What is the untrue gun myth that irritates you the most

[Atavar]

I was sitting in a chow hall on a base in Iraq when a bullet came straight down through the roof (it was a modular building with a thin metal roof) and dented a hard laminated table. Sounded like a M80 and the first thing I thought was a negligent discharge as everyone was armed.

Thankfully no one was hurt, but it was reported as the result of celebratory gunfire as there was a wedding party outside the wire less than a mile away.

No doubt that would have killed someone had it came down on their head unless they had a helmet on.

Yeah, if it came from a mile away it was not fired straight up. As others have said bullets fired at an angle will retain some ballistic velocity.

 

[1KPerDay]

Gonna have to go with "just the sound of you racking your shotgun will make an intruder crap their drawers and run."

A close second I used to hear a lot (but don't much lately) is "getting shot in the hand by a .45 ACP will knock you off your feet."

 

[GEM]

All conservative politicians support the 2nd Amendment.

 

[Jim Watson]

Heard on the range at an IDPA match:
The only gun to carry is a Glock 17 because you do not have time to use the sights and can shoot a Glock accurately by looking down the corner of the square slide.
Also because you must double tap every time and the Glock 17 gives you nine of them.

Didn't see him or his partner back again.

 

[TarDevil]

Glock's can pass through metal detectors.

(A few here may be too young)

 

[Zendude]

Knockdown power

 

[bdickens]

That gun control is about guns.

 

[1KPerDay]

Heard on the range at an IDPA match:
The only gun to carry is a Glock 17 because you do not have time to use the sights and can shoot a Glock accurately by looking down the corner of the square slide.
Also because you must double tap every time and the Glock 17 gives you nine of them.

What in tarnation?

 

[tubeshooter]

That having at least a certain number of the right rounds on tap is going to make everything okay.

 

[dogtown tom]

Glock's can pass through metal detectors.

(A few here may be too young)

Glock's can pass through metal detectors.

(A few here may be too young)

John McClane: That punk pulled a Glock 7 on me. You know what that is? It's a porcelain gun made in Germany. Dosen't show up on your airport X-ray machines, here, and it cost more than you make in a month.

True story. About ten years ago the family across the street from me was interesting to say the least. Wife seemed to be the breadwinner, husband would occassionally fall off his motorcycle showing off for his kids. His son came over AFTER I finished mowing my yard to ask if I needed my yard mowed.

Anyway, he and I were admiring another neighbors new pup and he mentioned that his father in law was a retired gunsmith in St Louis. We were talking about my gun business and he asks "Hey are Glocks still illegal?" I said no, they are one of the most popular handguns in the country. He says "I thought they were illegal because they were invisible to xrays".

 

[Speedo66]

Getting a Daisy Red Rider BB gun for Christmas will cause you to shoot your eye out.

Although I got my Daisy long before the movie came out, overcoming my parent’s reasoning was similar.

Silencers are dead quiet, that’s why they’re illegal, their only use is in crimes.

You can learn everything you need to know about gun safety from watching Hollywood movies, just ask Alec.

 

[tark]

Shooting in self defense beyond 7 yards is neither feasible nor legal.

So if the bad guy is 8 yards away and pointing a gun at you...you shouldn't shoot?

 

[Mosin77]

So if the bad guy is 8 yards away and pointing a gun at you...you shouldn't shoot?

^Pretty sure he was citing that as another myth. I hope.

I’m enjoying this thread!

 

[JohnKSa]

He's listing what he believes to be untrue gun myths. In this case, he is correct. That is an untrue gun myth.

 

[tark]

Way to slip something in, as this thread was clearly going to become political in an instant (and it did).

I have no way of knowing for sure, since I don't own a C-96 (only a Tokarev). But I've shot both Yugo and Romanian Tok, and some Fiocchi (I think, might have been PPU) 7.63... the 7.63 was noticeably softer.
I've also looked at new-manufactured boxes of both, and the factory Tok was listed with a lot higher FPS.

When it comes to non-political gun myths, I'd say STEEL-CASED AMMO WILL RUIN A GOOD GUN is up there. I've shot steel in 9mm, .223, .45acp, .308, and other calibers, and those guns all continue to run fine, with no damage.

I can't tell any difference between surplus Tok ammo and commercially loaded Mauser ammo. The Germans loaded the 7.63 Mauser to 1575 FPS. ( Source: SMALL ARMS OF THE WORLD ) Winchester white box lists the Tok ammo at 1645 FPS. It is loaded in the Czech Republic. My point was, and is, that a C-96 in good condition can easily stand up to a steady diet of tok ammo.

 

[dh1633pm]

That Russian troops can shoot US Military ammo in their rifles.

 

[Jim Watson]

Ooh, the Soviet 82mm mortar will shoot US 81mm shells.
The 9mm Makarov will shoot captured .380 ammo.

7.7mm Arisaka was designed to use .30-06 ammintion but you have to force the bolt closed.

 

[0ne3]

A bullet shot from a M-16, tumbles. Heard that many times, when I was in the army.

 

[kwguy]

That the 5.56 was only designed to “wound” on the battlefield, not kill.

 

[Swampman]

Steel cased and/or Berdan primed cases are "Non Reloadable".

 

[CapnMac]

"I thought they were illegal because they were invisible to xrays".

That one is so widely believed Congress passed a law to require new-production firearms to be "visible" to both x-ray and metallic detection.
Yet another of the 20K useless laws on the books.

 

[dogtown tom]

That one is so widely believed Congress passed a law to require new-production firearms to be "visible" to both x-ray and metallic detection.
Yet another of the 20K useless laws on the books.

The Undetectable Firearms Act was introduced in April 1988, passed House & Senate in May, 1988 and after a few amendments signed into law in November 1988.
Die Hard was released July 15, 1988

Invisible firearms were already a concern, but Die Hard brought it to the attention of millions.

Best free advertising in history.

 

[CapnMac]

Invisible firearms were already a concern,

LoL. So are Extra-terrestrial Alien Invasion and Cyborg AI overthrow of humanity. Congress needs to get out in front of such existential threats and ban them now! Think of the Children!

 

[toivo]

That one is so widely believed Congress passed a law to require new-production firearms to be "visible" to both x-ray and metallic detection.

Right -- they essentially banned a gun that doesn't exist. See? It works!

 

[tark]

7.7mm Arisaka was designed to use .30-06 ammintion but you have to force the bolt closed.

My 99 will feed, chamber and shoot 308 ammo The controlled feed extractor holds the case tight against the bolt face and the resulting empty case has almost no neck left at all. Accuracy sucks, but that is to be expected with a .308 bullet in a .311 bore.. It's not something I do often, or recommend, but it gives me an option in an emergency. Btw this same little trick works for 7.65X53 Argentine ammo and 300 Savage. The argentine round gives good accuracy, because the bullet is the right diameter. The Savage case ends up almost straight walled.

30-06? Forget it! You are quite correct, that is a myth. During the Korean war, some type 99s were re-chambered to 30-06, but the unaltered specimens will not chamber a 30-06 cartridge.