Saakee
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I actually think I have Nominal Aphasia. Nothing to do with my dry fire issue but it is in regards to memory.Yea, I doubt that.
Though how I never forget nominal aphasia makes me think I don't have it. . . .
I actually think I have Nominal Aphasia. Nothing to do with my dry fire issue but it is in regards to memory.Yea, I doubt that.
*chanting* BEATLEDOG! BEATLEDOG! BEATLEDOG!I have no fear of dry firing because I have a rational mind and a verification process that cannot fail to work.
Pick up gun with muzzle pointed in safe direction and finger indexed along trigger guard. Though sometimes when I'm not preparing to sight in and fire, I'll put all four fingers around the grip, which means I can't pull the trigger because I don't have a free finger. Visually check for rounds: (Do I need to stick my hand into a flame to know it's hot or into an empty coffee cup to verify what my eyes are telling me? No, so if my eyes tell me the chamber's empty, it is. If it were too dark in there to tell, I'd use a finger. But why would I be doing this in the dark anyway?). Action open. Nothing in the chamber(s). No magazine. Repeat for habit reinforcement. Repeat again for my daughter. Once more for Mom.
If I'm working with mag changes, verify all of them are empty. Repeat as above. No loaded mags or loose rounds in the vicinity. Aim in safe direction. Dry fire as desired.
Now that I've done all this, if I don't put any rounds into this gun I'm holding, and I don't put it down or hand it to anyone, it's unloaded until the cows come home. I can dry fire it a gajillion times, and as long as I'm holding it there is no way on Earth a round can find its way into the chamber. I still keep pointed it in a safe direction because that's good practice, but even if I didn't it can't fire until it gets loaded, which again, it can't do while I have it in my hand unless I'm the one loading it. And I'd have to do that with intent and forethought because there are no rounds about me.
If I release the gun to a resting place (the holster I'm wearing doesn't count) or to another person, it's loaded again, and the whole process starts over.
That's what I always tell myself when I stick my arm down the garbage disposal hole.*chanting* BEATLEDOG! BEATLEDOG! BEATLEDOG!
That's what the gun culture should be like. Rational minds, rational behavior. Be the master, not a servant to the gun.
When dry firing does anyone have a moment of panic that the gun is still loaded
If you were to have read his first post you would have seen that he's said that he's made sure that the weapon is unloaded. what were you saying about.. nevermindIt might be time to take up golf it's less stressful. If pulling the trigger and NOT KNOWING that the gun is empty is a very bad pratice. This looks like a troll question or you do not pratice safe handling of your firearms.
Jim
http://dry-fire.com/
Dry fire training pistol. Never have to worry about whether or not my gun is loaded!
I like it. It works!
--even though they've made SURE the gun was empty multiple times? Lately i've been practicing dry firing my rifle--which I usually store with a disabled firing pin as well--because I still blink pretty consistently when pulling a trigger and I still have a moment of panic I'm about to destroy my monitor.
Don't mix pleasures. When you're dealing with firearms, ONLY deal with firearms. The rest of the world can wait.
However, dry firing with your own gun means that you are using your own trigger, grip angle, and sights
This is one of those threads where half the members get to tell us how incredibly awesome they are