BluesBear
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Now you know why the revolving rifle never really caught on.
Lesson to everyone, do not do what you see guys in movies do, and my painful lesson
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Camel
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I dont know about anyone else but that seems like something I would do. Now Ill remember not to. Thanks for saving me from myself.
I dont know about anyone else but that seems like something I would do. Now Ill remember not to. Thanks for saving me from myself.
Billmanweh
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my advice is to stay away from John Woo movies
Ryder
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I tried one of those long range reclining positions where you lay back on the ground and rest the pistol on your ankle once. Let me emphasize that... ONCE.
Shredded the crap out of my jeans. Burned through the socks a lilttle and it did hurt, but left no mark.
The last girl I taught to shoot tried holding the cylinder of a 22 cal single-six after reloading from her first 6 shots. Lucky for her I was paying good attention. I'd had already warned her about the cylinder gap before the shooting began. She didn't make that mistake the rest of the session. My bark is pretty serious when I am responsible for someone elses safety.
Shredded the crap out of my jeans. Burned through the socks a lilttle and it did hurt, but left no mark.
The last girl I taught to shoot tried holding the cylinder of a 22 cal single-six after reloading from her first 6 shots. Lucky for her I was paying good attention. I'd had already warned her about the cylinder gap before the shooting began. She didn't make that mistake the rest of the session. My bark is pretty serious when I am responsible for someone elses safety.
achadwick
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Ant,
That looks bad but it could have been much worse. My brother was shooting his SRH 454 Casull last spring and got his left thumb too close to the cylinder gap. He knew better but got distracted while hunting. Blew the whole front of his thumb off except for a small piece at the nail. He got to the hospital after a 2 hour drive and the doctors sewed his thumb back on. It's still badly discolored and numb at the tip.
That looks bad but it could have been much worse. My brother was shooting his SRH 454 Casull last spring and got his left thumb too close to the cylinder gap. He knew better but got distracted while hunting. Blew the whole front of his thumb off except for a small piece at the nail. He got to the hospital after a 2 hour drive and the doctors sewed his thumb back on. It's still badly discolored and numb at the tip.
OUCH.....Son of a B%*^&$ that must of hurt. I'm glad you're ok. Reminds of the time I was practicing shooting from the hip with an auto and had the gun too close to my hip....BAM.....OUCH!!! The slide cycled back hard into my hip bone(not a doctor guys). I was holding my side and cursing a blue streak while my buddies were rolling on the ground laughing. 
Like I said before I glad you're ok and don't worry, we've all made mistakes too.
Like I said before I glad you're ok and don't worry, we've all made mistakes too.
Wildalaska
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Hey Ant did ya see in "jackass, the Movie", how they used their, hmm lower orifices to launch bottle rockets...
Iwould have been far more impr4essed if life had imitated that art
WildstilllaughingAlaska
Iwould have been far more impr4essed if life had imitated that art
WildstilllaughingAlaska
Daniel Watters
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Everyone warns about the effects of barrel porting, but most blithely ignore a revolver's cylinder gap.
MrPink
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Was once out shooting with a friend and his Colt 1911. A guy we know stops by to talk and my friend offers him to try the Colt. This guy was a good ol boy - hunted with rifles but not much use of handguns. Proceeds to take up a two handed grip, with you guessed it, the left thumb crossed over the right hand. Takes a quick shot before we can say anything and was promptly rewarded with a large bleeding flesh wound.
HankB
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Just be glad it wasn't a .44, a .454, or something bigger.
Hazwaste
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Hollywood...
Is this the same Hollywood that says a hit from a 9mm will throw a man back 30 feet through a plate glass window?
Mr. Pink, my son did that same thing to himself last weekend. I told him to move that thumb away, but did he listen to Dad? Do they ever??? :banghead:
Is this the same Hollywood that says a hit from a 9mm will throw a man back 30 feet through a plate glass window?
Mr. Pink, my son did that same thing to himself last weekend. I told him to move that thumb away, but did he listen to Dad? Do they ever??? :banghead:
ysr_racer
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Why would you do ANYTHING you saw on TV. It's make-believe.
