Umm Does anyone else do this? - Page 2

Overkill777 · July 30, 2015, 10:13 PM

I do dry fire training but I don't make the noises (well I don't think I do lol). My wife says "are you getting them honey?", meaning the bad guys.

Dragline45 · July 30, 2015, 10:27 PM

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My wife says "are you getting them honey?", meaning the bad guys.

HAHA, my girlfriend used to also mock me when I would dry fire my guns. As much as I tried to explain it's good practice she wouldn't buy it. She also couldn't understand why I would clean a brand new gun, not matter how much I tried to explain why.

old bear · July 31, 2015, 02:34 PM

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Doesn't everyone do this?

No one I know does. But it's harmless and if it makes you happy go for it. Yet, let me suggest that next cleaning session ya make sure your wife is not in the room with her camcorder

Goatwhiskers · July 31, 2015, 05:28 PM

Marty mentioned a door knob. I was home alone one evening, had oiled the
.45, and dry fired at a few fixtures, then loaded up and safed the weapon and started to put it up. My eagle eye fell on the kitchen door knob, brain fell out of gear, came up to a two handed grip, flipped the safety, and drilled the sucker dead center. Took a while to live that down. GW

djont57 · July 31, 2015, 08:42 PM

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Marty mentioned a door knob. I was home alone one evening, had oiled the
.45, and dry fired at a few fixtures, then loaded up and safed the weapon and started to put it up. My eagle eye fell on the kitchen door knob, brain fell out of gear, came up to a two handed grip, flipped the safety, and drilled the sucker dead center. Took a while to live that down. GW

I have this fear that some night during dry fire practice my TV dies.

Slimjim9 · July 31, 2015, 09:33 PM

Safety rule #2 (or it is 3 or 4): never point your muzzle at something you aren't willing to destroy

Greg with a Glock® · August 1, 2015, 01:48 AM

Did you start saying "pew pew pew"?

Theohazard · August 1, 2015, 02:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Goatwhiskers

I was home alone one evening, had oiled the
.45, and dry fired at a few fixtures, then loaded up and safed the weapon and started to put it up. My eagle eye fell on the kitchen door knob, brain fell out of gear, came up to a two handed grip, flipped the safety, and drilled the sucker dead center. Took a while to live that down. GW

Goatwhiskers, thanks for this story. As much as I like to learn from my own mistakes, I much prefer to learn from the mistakes of others.

This is a perfect example of why it's always a good idea to dry-fire with a safe backstop of some kind. My dry-fire backstops have ranged from the inside of a safe, to a stack of books, to my current concrete garage wall with a hillside of dirt on the other side.

Northrider · August 1, 2015, 02:40 AM

Only mentally. But, one particularly cold, wintery, Alaskan night I did sit on my motorcycle in the garage and went "vroom, vroom, vroom". Just told the wife when I got back upstairs that she must have been dozing/dreaming when she asked me what that noise was.

Pahoo · August 1, 2015, 10:50 AM

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Umm Does anyone else do this?

When I first read this initial post. My answer was NO and thought it kind of silly. However;

During our Hunter Safety class, I do a demo on Hang-Fire and Mis-Fire of M/L's. I clap my hands to represent the percussion cap and then say, BANG for the main charge. I do this in progressive steps to demonstrate the delays and failures. So far I have not been laughed at but there is always tomorrow. ....

Be Safe !!!

qwiksdraw · August 2, 2015, 07:00 AM

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Pahoo: ....So far I have not been laughed at but there is always tomorrow.....

hehehehehehehehehehehehehehe!

Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.

DanTSX · August 2, 2015, 10:08 PM

Nope. Maybe I'm just mature for my age.

s3779m · August 5, 2015, 04:31 PM

One of the best threads I have read in awhile.

Glad I'm not the only crazy.

serf 'rett · August 5, 2015, 04:48 PM

Never!

