Flicking The Cylinder Of A Revolver (A No No)

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Tactfully correcting a stupid move.

I treat every handgun as if it were my own! Correcting someone tactfully is a simple educational move. If it is my own personal posession, I will correct someone with greater firmness.

JMHO,

Scott
 
Anyone who does what you described obviously does not know what he's doing.

As long as you approach the situation with tact and courtesy, then I don't see any issue with what you did. And besides, you can be saving someone from costly repairs down the road.

But, then again, Human Nature being what it is, most guys don't like it to be pointed out that they are wrong, and they also don't like it when they feel that someone is telling them what to do.

Approach these situations as you see fit.
 
Put up a sign that reads like this;

"They are nice to look at, wonderful to behold...But if you abuse it, consider it sold!"

Otherwise, "cylinder slammers" and "slide crashers" don't learn any better if they are not tactfully corrected (and you don't want to p!ss off a guy who might have a wad of cash in his pocket!)
 
i think my patience isnt big enough to just show him nicely.if it was my gun id insert his finger in the cylinder window and close cyl.

if that didnt educate em nothin will.as i remember h5o was a anti gun propaganda peice so it doesnt surprise me theyd be big on" flicking"

the latest version of the human trash syndrome was vin diesel in xxx.me and the wife almost went to war cause when i saw it i wanted to bust the dvd.
 
You definitely did right, even with some tact to it....

It shows very well of your character and how much you value your inventory within your shop, which is a very good thing! Many gunshop owners don't care a damn about their merchandise, only that it gets sold.

Even if you lost a customer, at least you taught him something good.

So... good on you! :)
 
I think you were right, as it's a bad habit to get into, and a harder one to get out of, and I must confess that with my own revolvers, I still occasionally do it, even though its a dumb thing to do. As long as you were tactful and weren't acting superior, your fine, IMHO.
 
I assume that by "flicking" a cylinder shut, you mean that you swing the gun so that the weight of the cylinder closes it or locks it inplace to the gun. There are varying degrees of this practice as I see it. Don't care much for the practice.

I treat every gun owned by someone else as if it were a museum piece until told to do otherwise. I especially think new guns in stores should be carefully and responsibly handled if you're "just lookin". I don't think I would have said anything personally, but it all depends on my mood and my relationship with the guy behind the counter.
 
wow im glad i read this, i never even stopped to think about the stresses on the yoke.

I feel so foolish, (going to safe to apologize to the offended guns):(
 
I had the opposite happen. I had the dealer ( I was the customer ). flip open and then flick closed to check if it was unloaded after I asked to see it. I told him . you know your not supposed to do that. He didnt really ackknowledge it and handed me the peice. He was a gunshow dealer helper type. It was a nice 4" gp fixed sight half shround peice. would have still bought it had I had the stupid Michigan purchase permit. Still turned me off thinking customers who dont know any better would assume it was ok to handle a peice like this since the dealer "looked cool":banghead: doing it.
 
pezo my friend

I'm sure glad that idiot doesn't work in our shop. Hats off too you Sir
for correcting his actions. When properly used right, firearms are a
very valuable tool. Abuse them, and when faced with immediate
bodily harm; they could let you down.
 
Yup, definatly treat your equipment with respect.

Just an add on question though, watching Jerry Mickuleck (spelling?) do his ultra fast reloads, where he would quite briskly open and close that cylinder, would he wear out a revolver faster doing this? I'd imagine he would, considering the extra force, and inevitable loss of smoothness involved....
 
If there is anyone out there, who is more of a gentleman than Dan, I'd like to meet him. It's an honor, and a privilege, to be one of the very fortunate people who can say he is a true friend. That guy should consider himself very lucky that it was Dan, that he was dealing with. Someone else might have womped him upside the head with an ugly stick.:D



SILENT ONE
 
Jerry doesn't flick his cylinders open or closed.

When opening the cylinder, he pushes it open with the fingers of his left hand and traps it against his left palm. While the fingers and palm control the cylinder, the left thumb does the ejection. Then the palm pushes it closed after the reload.

It happens pretty fast, but I don't think there's much in the way of excessive stress on the gun.

He may not have to pay for his guns these days, but he started out buying his own guns and shooting his own reloads. I doubt that while he was still working on getting to be the best he could afford to tear up guns any more than the rest of us can.

BTW, at one of the local gun shops, I watched the shop "handgun expert" flick the cylinder open and closed on a snubbie he was showing to a customer. Made a mental note to never buy a revolver from that shop...
 
Was at a meet with some folks from this board. Snake Eyes had his very pretty Pythons with him. A guy who is not a member of this board, but was an acquiantence of mine came over and look at the Pythons.

Right in front of both of us, he gives a snap of the wrist and slams the cylinder home. I was mortified. Snake Eyes, being a complete gentleman said nothing. I let the guy know that it was a really bad idea to do that with $1000 dollar revolvers.
 
I believe that was well-handled Dan.

I've done the same thing, with one of my coworkers (and fairly good friends). Just got my nice, LNIB 629-1 for my 21st birthday last year, and he and I were at the range. He checked it out, and swung it closed. He almost dropped it when he saw what must have looked like me having a coronary! :eek: Then I politely showed him that it wasn't good for the longevity of his revolver or mine (or my health if he did it in front of me any more... ;) ) and we continued on. He even tried the beast a few times, but I have a few buckets of mild .44 Specials for just such interested observers.
 
Of course you did the right thing. If he bought it then he is free to do whatever he wants with it. Once purchased he is free to flick it open as much as he wants, use it as a boat anchor, or plant it in the ground in an attempt to grow the illusive Smith & Wesson gun tree (a close relative of the highly rare Money tree). But, it was not his. Therefore he should treat it with due care and take your gentle criticisms with a grin and a shrug.
 
I think you were right in correcting him. I speak as one who was so corrected many many years ago when I was just getting into handguns. I had no idea flicking the cylinder closed could damage the gun. The guy that owned the revolver in question was a friend of mine and set me straight. I haven't done it since and won't allow anyone to do it to my revolvers.
 
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