How many folks actually have a "clearing bucket"?
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blades67
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I also use a kevlar vest panel as a backstop.
keyhole
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I have a 5 gallon bucket of sand in the garage I use to test guns that I have worked on. Best thing is to remember the basic rules, and always treat them as loaded. I have found that the neighborhood squirells do a great job stopping cb .22 rounds!
Guy B. Meredith
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Clearing bucket? What is a clearing bucket?
Excuse me while I go store my revolver.
Like Jim March said...
Excuse me while I go store my revolver.
Like Jim March said...
HankL
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Most of the clearing buckets that I have seen were on military bases outside of guard shacks and base/post exchanges.
Most had been shot through and through many a time. This is not good.
Most had been shot through and through many a time. This is not good.
Stevie-Ray
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I use my bed. In the event a .45 Hydra-shok is gonna penetrate an entire mattress and box springs, a hardwood floor and unoccupied basement is under it.
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Redlg155
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For us folks who carry here in Florida it is almost a virtual necessity in the summer. Salt in the air and high humidity is a problem where I live. Compound that with a lot of sweat. There have been times where I literally have had sweat coming out of the barrel and magazine from being next to me when outdoors.
At the very least I give my carry gun a wipedown in the winter.
Good Shooting
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ol badger might like these
"Take a position then fashion a rationale to fit the conclusion."
or:
"Remember, its not really a lie if its based on facts."
"Take a position then fashion a rationale to fit the conclusion."
or:
"Remember, its not really a lie if its based on facts."
Double Naught Spy
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I have a garage wall backed by an exterior brick wall. I have a target on the garage wall as my aim point. To date, no holes in the garage wall or target.
augh! almost all ADs happen because of problems between peoples' EARS not their hands. That being said, if there was an AD in our little town, either one of th neighbors, or our one marshal would figure out who had the hole in their roof and politely remind them that shooting at squirrels and rabbits in town is a misdemeanor.
Other than that I point at the floor when I clear a weapon.
Other than that I point at the floor when I clear a weapon.
An 8 or 10-inch diameter iron pipe, 2.5 feet tall, welded to a base and filled with sand. Heavy bugger, that one! Great for test-firing into after working on guns. Ticks off the spousal unit, though, and probably the neighbors - and big calibers blow sand all over the place! 
Jim March
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Re: high primers.
I don't know if anybody else does this, but with my centerfire defense revolvers, I buy two kinds of ammo:
1) Cheap stuff - there's a rule with this: it doesn't get loaded or played with anywhere BUT at a range.
2) "Good stuff": if I buy a box of, say, Winchester Supreme 130grain +P 38spl, or Cor-Bons, or whatever, FIRST thing I do is open the box and hand-inspect each round. I look at the primers, I look at the primer SEALS to make sure 100% of the primer edge is covered (in case of moisture), I look at the JHP, I look for "dings" or out-of-roundness" or whatever. Any that look mildly bad get filed with the "cheap stuff" and I'll use 'em as range fodder. I'll take a small selection of "good stuff" and try it at the range, checking group size and where they print. The rest is carry fodder or the stuff you keep the guns and speedloaders stocked with at home.
So at home, I'm only loading/unloading (for cleaning, dry-fire or whatever) "hand inspected by me good stuff". I'm not going to get a high primer problem.
Paranoid? Maybe. But I know that any gun I reach for is loaded with as close to "known good" as I can get.
(Yes, I wipe down rounds I've inspected, so the brass doesn't tarnish from finger oils.)
I don't know if anybody else does this, but with my centerfire defense revolvers, I buy two kinds of ammo:
1) Cheap stuff - there's a rule with this: it doesn't get loaded or played with anywhere BUT at a range.
2) "Good stuff": if I buy a box of, say, Winchester Supreme 130grain +P 38spl, or Cor-Bons, or whatever, FIRST thing I do is open the box and hand-inspect each round. I look at the primers, I look at the primer SEALS to make sure 100% of the primer edge is covered (in case of moisture), I look at the JHP, I look for "dings" or out-of-roundness" or whatever. Any that look mildly bad get filed with the "cheap stuff" and I'll use 'em as range fodder. I'll take a small selection of "good stuff" and try it at the range, checking group size and where they print. The rest is carry fodder or the stuff you keep the guns and speedloaders stocked with at home.
So at home, I'm only loading/unloading (for cleaning, dry-fire or whatever) "hand inspected by me good stuff". I'm not going to get a high primer problem.
Paranoid? Maybe. But I know that any gun I reach for is loaded with as close to "known good" as I can get.
(Yes, I wipe down rounds I've inspected, so the brass doesn't tarnish from finger oils.)
Crimper-D
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What is all this "Take apart/Load/Unload" Business
There's _ Always_ a round in the chamber Who taught you to shoot anyway
There was a clearing bucket at SFO (San Francisco Intl. Airport)
for use by the Calif. National Guard when going off duty. One of our young troopers unholsterd his Glock for the required ritual at the end of his shift guarding airport baggage screenersl... Managed to shoot himself in the butt
with a weapon that was supposedly not to be carried with a load in the chamber - especially with one's finger on trigger (it _was_ a Glock afterall)
There's _ Always_ a round in the chamber
Who taught you to shoot anyway There was a clearing bucket at SFO (San Francisco Intl. Airport)
for use by the Calif. National Guard when going off duty. One of our young troopers unholsterd his Glock for the required ritual at the end of his shift guarding airport baggage screenersl...
Managed to shoot himself in the buttwith a weapon that was supposedly not to be carried with a load in the chamber - especially with one's finger on trigger (it _was_ a Glock afterall)
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