That seems like the simplest way to handle it.
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That seems like the simplest way to handle it.
I hear tar boilers warming up and chickens being plucked!
Ive been telling my wife not to fling the refrigerator doors closed for 40 years..but now I digress..
I'm envious. I'm still trying to get her to close doors!
Don't forget the torches and pitchforks.
We were taught in the Academy that Hollywood slamming the cylinder could twist/bend the yoke.
It was expressly forbidden.
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It was expressly forbidden.
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Puller
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You mean . . . you mean you're not supposed to do that?
He being self taught, I suppose you provided him a valuable learning experience.
sigp220.45
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People love their non-sensical sacred cows.
I made the mistake of showing my neighbors farm worker from Nambia my compound bow. Before I could stop him he dry fired and I thought I was lucky, it didn't look broken. The next time I looked at a couple months later it was in pieces. I learned a lesson: don't assume someone knows what they are doing and don't show your bow off. He did it before I could say stop!
Continued slamming the cylinder shut Will eventually cause wear on the gun,,But doing it just once would not have me examining the gun for damage,,,
Guns are only tools to me,,Take care of them,,don't misuse them,,but don't baby them.
Guns are only tools to me,,Take care of them,,don't misuse them,,but don't baby them.
venomballistics
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Well who cares if they mess up the criminal's gun?
Yikes, if you are hearing chickens being plucked, you are doing it wrong! Kill them first please!
Larry
I mentioned in another thread about my younger brother's buddy chambering his new PPKs, with permit, and blowing a hole in his thigh.
LSS:
Another one of them, after being told to not remove or touch my BHP, while I needed to use the head asap, was doing this in a hotel room.
Left the gun in holster, round in chamber and hammer down.
He cocked the hammer, put the safety on and had his finger pulling the trigger.
Immediately my thumb went between the hammer and slide.
Took the gun and cleared it.
What were you thinking/doing was my question?
"I just wanted to see how strong the safety was".
His older brother was an outfitter/hunting guide in the Rockies.
"Didn't your brother teach you anything", was all I said.
He was a senior mechanic with Pan Am at the time.
That incident confirmed my earlier decision not to let him and the thigh challenged one borrow our Herreshoff Sloop, years earlier, to entertain female flight attendants.
Even when it was moored in Sheepshead Bay.
LSS:
Another one of them, after being told to not remove or touch my BHP, while I needed to use the head asap, was doing this in a hotel room.
Left the gun in holster, round in chamber and hammer down.
He cocked the hammer, put the safety on and had his finger pulling the trigger.
Immediately my thumb went between the hammer and slide.
Took the gun and cleared it.
What were you thinking/doing was my question?
"I just wanted to see how strong the safety was".
His older brother was an outfitter/hunting guide in the Rockies.
"Didn't your brother teach you anything", was all I said.
He was a senior mechanic with Pan Am at the time.
That incident confirmed my earlier decision not to let him and the thigh challenged one borrow our Herreshoff Sloop, years earlier, to entertain female flight attendants.
Even when it was moored in Sheepshead Bay.
I run USPSA style matches once a month at the local range.
Had a new shooter one day shooting a revolver, a young fellow, I don't remember what the gun was. While running him through the course I saw he was doing the flip to close the gun. After he was done shooting I explained to him that it was not a good thing to do and why, without being judgmental.
He left without finishing the shoot and never came back!
Had a new shooter one day shooting a revolver, a young fellow, I don't remember what the gun was. While running him through the course I saw he was doing the flip to close the gun. After he was done shooting I explained to him that it was not a good thing to do and why, without being judgmental.
He left without finishing the shoot and never came back!
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At a workshop I go to every year, a couple of us gather a group of new shooters to introduce them to firearms. As I'm usually the only guy bringing revolvers, an a lot of people have never seen one in real life, I do a quick walkthough for the group.
One of the first things I say, after showing them to keep their fingers in the frame window when the cylinder is open for reloading, is : "Although you've seen it a million times in the movies, Do Not Flip The Cylinder Closed."
One of the first things I say, after showing them to keep their fingers in the frame window when the cylinder is open for reloading, is : "Although you've seen it a million times in the movies, Do Not Flip The Cylinder Closed."
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Did he say, "OK, Boomer"?
Marksman
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In addition to flipping revolver cylinders closed which I positively abhor, you can add slamming semi-auto magazines home forcefully. Another product of TV and movie bravado ! No knowledgeable gun person would even consider doing either.
