Funky Things Folks Do

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Very true Dave ^^^^^^^

I have little to no faith in most people out walking on the streets. I think that without laws and civilized rules a large portion of the world would have gotten themselves killed a long time ago. It would serve the remaining gene pool to allow it to happen, but.... well no need to continue that line of thought.

I think as sensible gun owners and handlers, it is still our responsibility to TRY and help our less logical bretheren come around and see what they are doing makes no sense.

If a person does a foolish thing, they should be told it is foolish. They may choose to continue, but at least the truth is out there.
 
Heh...

Catching my ejected round is one of the few "tricks" I have, although I refrain from it when there are shooters at the line. Last thing you need to do is power-swat a live round down to the berm like a Handball. The trick is not hard at all even with the bad arm, easy to practice with snap-caps.

On the other hand, not so much a Trick as a Challenge, I do find myself positioning myself behind my wife in a place to hand-catch her brass as she shoots. Hot stuff, but great for the reflexes, and no bending over to collect it afterward.
 
Another guy said the way he used a speed loader was too cradle the open cylinder in his left hand and release the cartridges from the loader into his left palm where he then inserted them one by one with his right hand. Turned out this is why he thought the Safariland Comp I, II and III loaders were "junk" since he couldn't easily release the rounds into his hand.
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Haha, awesome.
 
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Haha, awesome.
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It was an interesting conversation on here. He said he didn't like Comp I, II or III's because they were hard to release. A page or two followed about technique, how others never had trouble, etc, trying to understand how this guy could be having this problem. THEN he revealed he released the rounds into his hand so he could load the cylinder from there. :rolleyes: and insisted his way was just fine, just as fast, etc.
 
Not carrying a reload.

Insisting on carrying the smallest gun possible despite dressing for a larger gun.
 
people who claim a gun is "broken" before trying live ammo
people who buy a gun on impulse and then expect random 'net people to "school" them about it
people who carry "when they might need it"
people who carry little tiny mouseguns and have opinions about the combat-worthiness of larger guns
people who spend every day in a constant state of readiness for a police search at any moment (seriously, you've never been searched, stop worrying about it)
 
I like my Taurus LCP 380 in that when ejecting a loaded round with the magazine out the round will not flip out the ejection port and I've tried to make it do so. Then I realized that is really neat that it won't because is simply falls down through the mag well into my hand The grip is so small that your little finger blocks it from falling out and its easy to reclose the slide and rotate your palm down to catch the round.
 
Guys who put their hand over the ejection port to catch the round as they eject on "Unload and show clear".
Personally I would rather bend over to pick it up and not risk the extractor smacking the primer....
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Amateurs..

I will rack the pistol with the slide at a slight angle to send the unspent casing vertical in the air.

Toss my pistol in the air with the muzzle facing forward -- safety is important.

Then proceed to do a spin and back flip and catch both the pistol and the cartridge in each hand.


Like on the John Woo films. :D
 
Folks who barely got out of grade school trashing Mass.
Folks who waste YouTube space melting Hi-Point guns when you can do the same thing to polymer Smith's and Glocks.
 
people who think keeping a gun in the car is "carrying"
(sorry, you're transporting, the glove-box is not a holster and the gun will probably not be with you when you need it, folks)
 
People that won't join the NRA because they don't want to "be on a list". Seriously I have a friend that said this but the same friend owns several suppressors which are of course registered NFA items...
 
My buddy is a country boy that has had a Texas CHL for 15 years to be able to. Arty 28 miles to his hu ting lease!!!
 
Alternating rounds -- pretty much guarantees whatever you shoot will be wrong half the tme you pull the trigger. Better to load what is most likely to be effective in your particualar expectations and employ them optimally.
 
My favorite is those who extol a particular gun "if it's all you have." Since we're here sitting at our computers, we have time to think and plan so we don't get into an "all you have" situation.

Next up is those extoling something like the 4.5mm Velo Dog, saying, "Would you like to be shot by one?" I choose guns and cartridges based on the effect on the other guy.
 
I had a buddy ask me to take a look and tell him why his 9mm rounds weren't functioning very well. I put my arm around his shoulder and pointed to the little lettering on his barrel that said "10mm".
I told him that was probably why.
 
I carried a 1911 with the chamber empty during my 1 year of Active Military duty. I did this so that I could dryfire and gunhandle all night
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I was stationed at Fort Benning during the Calley Court Martial. There was an MP car parked in front of the court throughout the trial.

It was boring duty. One day one of the MPs (whose name was not Einstein) was showing the other MP (whose name was not Einstein, either) how the disconnector on the M1911 works. He would slam the muzzle of the cocked gun into the palm of his hand while pulling the trigger, and the hammer would fall to half-cock.

Guess what happened?

Playing with a loaded gun, even if you think the chamber is empty is not a good idea.
 
Being told that a 32 Acp is a better man stopper than a 357 magnum :what: or that you need a 300 win mag to kill a deer and my 35 Remington would never kill a deer cleanly but a 30 30 would or that if your sd ammo. Doesn't say ultimate tactical operator death ray man eater zomibe killer with flaming skulls on it It cant possibly work :rolleyes:
 
Hey Optimus:

Not knowing your gun, not reading instructions is funky indeed...

Faux gun smith who ran a range for a bit, let's call him "Bianchi," told me a new pistol shooter was having a problem. It was keyholing at 7 yards and he couldn't figure out was was wrong and could I look. I asked the shooter for a spent casing. A bubble was blown out where it would have been unsupported in his semi-auto's ramp. I looked at the rim -- 9mm. I looked at the slide -- .40 S&W. Took me about 10 seconds.

The soon-to-be-armed-guard told me the gun shop gave him the ammo for it. I told him to have them pay for a new barrel after he had put a couple of boxes of cartridges through it!
 
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It really bugs me when people say all of their shooting is "training". If this is the case you need to get off your computer and hit the range more and have fun.

HB
 
I was shooting clays with a family member. I put one of his shotguns down and put it on safe out of habit. He picked it up and in a quite upset voice told me "Never put a gun on safe, it's dangerous"

Apparently he had a friend who had one of the 700's with the safety issue and now thinks all safeties will cause a problem.
 
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