Shoot barefoot

[Ali]

Try shooting barefoot.

It feels kinda funny and looks silly at the range.

I have gone over some home defense scenarios latley ,they include clearing my house/bedrooms at night, barefoot and in pajamas.

With 3 kids and a pregnant wife, it is something I must rehearse every-so- often.

I grew up never,and still, NEVER wear shoes in the house , so I am pretty good with my toes etc.

Try it next time you go to the range, it is a different feeling , and something you should be comftorable with...

 

[Hk Paul]

ooooooooooooooooooooooookkkk...

Sounds strange but some fun things are strange!

 

[pax]

*blink*

I'm glad you wear pajamas at night.

This realism thing can be taken too far.

pax

You can't make up anything anymore. The world itself is satire. All you're doing is recording it. -- Art Buchwald

 

[Brian Williams]

I wear Birkenstocks alot including the range. It makes for interesting manuevers falling after tripping then draw weak hand and put 6 shots in a target. try laying down and shooting over your head upside down.

Remember alway check your back stop.

 

[CGofMP]

Realism....


This is a very good idea....

I am gonna look very funny in a 'hasty wrapped' bath towel when I do this... but yer right.. I gotta train like I live! Yes sir! Adds a new meaning to the idea of brass catcher.... particularly if you happen to be a wo....

Wait a minute... I could take this post too far... :banghead:

I wonder what the guys are gonna say when I show up in my bath towel though! Man that brass is gonna get HOT stuck between the towel and the tummy!


Charles

 

[StuporDave]

Barefoot at the range? Not me!

Went to get something out of my workshop/reloading area one night, barefoot. There was a .45acp case on the floor, sitting mouth up. Had to pull it out of my heel with pliers. And it hurt, too!

Dave

 

[cool45auto]

 

[10-Ring]

Barefoot at home = YES
Barefoot at the range = NO!

I know my house inside & out and routinely go through it in the dark in my bare feet. I'm not about to do that at the range

 

[PATH]

Step on a piece of brass and you'll change your mind. Ouch!

 

[Orthonym]

Not to get too "tactical", but

don't serious people practice shooting with the weak hand in case the good one is disabled? Extend this concept a bit, imagine being horribly wounded in both arms. Think of the lady with no arms who made a good living in the 30s by (among other carny stunts) shooting a revolver with her feet. Skunky, have YOU trained for this? I think we should all practice foot shooting.

 

[Majic]

I hope I never shoot my barefoot. Or my foot in a shoe either.

 

[swingset]

I sleep naked, always have.

Now, if anyone thinks I'm taking this "scenario" to the range, they have another thing coming. Hot brass near my popo??? Not a chance bucko.

I'll rely on my imagination to supply the "what ifs".

Think about all the whacko "tactical scenarios" one could come up with defending home. What about getting caught sitting on toilet? Have to practice the "Throne shot", shooting with weak hand (as strong hand is needed to wipe). Or howabout jumping out of bed in, ummmmm, how should we say....an aroused state....with weapon drawn (by weapon I mean firearm)? Call this one "Hard to soft in .5 seconds!".

Makes for some frightening imagery, don't it?

Sorry for getting silly, but I didn't start it.

 

[CWL]

I wear eye & ear protection when I practice. -though I doubt that I will bother to put these on if I am in a SD situation.

Unless I was Billy Jack, I see no reason to remove my shoes at range.

Sometimes, you just cannot -nor do you want to- recreate everything at the range as you might do at home/on the streets.

 

[45King]

I'm one of those who seldom goes barefoot, even at home. I have a "clothes horse" by my bed, and I hang my pants and shirt over it every night, then put my shoes underneath. If something goes "bump" in the night, I can grab my pistol from the nightstand and hold it while getting dressed, then have a spare gun belt with holster and spare mags already in place on the nightstand that I can then buckle on. Takes longer to type this description than to do it. Don't be like "John McLaine" in the first Die Hard and get caught barefoot when you should be shod. Better to be shod than shot.

Oh yeah, since I wear glasses, they are on the nightstand, along with a cell phone. They will go on my face as soon as I'm dressed, and the cell into my pocket.
I would advise getting some sort of safety glasses and keeping them handy, maybe with one of those "granny straps" that has an adjustment bead/ring in the back so that you can snug them to your face. Plaster/sheetrock dust, wood chips, etc., can ruin your day in a gunfight, 'cause you can't hit what you can't see.

 

[OF]

I shoot in my rubbah slippahs all the time. Until you've spent a whole day at the range blasting away in complete toe freedom, you haven't lived.

- Gabe

 

[Ol' Badger]

Good thing he doesn't pratice what he would do coming out of the shower!

 

[Nightfall]

Unfortunately, the patrons of the range are protected from having to see me training as I sleep (nekkid)...

Amendment VIII

Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

 

[mormonsniper]

I grew up never,and still, NEVER wear shoes in the house , so I am pretty good with my toes etc.

So, do you use a one footed hold or a two footed weaver? Which toe is on the trigger? ... and from Rock45, he wants to know how you clear toe jams.

 

[Nathaniel Firethorn]

Wore Tevas to the range the last time I went. Had a piece of hot .22 brass fall on my foot.

- pdmoderator

 

[Owen]

I used to shoot in my socks quite a bit.

I wore sneakers quite a bit, but sneakers are terible for shooting air pistol, bullseye, etc...they make your wobble much bigger, becuase of the squishy soles.

I would go to the range to practice, and realize I still had my sneakers on.

So I would take them off, and procede to shoot

I got a lot of strange looks. But then, at that range most people gave bullseye shooters strange looks.

Owen

 

[4v50 Gary]

As a child, I had a nightmare that I went to school barefoot. Had another dream that I went to school in my pajamas. Never did either and thankfully I'm out of school.

Now, as for shooting on the range barefoot, well, if it's a concrete range and it's 100 degrees outside, no thanks. If it's snow, no thanks. I'll wear shoes anyday.

 

[Mike Irwin]

And shooting barefoot on a crushed gravel surface outdoors during the day is like shooting barefoot indoors on wall-to-wall carpeting at night how?

 

[Gus Dddysgrl]

Barefoot...of course I will when I go again. I always go everywhere I can barefoot. I often get yelled at for not having shoes. Course wearing flip-flops makes it easy to put them on or take them off.

As for shooting as I would at home wouldn't it be easy to also dry fire at home? I mean if you really wanted to practice as you would in a home-defense situation don't you want to do it at home?

Thanks for the idea of being barefoot at the range I never thought of it.

Gus

 

[blades67]

he wants to know how you clear toe jams.

Now THAT'S funny!

 

[Cosmoline]

Of course!

How else could I practice shooting my revolvers with my toes? You never know when you'll have your hands tied down, get a foot free, and be able to grab a revolver with your toes. Best to be prepared!