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"Rode hard and put up wet" is an often used expression, understood by most to explain something was used but not well taken care of by some previous owner. Shorthand for more wear and premature bad condition than expected. Some understand shorthand and some apparently don't or don't like it. It saves me time and tells the listener quickly that a gun is in rough shape.
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For the record I understood what was meant by this phrase instantly, just as I do many other phrases that help make English a colorful language.
'One night as my car was going backwards through a cornfield at 90mph I had an epiphany...'
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Quick! Someone move this picture to this thread! http://dlisted.com/2008/08/26/go-to-bed/
I prefer wood to plastic, leather to nylon, waxed cotton to Gore-Tex, and split bamboo to graphite.
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and most were rode hard and put away wet. Not picking on any one here but why do guys use that rode hard and put away wet phrase when writing about guns? Its not the first time I've seen it used here. It does sound neat I suppose but we're not talking about horses. If you want to sound like an expert why not use the right terminology instead of a phrase that doesn't fit. Go piss up a rope. Is that acceptable terminology? No. change "rope" to bore snake.
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