Snap cap ? from a beginner

[Rastoff]

Also you don't need to leave the ammo in one room, close the door, brick it up, leave the house, drive 16.3 miles away and then practice.

This is a little acerbic don't you think? Having a place to dry practice where no live ammo is ever taken is a good idea.

I personally know a guy who had to buy a new TV because he thought this idea was silly. I know another who recently replaced his printer due to complacency. There are countless stories of inadvertent holes due to accidentally getting a bang when a click was expected. I don't see it as a silly practice to keep live ammo out of your dry practice area.

Can you do it without strict adherence to this policy? Sure. Why take the risk?

 

[Arik]

It's not complacency that I'm talking about. Anyone can practice in a different area then load up and have an accident. This doesn't matter where you leave the ammo. Everything has to do with being aware. That's all. If I unload in a different room, different zip code or on the dining room table the fact still remains that the gun is unloaded and the ammo won't just jump back in. We can all agree on that, right? Now once you go back to that room, that other zip code or grab the mag off the dining room table and load the gun it's loaded and if the phone rings and you pick it up and still think the gun is empty and while talking dry fire you will still get a hole in something. ..right? So It really doesn't matter how far away the ammo is what matters is what you do right after you load the gun

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[OldCat]

This is a little acerbic don't you think? Having a place to dry practice where no live ammo is ever taken is a good idea.

I personally know a guy who had to buy a new TV because he thought this idea was silly. I know another who recently replaced his printer due to complacency. There are countless stories of inadvertent holes due to accidentally getting a bang when a click was expected. I don't see it as a silly practice to keep live ammo out of your dry practice area.

Can you do it without strict adherence to this policy? Sure. Why take the risk?

Yep. A good friend of mine was bored studying from law school so he decided to practice drawing his weapon in front of a mirror. BANG. He not only broke the mirror (dresser type) it went through the wall and into the hallway. It scared the S**t out of him but the biggest worry he had was how to explain it to his wife.

Some fast action got the mirror replaced and we fixed the wall and painted it before his wife came home. Two years later as they were moving into a new house she noticed an odd hole in the dresser mirror support. Boy did he get grilled.

Never again did he ever "dry fire" in a room where there is ammo around.

 

[greyhoundrick]

Hello all and Happy Fathers Day!

I went to the range today and shot my M&P 9mm for the first time. It was also the first time I've shot without an instructor.

Everything went well as i followed your advice, took my time, concentrated and respected what i was working with. I shot 100 rounds and can't wait to shoot again.

I did notice one thing that i wanted to ask you about.......

I wear glasses with transition lenses and I've noticed when i take my stance and look at the sight that it is blurry unless i tilt my head back and look thru the bottom part of my lenses.

My glasses are fine as I've had them for a long time. Its just with these types of lenses you have to look thru different parts of them to view different distances. It just so happens that my posture dictates that i tilt my head back in order to see the sight clearly.

After a few rounds i decided to take my glasses off and replace them with a protective eye piece provided by the range. Of course my vision was compromised a bit but i was actually able to see the sight much better and actually shot better without my transition glasses on.

Has anyone ever experienced anything like this before?

I was thinking maybe i had either the gun too high or my head tilted downward too much but the range supervisor told me that my posture looked good.

Thanks for all of the help and take care,

rick

 

[Rastoff]

I wear glasses with transition lenses and I've noticed when i take my stance and look at the sight that it is blurry unless i tilt my head back and look thru the bottom part of my lenses.

Are they Transitions lenses or Progressive lenses? Is your distance vision different from your reading vision?

I wear tri-focals. I have one prescription for reading, one for computer screen distance and my far distance is fine. So, the top of my lenses is no prescription and then two different ones for reading at different distances.

Yes, I have to tilt my head back a little to have a clear focus on my front sight. I fixed this with a single vision lens with the computer screen distance prescription.

 

[OldCat]

Hello all and Happy Fathers Day!

I went to the range today and shot my M&P 9mm for the first time. It was also the first time I've shot without an instructor.

Everything went well as i followed your advice, took my time, concentrated and respected what i was working with. I shot 100 rounds and can't wait to shoot again.

I did notice one thing that i wanted to ask you about.......

I wear glasses with transition lenses and I've noticed when i take my stance and look at the sight that it is blurry unless i tilt my head back and look thru the bottom part of my lenses.

My glasses are fine as I've had them for a long time. Its just with these types of lenses you have to look thru different parts of them to view different distances. It just so happens that my posture dictates that i tilt my head back in order to see the sight clearly.

After a few rounds i decided to take my glasses off and replace them with a protective eye piece provided by the range. Of course my vision was compromised a bit but i was actually able to see the sight much better and actually shot better without my transition glasses on.

Has anyone ever experienced anything like this before?

I was thinking maybe i had either the gun too high or my head tilted downward too much but the range supervisor told me that my posture looked good.

Thanks for all of the help and take care,

rick

I believe you mean you have progressive lenses. Transition lenses darken in sunlight.

The answer is yes you have to tilt your head to see the sights clearly. That's because the reading portion of your prescription is located at the bottom of the lens. You can get your optician to make you a pair of lenses for shooting but that would be diadvantageous to learning self-defence shooting. (Hold it right there while I change my glasses! This won't work). So the best practice is to either learn to tilt back or learn to use a fuzzy sight picture.

I have progressives and use the tilt method so I can have a sharp sight picture. However, at 7 yards a point and shoot would be more affective in a self-defence situation. So in that case it is better to train your muscles rather than your eyes. I do practice point and shoot which needs either live ammo or a reactive laser system.

If I was strictly target shooting and never intend to carry then I would have the optician make me a pair of shooting glasses.

 

[greyhoundrick]

I believe you mean you have progressive lenses. Transition lenses darken in sunlight.

The answer is yes you have to tilt your head to see the sights clearly. That's because the reading portion of your prescription is located at the bottom of the lens. You can get your optician to make you a pair of lenses for shooting but that would be diadvantageous to learning self-defence shooting. (Hold it right there while I change my glasses! This won't work). So the best practice is to either learn to tilt back or learn to use a fuzzy sight picture.

I have progressives and use the tilt method so I can have a sharp sight picture. However, at 7 yards a point and shoot would be more affective in a self-defence situation. So in that case it is better to train your muscles rather than your eyes. I do practice point and shoot which needs either live ammo or a reactive laser system.

If I was strictly target shooting and never intend to carry then I would have the optician make me a pair of shooting glasses.

thanks so much for the great advice and sorry for my ignorance with my nomenclature. I guess the important thing is that you knew what i meant lol!

I think i can shoot ok with my glasses on and will do it that way in the future. You are right. I wouldn't be able to say "Hey, hold on a sec, i have to take my glasses off and find my shooting goggles"

take care,

rick