I do strap on the holster and magazine pouches, don the vest or concealing garment, get out the timer and run drills - draw, reload, malfunction, etc - while assuming my serious squint and frown.

dannyb · August 7, 2015, 07:22 AM

So, they gathered us in a large room and asked which of us made kiddie noises with our pistols after we cleaned them. All but 5 of us raised our hands. The guy in front said that we were all pathetic, and the 5 were liars.

wait. that wasn't about pistols and noises...

Spooler41 · August 9, 2015, 07:46 PM

When my .22s go pew,pew,pew, I know i've forgotten to remove the suppressor.

........................ Jack

Boncrayon · August 12, 2015, 09:18 AM

Not even as a child, and still I consider any firearm as loaded...even if I have checked it for clear, it is always treated as loaded...no game for Peter Pan!

August 5, 2015, 04:48 PM	#39
serf 'rett Senior Member Join Date: June 25, 2009 Location: Stuttgart, AR Posts: 1,569	Never! I do strap on the holster and magazine pouches, don the vest or concealing garment, get out the timer and run drills - draw, reload, malfunction, etc - while assuming my serious squint and frown. __________________ A lack of planning on your part does not necessarily constitute an emergency on my part.

August 7, 2015, 07:22 AM	#40
dannyb Senior Member Join Date: June 19, 2008 Location: SE PA Posts: 336	So, they gathered us in a large room and asked which of us made kiddie noises with our pistols after we cleaned them. All but 5 of us raised our hands. The guy in front said that we were all pathetic, and the 5 were liars. wait. that wasn't about pistols and noises... __________________ Moron Lave (send a Congressman through the car wash)

August 9, 2015, 07:46 PM	#41
Spooler41 Member Join Date: June 12, 2014 Location: Port Angeles ,Washington Posts: 34	When my .22s go pew,pew,pew, I know i've forgotten to remove the suppressor. ........................ Jack __________________ sigpic26618_32.gif.jpeg

August 12, 2015, 09:18 AM	#42
Boncrayon Senior Member Join Date: March 24, 2008 Posts: 920	Umm Does anyone else do this? Not even as a child, and still I consider any firearm as loaded...even if I have checked it for clear, it is always treated as loaded...no game for Peter Pan!

July 30, 2015, 10:13 PM	#26
Overkill777 Senior Member Join Date: January 4, 2015 Posts: 267	I do dry fire training but I don't make the noises (well I don't think I do lol). My wife says "are you getting them honey?", meaning the bad guys.

July 31, 2015, 05:28 PM	#29
Goatwhiskers Senior Member Join Date: April 8, 2009 Location: Batchelor, La. Posts: 579	Marty mentioned a door knob. I was home alone one evening, had oiled the .45, and dry fired at a few fixtures, then loaded up and safed the weapon and started to put it up. My eagle eye fell on the kitchen door knob, brain fell out of gear, came up to a two handed grip, flipped the safety, and drilled the sucker dead center. Took a while to live that down. GW

July 31, 2015, 09:33 PM	#31
Slimjim9 Senior Member Join Date: February 5, 2015 Posts: 783	Safety rule #2 (or it is 3 or 4): never point your muzzle at something you aren't willing to destroy

August 1, 2015, 01:48 AM	#32
Greg with a Glock® Senior Member Join Date: March 29, 2008 Location: FREE California! Posts: 217	Did you start saying "pew pew pew"?

August 1, 2015, 02:40 AM	#34
Northrider Senior Member Join Date: February 22, 2011 Location: Wasilla, Alaska Posts: 228	Only mentally. But, one particularly cold, wintery, Alaskan night I did sit on my motorcycle in the garage and went "vroom, vroom, vroom". Just told the wife when I got back upstairs that she must have been dozing/dreaming when she asked me what that noise was.

August 2, 2015, 10:08 PM	#37
DanTSX Senior Member Join Date: October 11, 2008 Posts: 318	Nope. Maybe I'm just mature for my age.

August 5, 2015, 04:31 PM	#38
s3779m Senior Member Join Date: November 12, 2012 Location: Lometa, Texas Posts: 341	One of the best threads I have read in awhile. Glad I'm not the only crazy.