Arkansas Paul
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Rugers won't fire with the clip removed.........................
As long as you understand that some people are going to hear your message as: "The guy I'm talking to doesn't know much about guns"....For the nitpickers, English is a language, not a long line of cliche, and phrasing. You can say any word you want, and if its sends the right message, its a proper statement...
Large LGS has an indoor 100 yard rifle range and they have safety officers to make sure no one does something stupid. I had my .44 mag lever gun and was getting sight settings for my tang sight when this one safety officer asked what caliber I was shooting and I said .44 mag. He then told me that I had to be careful because the trajectory of the .44 was like a rainbow and didn't want me to hit the ceiling with a round. The ceiling on that range is nearly 20 feet high. I told him I would be real careful.
They don't call an AR pistol with a stock an SBR?
I could mention a few of the oddest things I've heard, but they may not go over so well on the forum
Rugers won't fire with the clip removed.........................
Clerk talking about a P22
"One to the cranium....lights out."
Because it sounds like he's quoting an NWA song?What do you object to with this?
Rugers won't fire with the clip removed.........................
If he’d just left the .50 BMG out of it the story would have been believable. They dropped a lot of stuff out of SOE Halifaxes and OSS B-24sI do remember as a kid a guy in the neighborhood, claimed to be "OSS" in WWII and carried a BAR that held 10 rds of .50 BMG in the magazine. Joe
What part of his concern do you consider "odd"? (as stated in the title of the thread) What would you do, FIRST THING, if you watched someone clear a firearm and then hand it to you?After someone stood right next to me as I made sure my rifle was clear, empty magazine back in the ammo can, I placed it in a soft rifle case and was carrying it to the car. The same person, walking in front of me, asked me to make sure the rifle was not pointing toward them. "Why not? I asked." Their answer, "Because you always assume it's loaded." "But you just saw me clear it" says I. "That doesn't matter", says they, "you should always assume a gun is loaded."
A well known sporting goods store in a nearby town closed closed due to a law suit involving a clerks mistake. A lady bought a muzzle loader for her husband. The clerk sold her a can of smokeless powder. The gun blew up and killed her husband and she sued. Unfortunately this is a true story.
What part of his concern do you consider "odd"? (as stated in the title of the thread) What would you do, FIRST THING, if you watched someone clear a firearm and then hand it to you?
With a semi auto, a if they drop the mag then remove a live round. I consider it good enough for me. If they look, but don't remove anything, I always check.I consider the post that you quoted to be a case of bad gun handling. I don't point guns at others and I don't want them pointed at me. No matter what!
If I'm showing someone a gun I check it empty before handing it to them. I don't say much if they don't check theirselves but I consider it good gun handling when they do. If they are a youngster or a rookie I'll say something. I personally will check for myself even after seeing it done. To me, its just good gun handling!
Rubber buck is a step up from blanks. But I sure would not recommend setting someone up for a law suit or death.Guy told me he a 50 caliber magnum revolver that would shoot through a 6 foot in diameter tree trunk. Yes, there are such caliber guns but I don't think so.
I've mentioned this before. Guy at Cabela's wants a pump shotgun as he tells the clerk because the rack will scare the BG away. He also wants blanks in case that doesn't work. The clerk also tells him to get rubber buckshot.
LOL! I'd love to see the recoil on that revolver.Guy told me he a 50 caliber magnum revolver that would shoot through a 6 foot in diameter tree trunk.
This has to be one of the "oddest" statements/complaints I've seen in a while.After someone stood right next to me as I made sure my rifle was clear, empty magazine back in the ammo can, I placed it in a soft rifle case and was carrying it to the car. The same person, walking in front of me, asked me to make sure the rifle was not pointing toward them. "Why not? I asked." Their answer, "Because you always assume it's loaded." "But you just saw me clear it" says I. "That doesn't matter", says they, "you should always assume a gun is loaded."
I'm in the habit of checking everything every time someone hands me a firearm of any kind. Likewise, I never hand anyone a firearm without locking it open, cylinder open, or broken over if it's hinged. And if anyone asks why, I tell them I don't expect them to trust me anymore than I trust them.With a semi auto, a if they drop the mag then remove a live round. I consider it good enough for me. If they look, but don't remove anything, I always check.
If it's a wheel or lever gun, I always check.
pare these "cop killer bullets
Thats a damn good reply, especially considering I early eyerolled a guy for saying "50 cal" in this very thread. Either way, I habitually do it, because it simplifies things, but rarely correct people except the rare cases where it makes a difference at the moment. But at the same time, an ammo can, ammo box, or the trunk of the car carrying it is a magazine. When you say fill the magazines, most people don't think your bagging up and leaving. I DO know people who call car mufflers "silencers", but yes, it is a joke about the suppressor/silencer debate.As long as you understand that some people are going to hear your message as: "The guy I'm talking to doesn't know much about guns".
Unlike "silencer" and "suppressor", a "clip" and a "magazine" are two entirely different things with different functions.
I'm unlikely to correct someone for referring to the "clip" in their AR or AK, but my estimation of their firearms savvy probably just dropped a couple of notches.