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The cameraman was on the same side as the ejector port on the gun-making it easier to get hit with a hot casing. And the shooter was wearing sunglasses-I imagine they're not ANSI spec/don't offer any real protection, but will shatter if hit by a ricochet, sending plastic shards into the shooter's eye.

Are those some of the things you noticed?
 
Looks like a newer pistol shooter, grouping not so hot, seems to be jerking the trigger.

Also loading a round into the chamber like that before popping in a mag is a bad habit to get into. 1911 extractors really hate that.
 
I love how close the rounds are impacting behind the target. Those have got to be ricocheting for sure. And the comment at the end, while a little inappropriate isn't the worst I've heard.

The loading the chamber with a single round before placing the magazine in the gun, also a little weird.

Other than a weirdly setup range and some non-standard loading practices, looks like someone having fun at the range.
 
Not right about it? Um, there's a plastic bag blowing across the range, that's littering.

Perhaps you should skip to the part where you tell us what you think is wrong, because I'm kind of at a loss. The firearm was pointed downrange, his loading technique is a little different, but I didn't see anything inherently dangerous or blatantly in violation of the four standard rules.

*** Just so others are warned: the cameraman uses NSFW language in his comment at the end of the video. ***
 
Is it the horrible "dip" the gun makes when he jerks the trigger after the slide locks back on empty? Is he trying to use his left eye to see the sights?
 
nothing inherently dangerous

but if you're talking technique
1. using the teacup grip
2. leaning backwards
3. jerking the trigger
4. releasing the slide with the slide stop
5. coming off the trigger after each shot
 
OK sorry, perhaps I should have been more specific.

This is a new county range, and I was concerned about the range set-up where every single shot is hitting the ground, and "some" of them ricochet and hit the berm but MOST seem to be jumping over the berm.

They are building a "tactical" range adjacent to this one and the end of the range is well beyond the berm at 50 yards that you see, so I was concerned about potential ricochets to the adjacent range that are being built.
 
Yes, aside from the controvercial loading technique and a low grip on the gun during the second magazine, I saw nothing wrong.

I release the slide with the slide stop as well, but I've been told that it'll round out the catch.
 
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It looks like there is a God made berm behind the man made one that would catch those rounds - but its hard to tell from the angles in the video. Maybe that mountain/hill doesn't serve as an additional backstop.

I don't think I would have any problem at all shooting at the "tactical" range, from any point on it, but that's just me. Maybe I would if I actually laid my eyes on it, but I doubt it. YMMV.
 
Teacup grip
HORRIBLE anticipation, look at him drop the muzzle when he fires and it's empty.
I don't like the ricochet angle.

Other than that it's not anything really bad (safety wise)
 
I see exactly what you're talking about. The bullets are ricocheting off the floor. Watch the berm in the background. See how high they are hitting it? They have to be ricochets. That said, any ricochets that escape the berm will probably come down on the hill/mountain in the background. I wouldn't worry too much about another range being built behind the berm.

If they were going slow enough to come down that quickly then they shouldn't have enough energy to hurt anybody anyway. My thought is that they're probably going much faster though, which means they'd go a long way past the adjacent range.

Edit: Oh and by the way, this guy needs some serious training. Using the slide stop lever to put the slide into battery on a chambered cartridge could be very bad for the extractor. Most guns are designed for the cartridge to slide up into place, not for the slide to slam the extractor into the rim of the cartridge. You can actually see him flinching WHILE firing at the beginning. That's a bad flinch.
 
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Look closely at about 20 and 51 seconds. The way he dives on that trigger is typical of severe recoil anticipation. As was mentioned, his use of a low grip increases perceived recoil-dropping the slide on a chambered round-and the use of the slide stop to drop the slide.
 
Glad I'm not the only one that didn't see it. I'll grant you he had bad technique in various areas of his shooting, but nothing 'wrong' from a safety point that I saw either.
 
He also does not grip the gun as high as possible after he reloads. If you look closely, you can see light between the top of his hand and the tang.
 
I looked Everywhere.

For the life of me, I can't dammit find Waldo.
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He thought he could hide behind the target. Guess nobody noticed his hat sticking above the silhouette. Oops.
 
Just some guy shooting, not everyone is a professional. Geez you guys are rough. :uhoh:
 
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