"Battlefield pickup"

[Funderb]

It can't be too hard to figure things out. If you are not being shot at, that is.

Maybe 10 minutes with a fully assembled gun, and you'll be able to take it apart and put it back together like it was your own. Regardless of the complexity.

 

[WardenWolf]

Or less if you're a technical / mechanical wizard.

 

[BCRider]

Are there really zombies?

You've never dealt with any government departments?

 

[Duke of Doubt]

Funder B: "Maybe 10 minutes with a fully assembled gun, and you'll be able to take it apart and put it back together like it was your own. Regardless of the complexity."

I don't know; I recently had to show a very knowledgeable and experienced gun dealer how to work the action of a Hakim -- and without losing a finger or two when it closed. Thing chopped the end off the (narrow) dowel I used to release the bolt carrier. That impressed everyone in the shop.

 

[James T Thomas]

be all that you can be

"rteam:"

You can receive training on most every shoulder fired weapon, crew served weapons, both foreign and domestic by joining an "A Team."
"Free Instruction." However, as always read the fine print.
It is a good skill to have, but the practical application for it is very limited.

One of the posters said that if things became that bad, that you could obtain a weapon from a fallen comrad. So true.

 

[mike724]

The first time I ever handled a benelli shotgun was when I found one on the trail last spring. I was able to safe and unload it. When I showed it to a friend at the campfire that evening, we learned it was his!

 

[lloveless]

when picking up an weapon from a fallen comrade/enemy check to make sure the barrel is clear before firing.
lloveless

 

[Duke of Doubt]

Rule of thumb: just about every gun you will find in the woods is loaded. Frozen campers, lost hunters, clumsy hunters, and for some reason even suicides tend to load a full magazine.

 

[armedandsafe]

Dan Wesson revolver release is in front of the cylinder, left side.

Gun in right hand: Drop gun into left hand, pull down release with left thumb, press cylinder out into palm of left hand.

Gun in left hand: Place right hand over top of gun, push release down and press the cylinder out into the palm of left hand.

In either case, you are now holding the gun by the cylinder. Place thumb on cylinder rod, muzzle up and press the cases out. Drop muzzle down and insert cartridges with your right hand.

Roll the cylinder as you are closing it.

Pops

 

[Bix]

I've done battlefield pickup drills in a couple classes, including one where every 'pickup' was a Glock of some sort. That was kinda funny .

 

[DAdams]

Disapointed

I thought this was a thread about how to convert a Dodge Power Wagon into a battlefield pick-up. :banghead:

 

[sturmgewehr]

You've never dealt with any government departments?

Sure, I work for the government. I'm here to help you.

 

[kd7nqb]

I think a more useful skill is knowing what ammo can go where, and what is exchangeable.

 

[rteam2]

Wow, interesting thoughts have got me thinking too. Thanks for the input

 

[MDG1976]

Is a tin foil helmet appropriate garb for "battlefield pickup" training?

 

[Lonestar.45]

Information is power. The more you know, in any situation, is better than the alternative. Will it pay off? Maybe, probably not, but since folks fill their heads with all kinds of useless trivia these days, why not bone up on gun related knowledge?

Here's a fun game--try to break down a S&W 5906 w/out instructions or help and put it back together the first time, or a Ruger Mk I .22. I have, it's not fun, and I couldn't do it again if I tried. Dad can keep those guns at his house from now on and clean them himself!

 

[Hungry Seagull]

I watched a video some time ago about a Marine who was under direct fire from an enemy and his cover was a sort of a rock wall. What stood out was his use of the AK style weapon.

The video does leave the question hanging as to the outcome of the fight as one or few rounds land just about on the Marine's face forcing him to get down and quits playing afterwards.

I do worry about one little item.

Pick up a weapon, reach into your ammo pouch and jam something that may not quite be the same caliber out of habit. Sort of like trying to get a .45 into a 9mm.

I would not want to learn the results.

 

[REAPER4206969]

A frame mounted safety almost never also acts as a decocker.

CZ-50, CZ-52, CZ-70, Heckler und Koch USP, I belive the tuarus pt-92 and some Beretta's.

ETA: Also many European auto-loading pistols with a frame mounted safety have up as FIRE and down as SAFE.

 

[WardenWolf]

The idea was to borrow or rent a handgun you'd never fired before and then shoot the match "cold."

If I wanted to be evil doing such a match, I'd bring my father's 1972 Ruger Mark I and load it with standard velocity ammo. Unless you feed it CCI Mini Mags, it jams constantly. It's not particularly accurate, either. That gun is just a little ball of hate. I did a lot of work on it, and finally got it running acceptably, but you have to feed it right.

 

[jim in Anchorage]

I thought this was about 1851 Colt navys,found at Gettysburg.

 

[rogertc1]

When I was in the Army I shot every firearm that the US and the Gooks had in my training. Then again I have about every type of firearm made out there in my collection...except full-auto.

 

[chuckusaret]

My wife has mastered the characteristics of all my handguns but is having a rough time with my Dillon M134D Gatling Gun

 

[Hostile Amish]

If you know how to shoot a:

-1911
-Glock
-Beretta Mod. 92
-AK-type rifle
-AR-type rifle

You're in good shape.

 

[Ben Shepherd]

Knowing the basics of a lot of different actions is always a good thing. As a range officer and hunter education instructor the list of 22's I can't manipulate is shrinking pretty rapidly, that's for sure.