Third_Rail
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I love magnesium fires.
I actually keep about twenty pounds of plate (1in thick) magnesium around just for that. Remember, never look at the flame when you burn magnesium.
Lessons learned at the range, such as...
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I love magnesium fires.
I actually keep about twenty pounds of plate (1in thick) magnesium around just for that. Remember, never look at the flame when you burn magnesium.
When I was a rookie firefighter I got way too close to a VW on fire. I hit it with a hose stream and was standing in the middle of a fireball. After the fact my turnouts had burn holes all over them.
If that happened today we would have to go out of service because my safety gear had been breached.
If that happened today we would have to go out of service because my safety gear had been breached.
Treylis
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Why's that?
for the same reason you dont look at someone when they are welding. weld burn on the eyes are no fun. kinda like like the after effects of a camera flash in your face but lasts a whole lot longer and may times worse, bad cases can be perment.
Things I learned at the range:
* Only a complete a-hole takes his girlfriend out and lets her shoot the 12 gauge (or full-on higher powered guns) with no instruction. I've seen a lot of people do this (not just to girfriends, either) and I'm sure there are more than a few people that will require a lot of instruction to counter the flinch they acquired because someone thought it was cute.
* Watching LEOs destroy target carriers is funny.
* Bits of lead and/or copper jacket DO fly back at you at indoor ranges... keep that eye protection on the whole time you're on the range!
* For some people quantity equals quality. I have seen a lot of people MISS their target at extremely short ranges. And they were *aiming*...
* On the whole, people with guns are the nicest people around. Exception: my first point above. If the gun grabbers ever took the time out to drop their preconceived notions and visit the ranges, they'd get an eye opening experience.
* Only a complete a-hole takes his girlfriend out and lets her shoot the 12 gauge (or full-on higher powered guns) with no instruction. I've seen a lot of people do this (not just to girfriends, either) and I'm sure there are more than a few people that will require a lot of instruction to counter the flinch they acquired because someone thought it was cute.
* Watching LEOs destroy target carriers is funny.
* Bits of lead and/or copper jacket DO fly back at you at indoor ranges... keep that eye protection on the whole time you're on the range!
* For some people quantity equals quality. I have seen a lot of people MISS their target at extremely short ranges. And they were *aiming*...
* On the whole, people with guns are the nicest people around. Exception: my first point above. If the gun grabbers ever took the time out to drop their preconceived notions and visit the ranges, they'd get an eye opening experience.
entropy
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"weld burn on the eyes are no fun. kinda like like the after effects of a camera flash in your face but lasts a whole lot longer and may times worse, bad cases can be perment."
I'll say! I still can see that arc from carbonarcing I struck twenty years ago! My Dad has one he still sees from forty years ago!
I'll say! I still can see that arc from carbonarcing I struck twenty years ago!
My Dad has one he still sees from forty years ago!firearms_instructor
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"Don't take pictures at the indoor range even though there is NO rule posted about it." - Why, Liquid?
If your pistols are old, or rare, or parts are hard to find, make sure you LocTite all the screws down.
Shooting two pistols simultaneously (like they ALWAYS do in the movies) is highly overrated (and may get you accused of watching too many movies). Also, shooting a pistol sideways, gangbanger drive-by style, didn't give me any noticeable advantage. Hey, SOMEONE has to test these things!
A baseball cap and long sleeves are good to have on, especially indoors.
A very short shooter who has to aim upwards to hit their target is likely to shoot down the target carrier string. Not once, but twice in this instance.
In an indoor range, make sure the idiot in the lane next to you has his magnum snubnose all the way in between the lane dividers, or your forearms get sprayed with hot stingy stuff each time he fires (see long sleeves above).
If your pistols are old, or rare, or parts are hard to find, make sure you LocTite all the screws down.
Shooting two pistols simultaneously (like they ALWAYS do in the movies) is highly overrated (and may get you accused of watching too many movies). Also, shooting a pistol sideways, gangbanger drive-by style, didn't give me any noticeable advantage. Hey, SOMEONE has to test these things!
A baseball cap and long sleeves are good to have on, especially indoors.
A very short shooter who has to aim upwards to hit their target is likely to shoot down the target carrier string. Not once, but twice in this instance.
In an indoor range, make sure the idiot in the lane next to you has his magnum snubnose all the way in between the lane dividers, or your forearms get sprayed with hot stingy stuff each time he fires (see long sleeves above).
outofbattery
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The Aluminum cylinder head from a late 80's Honda sportbike will ignite if shot from 50 yards with a 7mm-08 !
There are plenty of old guys with beards , John Deere hats and old worn .45's that are completely and totally F.O.S.
Listen to everyone , take everything with a grain of salt . The more adamant about something someone is , generally speaking , the less they actually know .
There are plenty of old guys with beards , John Deere hats and old worn .45's that are completely and totally F.O.S.
Listen to everyone , take everything with a grain of salt . The more adamant about something someone is , generally speaking , the less they actually know .
Those cool tritium front sights fall off if you don't use Loc-Tite to hold the screws in.
If your friend loses his front sight, he's going to ask for help finding it.
So will your other friend when she does the same thing two weeks later.
A tritium front sight is all but invisible when dropped onto a gravel range.
pax
If your friend loses his front sight, he's going to ask for help finding it.
So will your other friend when she does the same thing two weeks later.
A tritium front sight is all but invisible when dropped onto a gravel range.
pax
Black Majik
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ALWAYS wear PROPER eye protection!
