A hit with a .22 beats a miss with a .44.

American folk saying  

Beware of the man who only owns one gun.
He probably knows how to use it.

American folk saying

Speed's fine but accuracy is final.

Bill Jordan

Move quickly, shoot carefully.
Take the time you need to make the shot but don't waste any time.

Peter Samish  

The most important lesson I learned ...
was that the winner of a gunplay usually was the one who took his time.

Wyatt Earp

Speed is five-sixths smoothness.

Ray Chapman

Legitimate, personal confidence in one's own ability is the key to victory. Heart rate, blood pressure, and a host of other unavoidable, psychosomatic, bodily reactions are largely irrelevant. "Anxiety acclimatization" renders them irrelevant.

Ron Avery

A fully loaded pistol is useless to the man who has an empty magazine between the ears.

Louis Awerbuck

Accuracy is the product of consistency.

(Don't have a clue who said it first)

Practice makes perfect- but only if you practice perfectly. Concentrate on your fundamentals every time you shoot.

(No clue as to who said that either but this is a Natural Law)

The three most important components of stopping power are
bullet placement, bullet placement and bullet placement

(Unknown)

One hundred rounds do not constitute fire power. One hit constitutes fire power.

Major General Merritt Edson, U.S.M.C.

God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best.

Voltaire

Full-auto is a good way to turn good money into noise.

Clint Smith  

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