[Gunfyter]

On the Gunsite Tactical Pistol 2 video, they talk about a "dryfire safe". Gunsite no longer carries them. Anyone have an idea where they can be found?

[Jim K]

OK, I'll bite. What is a "dryfire safe"?

Jim

[DontShootMe]

A place to dry fire safely? :p :p :p :D

[Gunfyter]

Sorry for the brain teaser. A dry fire safe was the term used by a lady at Gunsite. The correct term is "Handgun Dryfire Safety Target". It's a piece of level 3 kevlar that you hang on a wall, door, whatever to aim at in dry fire practice. If you suffer a brain-fart and leave a round in the gun, the kevlar stops the round from plowing thru your house. It's no substitute for good gun handling, but we all know that accidents happen. If you want to see one, watch the Gunsite video Tactical Pistol 1.

[22luvr]

After almost 50 years of safe gun-handling, about 3 years ago, I shot a hole through my bedroom floor "dry-firing." I don't call that an "accidental discharge;" better it be called a "negligent discharge." Not only that, but it was a .357 mag round and I was almost totally deaf for 3 days, had major ringing, hissing and other assorted hearing problems for over a month and my hearing will probably never fully recover.

I now have a safer system for dry-firing......one that involves an exacting step-by-step procedure so that will never-never happen again.

Someone's by-line says it all: "The two worst sounds in the world is hearing a bang where there should be a click and hearing a click where there should be a bang."

Be careful out there.

[brownie0486]

Gunfyter:

Now you've done it. Everyone will now go out and buy a piece of kevlar [ vest panel ] and set up their own range in the house.

Dry fire should be at the range, not in the home.

Even with a backstop, people will always miss and then we are looking at postings later like "shot the neighbor through my living room wall" .

How safe can a backstop be in a home?

There is another thread running concurrent with this one where a guy let one go into his tv over his wifes head who was laying on the couch.

That thread has people dry firing and shooting the BG's on the movie thats running.

Bad ju ju folks, guns should not be fired in the house, empty, not empty or thought to be empty. They can and will exit the exterior and the potential for others injury as well as a family member are too great.

May I suggest more range time and less "house" time on the guns.

Brownie

[Tamara]

Yeah, and besides, what do those folks at Gunsite know about handgun training, anyway? :scrutiny:



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[El Tejon]

brownie, man, I'm glad I'm not the only guy pulling his hair out over that.:)

Gun, they are available at Menards or Lowe's or any other hardware store. About $5 for a big bag of play sand. Good for iron skin drills as well.:)

Four Rules couple with dry practice rules apply.