Things that make you cringe

[Gunhacker]

Most of us have seen it or heard of it... in TV and movies, the numbtwit swinging open the cylinder, and then with a quick flick of the wrist whips it closed.

Last night the wife is watching "Auction Hunters" on the Spike TV cable channel. The pair are going through a storage locker they bought at auction... I'm pounding away on the laptop when my attention is grabbed by a pair of S&W's found in gun rugs, a 500 Magnum and a "It's a .44 Magnum!!" by excited proclamation from the skinny guy, both guns look to be in great shape.

So both idiots grabs one, not only do they swing open the cylinders with a flick of the wrist, but they spin them like they're trying to make it fly and then the same wrist flick action to close the cylinder.... SLAM, while the cylinder is merrily spinning away like mad.

I cringed and mumbled the appropriate obcenities... next they hook up with a dealer to get the 2 guns appraised and broker a deal... the "44 Magnum", turns out to be just that, a pre-29... double cringe, slightly sick feeling in stomach imaging what may have just happened to a relatively nice pre-29 when that cylinder was thrown shut while spinning.

Another prime example and confirmation that the world is indeed filled with screaming idiots.

 

[mg357]

Amen to that.

 

[Sprefix]

And they breed at incredible rates spawning more of the same ilk.............Now get off the puter and go back to work to help pay for their free cable and fancy SUV's!!

 

[longhair]

Guys on another board drinking while shooting and hunting with their kids.

 

[Old 44 Guy]

Yeah; I watched the show. Made me grit my teeth. Those Hollywood types make me do that often. If B.S. was dollar bills they would be the richest guys in the world.

 

[kennyb]

slam to a pre 29...geezzzzzz....

 

[tripledipper]

Any discussion about firearms by the "brainwashed" media, including ex-LEO's who have been co-opted by the dark side and are as anti as they are.

 

[beach elvis]

IMO my buddy put it best just last week:

"Stupid people clog up the planet."

 

[Gunhacker]

IMO my buddy put it best just last week:

"Stupid people clog up the planet."

- good one!

 

[The Last Standing Knight]

Sound like good candidates to be turned over to the Spanish Inquisition...or should be.

 

[gregintenn]

I cringe whenever my wife gets behind the wheel of an automobile.

 

[sheepdawg]

Sound like good candidates to be turned over to the Spanish Inquisition...or should be.

No........you didn't say the Spanish Inquisition did you?

Comfy Chair - YouTube

 

[boykinlp]

I cringed and mumbled the appropriate obcenities... next they hook up with a dealer to get the 2 guns appraised and broker a deal

So what kind of deal did the nimrods get?

 

[Fishslayer]

I saw that episode last night. I more than cringed. I actually yelped a couple of times..

Before opening the cylinders & spinning & snapping they also made sure to sweep everybody in view multiple times.

Saw one of the other copycat auction shows where the guys bought a conex box sized crate crammed with classic Colt Pythons & other firearms.

They essentially did the same things to those poor revolvers. Spinning, snapping... everything that screams "I know eff-all about guns but look what I got!"

 

[LVSteve]

Recently I watched a show about the NATO ABLE ARCHER exercise in 1983 that (it is claimed) the Russians thought was a cover for an attack. Allegedly, they came REAL close to pushing the button. The subject matter was cringeworthy enough, but worse was the narrator repeatedly saying "eminent" when he should have been saying "imminent". With English like that, now you can understand why I used "allegedly". How could a scriptwriter that illiterate do proper research?

 

[steamloco76]

Years ago I was showing a friend my Model 27-2. He was a fairly avid hunter and owns handguns, so I figured there was no harm in letting him handle the 27. WRONG. He snapped it open like Starsky, spun the cylinder and... I grabbed the gun yanking it from his hand before the dreaded slam shut.

He called me a few names. I explained why you never do that to a revolver. He said his dad did it all the time with their Pyhons

I never let him touch another one of my guns. Haven't seen him in twenty years either.

 

[jimmyj]

Also closing a double barrel shotgun one-hand by flixing the barrels closed.
AND- slamming a magazine into a semi-auto pistol.

 

[Shooting Padre]

What makes me cringe? Inane news people who with semi closed eyes and knowing frowns open their mouths and confirm their ignorance on all things gun related. Using all the wrong terminology and spewing misinformation while informing the public how bad all these guns are and those that own them. Oh, please don't get me started. Education is the best thing in the world when disseminated by the educated. Haven't met a smart anti-gun proponent yet. In fact, I don't ever recall a real 'fact' coming from any of them.

 

[jimmyj]

Brussel Sprouts!!!

 

[jlrhiner]

Recently I watched a show about the NATO ABLE ARCHER exercise in 1983 that (it is claimed) the Russians thought was a cover for an attack. Allegedly, they came REAL close to pushing the button. The subject matter was cringeworthy enough, but worse was the narrator repeatedly saying "eminent" when he should have been saying "imminent". With English like that, now you can understand why I used "allegedly". How could a scriptwriter that illiterate do proper research?

The one that gets me is on the History Channel of all places. They are talking about aircraft carriers, and they get an air dale pilot on there talking. Almost EVERYTHING he says is wrong. you'd think a pilot who is an exec on the REAGAN would at least know some of the history of the Navy