for $36 a pound..

I told him that made Goex seem cheap… even with the hazmat fee…

My guess is real bp won’t work in a frontstuffer smokepoler…lol

 

[russellshaffer]

Maybe this really is one? 55 inches overall.

 

[Henry Miles]

I just saw on another Forum , one of those smokepolling frontstuffers proclaimed victory since he scored some BH 209…for $36 a pound..

I told him that made Goex seem cheap… even with the hazmat fee…

My guess is real bp won’t work in a frontstuffer smokepoler…lol

That's $36 per 10oz, just over half a pound! Not.

 

[smo]

I guess that’s what’s needed too shoot those high dollar plastic covered things they shoot.

lol