Edward429451
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When you're coaching your wife to hit gallon jugs of water at 100 yds with a 44 magnum, don't forget that trigger squeeze and follow through advice comes after the lock your elbows advice...
Don't let the number of newbies in your shooting party exceed the number of experianced shooters.
Gun parts are fairly easy to find on a gravel range, just not specific gun parts.
Don't let the number of newbies in your shooting party exceed the number of experianced shooters.
Gun parts are fairly easy to find on a gravel range, just not specific gun parts.
Feanaro
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Stay far, far away from the guys with tactical thigh rigs, BDUs and buzz cuts.
If you hear the word "Deagle", move a few spaces away.
Anyone not wearing eye protection is almost 100% sure to be a nut.
Don't fire a P-32 in a small lane with dividers unless you enjoy hot brass on your head.
Wear a very large Mexican hat. And DON'T wear shorts.
Don't stand there with your jaw on the floor if your SKS doubles. All the old feller's will never stop laughing.
Bringing ammo helps.
If you hear "Hey watch this" or something similar, hit the dirt.
If you saw it in a movie, game or some such, DON'T do it.
Do NOT, whatever you do, stand to the right of a CETME/G3 owner. Those casings are as lethal as the bullets.
If someone giving you advice asks you why you bought XYZ, just walk away.
Outshooting people with your "cheap @&* junk gun" is fun.
Bayoneting the target when you run out of ammo is, strangely enough, viewed as odd by some people.
The fatter the RO, the more trouble he will be if you argue with him. (Not personal experiance here, thank goodness)
The more conspicuous and bright the part, the harder it is to find in the grass.
If you hear the word "Deagle", move a few spaces away.
Anyone not wearing eye protection is almost 100% sure to be a nut.
Don't fire a P-32 in a small lane with dividers unless you enjoy hot brass on your head.
Wear a very large Mexican hat. And DON'T wear shorts.
Don't stand there with your jaw on the floor if your SKS doubles. All the old feller's will never stop laughing.
Bringing ammo helps.
If you hear "Hey watch this" or something similar, hit the dirt.
If you saw it in a movie, game or some such, DON'T do it.
Do NOT, whatever you do, stand to the right of a CETME/G3 owner. Those casings are as lethal as the bullets.
If someone giving you advice asks you why you bought XYZ, just walk away.
Outshooting people with your "cheap @&* junk gun" is fun.
Bayoneting the target when you run out of ammo is, strangely enough, viewed as odd by some people.
The fatter the RO, the more trouble he will be if you argue with him. (Not personal experiance here, thank goodness)
The more conspicuous and bright the part, the harder it is to find in the grass.
mfree
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When the range is at it's most crowded, invariably, once an hour someone will trip the electric eye and make the entire range go safe.
Generally it's with the casing broom.
Generally it's with the casing broom.
Feanaro
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I don't assume anything about them. They might be Buddha reincarnated as far as I know. But I DO know that every single time I've seen someone with a buzz cut, BDUs and the latest, greatest 'tactical' gear, there has been trouble of some sort. Sweeping people, shouting at other patrons, bad range manners and worse. I haven't seen the same concentration of unsafe activity from any other 'group' of people.
pax
Come back at night with NVG's . Problem solved .
1.Steel targets will cut your hands and or pants legs when you move them .
2. If you must do the gangsta shooting , do not do it two handed , and make sure if you do you have a spare front sight with you .
Come back at night with NVG's . Problem solved .
1.Steel targets will cut your hands and or pants legs when you move them .
2. If you must do the gangsta shooting , do not do it two handed , and make sure if you do you have a spare front sight with you .
firearms_instructor
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"1.Steel targets will cut your hands and or pants legs when you move them .
2. If you must do the gangsta shooting , do not do it two handed , and make sure if you do you have a spare front sight with you ."
Yes, I carry leather work gloves for handling steel target frames. Also, a staple gun makes quick work for attaching paper targets to cardboard backers, and cable ties work better than tape for attaching carboard backers to frames.
LOL, seems to me shooting gansta two-handed would require some contortions.
2. If you must do the gangsta shooting , do not do it two handed , and make sure if you do you have a spare front sight with you ."
Yes, I carry leather work gloves for handling steel target frames. Also, a staple gun makes quick work for attaching paper targets to cardboard backers, and cable ties work better than tape for attaching carboard backers to frames.
LOL, seems to me shooting gansta two-handed would require some contortions.
I should have clarified better . Dual Gangsta being One pistol in each hand , both pistols held "Gangsta" and blasting .
Something about holding two G-17's made my friend go "Gangsta" for a mag or two until we lost the front sight off of them .
Something about holding two G-17's made my friend go "Gangsta" for a mag or two until we lost the front sight off of them .
firearms_instructor
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"I should have clarified better . Dual Gangsta being One pistol in each hand , both pistols held "Gangsta" and blasting .
Something about holding two G-17's made my friend go "Gangsta" for a mag or two until we lost the front sight off of them ."
K, got it. Why did the front sight come off? (He says, having recently replaced the roll pin on the Elliason rear sight on his Gold Cup with a section of 1/16th inch drill bit cause the roll pin broke for no apparent reason)
Something about holding two G-17's made my friend go "Gangsta" for a mag or two until we lost the front sight off of them ."
K, got it. Why did the front sight come off? (He says, having recently replaced the roll pin on the Elliason rear sight on his Gold Cup with a section of 1/16th inch drill bit cause the roll pin broke for no apparent reason)
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