OEF_VET
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I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one of us who earned himself a dumba$$ award this weekend. Glad to hear you're ok.
Rabbit, stupid lessons aren't always free. I'm dreading the ER bill for my lesson this Sunday. At least insurance will cover most of it.
Frank
Rabbit, stupid lessons aren't always free. I'm dreading the ER bill for my lesson this Sunday. At least insurance will cover most of it.
Frank
When I used to shoot silhouette, I tried that position for a while with my Super Blackhawk (BTW, it's called the Creedmore position). But you'lll notice that the guys who use it will have a shield on their leg. I used a layer of inner tube and two layers of leather from boot tops.
It still felt like someone was hitting me in the leg with a hammer, so I gave it up and went back to prone.
bogie
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A few years back on Usenet or WWIVnet (maybe 10-12...) there was a fellow who insisted that the absolute best firearm was the Single Action Army in .45LC...
But he insisted that the ammo HAD to be of the lead round nose variety.
We pushed, and we pushed, and we finally got the story.
Turns out he liked to play fast draw.
And he'd shot himself in the foot or the leg.
Twice.
His theory was that a hollow point woulda hurt more.
Doof.
But he insisted that the ammo HAD to be of the lead round nose variety.
We pushed, and we pushed, and we finally got the story.
Turns out he liked to play fast draw.
And he'd shot himself in the foot or the leg.
Twice.
His theory was that a hollow point woulda hurt more.
Doof.
Mike Kerr
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I am glad you are not hurt seriously. Guns can hurt from several angles besides being in front of the muzzle . Stay safe.
12-34hom
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Third times a charm?
Wow, what some people will do to gain a little attention...
12-34hom.
Wow, what some people will do to gain a little attention...
12-34hom.
Sunray
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"...I saw a guy in a movie..." Geezuz, were your parents cousins? How many times do you need to be told the stuff you see in movies is not real. Nor is any technique real. It's a movie. Second and Third degree burns are not fun. And why if hell would you tell the world about your foray into stupidity? If nobody sees it, it doesn' t count. Until you brag about it.
Hazwaste
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"Geezuz, were your parents cousins?"
I'm appreciative of the original poster; it took a lot of guts to admit doing something stupid. Mentioning it on a board that has newbie gun enthusiasts could prevent others from hurting themselves.
Pretty low road to insult the fellow and his parents.
I'm appreciative of the original poster; it took a lot of guts to admit doing something stupid. Mentioning it on a board that has newbie gun enthusiasts could prevent others from hurting themselves.
Pretty low road to insult the fellow and his parents.
Mute
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Hmmmm......I smell a good lawsuit against the movie makers for encouraging an unsafe gun handling move.
Penforhire
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Ouch! I can easily imagine doing that. I often think about ways to improve standing shooting stability (such as support-arm on opposite shoulder). Would work with an autoloader (and a no-brainer with pellet guns) but the habit would net me the same injuries you have when I switched to my wheelgun.
Nice cautionary tale.
Nice cautionary tale.
TheeBadOne
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My revolver story
A million years ago I was running a tactical shooting course with a 4" .357 Mag revolver with full house loads at night. I've never been recoil shy and couldn't understand people who said the .357 Mag "kicked", and had a lot of "muzzle blast".
One part of the course had me taking cover tight against a car and shooting. Well, after each pull of the trigger I got a "WhoP" on the side of the face. The revolvers muzzle blast was very close to the car body and was bouncing off the car's side and directing back into the side of my face. It was hard not to flinch as I completed that station. I suddenly gained an appreciation for "muzzle blast".
A million years ago I was running a tactical shooting course with a 4" .357 Mag revolver with full house loads at night. I've never been recoil shy and couldn't understand people who said the .357 Mag "kicked", and had a lot of "muzzle blast".
One part of the course had me taking cover tight against a car and shooting. Well, after each pull of the trigger I got a "WhoP" on the side of the face. The revolvers muzzle blast was very close to the car body and was bouncing off the car's side and directing back into the side of my face. It was hard not to flinch as I completed that station. I suddenly gained an appreciation for "muzzle blast".
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