Muzzle Control on Non-Guns

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So as mentioned in few earlier posts I have recently started working in a grocery store. In the store there are a number of tools that at least vaguely resemble a gun. Well today I walked into the back room to do some paperwork and there was one of the scanner guns that was laying on the counter and the "business end" was facing me. I immediately picked it up and turned it around so that end was facing the wall.

I did not actually fear the object at all but I think it was just a natural reaction to move it around. I also noticed that today while using the temp-gun that I was actually properly indexing my finger on the side when not pulling the trigger.

Was just wondering if this happens to anybody else.

Oh and as an off topic part, every time I pic up the temp gun which is roughly the size of a full size glock I think, Damm I need a kydex paddle for this thing.
 
A customer at work called me on this before.

I'm a custom framer. Doing a quick drop-in for a customer, I grabbed the tape gun to put the paper backing on, and the guy--probably in his early fifties--looked at me and said. "You a shooter, huh? Wouldn't have pegged you as one."
"What brought you to that, sir?"
He pointed at my hand. "You picked that up, and laid your finger beside the trigger, not on it."
I hadn't even noticed. I just laughed and congratulated him on being perceptive, told him it was a good hobby. Didn't tell him about my CCW, but he hinted subtly that he figured I had the license a couple times.
 
Muzzle control and trigger finger outside trigger guard are the two most important rules. Or, at least, these two rules don't require any imagination to figure out if you're in violation. It's obvious. When I first started shooting, I must have pissed off a lot of longtime shooters because, in hindsight, these two rules were not always on my mind. Now that I'm no longer a rookie, it's muscle memory. Anything from squirt guns to garden hose sprayers, my index finger is off the trigger, and I'm conscious of where the thing is pointing.
 
Play COD4 with "Friendly Fire" on. You learn to identify before pulling the trigger very quickly. And you also learn to keep your finger off the trigger button. :D
 
Spray bottles in the kitchen are mostly where I notice these tendencies in myself. Funny thread.
 
Muzzle discipline for non-guns, no. Trigger discipline, absolutely. I have never thought about this, but it's hilarious.
 
I wish my screw guns had a proper finger rest off the trigger or a trigger guard. They'd be easier to carry. And yes, I do carry the screw gun with my finger along side the frame. And I do observe muzzle control. It sucks to poke yourself or something that shouldn't get scratched/gouged with an exposed drill bit.
 
Ooooh, ooooh, let me tell you about my Paslode cordless framer!

High-torque drills with big holesaw bits or long augers require careful trigger control or they can break your wrist/knock you off a ladder/slam your hand into the adjacent floor joist etc.

There are quite a few shooters in the building trades, around here anyway. Just a coincidence, or are they using plywood cut-offs from the jobsite to make target stands at home? Hmmmmm?

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Play COD4 with "Friendly Fire" on. You learn to identify before pulling the trigger very quickly. And you also learn to keep your finger off the trigger button.
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You're right. I play WAW all the time, and I never noticed that I do keep my finger well away from the "trigger".

I guess that is one argument about kids playing video games with guns - they learn that, but, like me, won't really notice they do it until someone points it out to them.
 
I have noticed that sometimes when I pick up bananas my trigger finger is along the length of the banana and not in the "trigger area" ;)
 
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Hmm, now that I think about it I do tend to keep my finger off the trigger on the job site; pressure washers, the nail and staple guns, drills and impact drivers... I do.

Man, those little li-ion impact drivers sure are handy for driving screws! Sure wouldn't want one to slip off the screw midway and into your hand, though. Hex bits/screws mostly solve that problem though.
 
I worked one christmas season at a Best Buy stocking and doing inventory, I had to bite it off when I saw guys carrying the scan guns incorrectly.

When I went back into the guard, I complained when we were using real rifles for movement drills indoors. I asked if we had any training rifles, I was told that there was no budget for them. I suggested that we at least put red blank adapters on the muzzles. They rolled their eyes but complied.
 
Yep, I keep my finger off the trigger of my drill until the bit is where I want it. I didn't realize why until I read this thread.

P.S. I used to use a hot glue gun fairly often. My trigger finger kept getting burned because I instinctively laid it above the trigger, up on the hot part of the gun.
 
I do it subconsciously, which is good. Every time I pick up something shaped like a gun, my finger goes straight along the side.
 
I do it subconsciously, which is good. Every time I pick up something shaped like a gun, my finger goes straight along the side.
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Avoiding obvious jokes occurring at this point, carry on.
 
I got crap when I was roofing houses because I was so slow... I found my spot and pulled the trigger.. Everyone else just held down the trigger and went bang bang bang down the line like it was nothing.. I couldn't bring myself to do it, and I hate heights so i gave that job up...
 
"Muzzle dicipline"? No... I have a reason for firearm muzzle dicipline being applied to firearms, not so much with a spray bottle or laser scanner, etc.. Those objects are not firearms.

"Trigger dicipline", I guess so, but more because I have better physical control of the object with my finger on a stable surface than on a movable surface (the trigger), than being worried about an "AD"...
 
I have noticed that sometimes when I pick up bananas my trigger finger is along the length of the banana and not in the "trigger area"
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Now that is just plain funny!!
 
Absolutely.
On my job site no one keeps their finger on the trigger or sweeps others with a pneumatic nailer. Nailers are disconnected from compressors when not in use, and nose guard safety springs are checked every day.

I wouldn't work with a nail gun "cowboy" anymore than I'd shoot at the range with him.

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