Dream pistol malfunctions?

AndyWest · January 25, 2013, 01:12 PM

Like when you can't throw a good punch, do you have pistol malfunctions in your dreams? Share your subconscious oddities

BarryLee · January 25, 2013, 01:35 PM

Interestingly I may spend time daydreaming about guns, but cannot remember having an actual dream about them.

PSP · January 25, 2013, 03:48 PM

When I dream, I dream of women, not guns. This way there are no misfires.

Jim Watson · January 25, 2013, 03:56 PM

I can hardly ever get a shot off in a dream.
And knives and swords are worse.

Constantine · January 25, 2013, 04:23 PM

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I can hardly ever get a shot off in a dream.

Sums up mine too.

Also, if I am shooting..again and again my bullets have no effect.

AndyWest · January 25, 2013, 04:30 PM

I forgot to add that option. That happens to me too. My bullets are so slow I have to aim upward just so the spitballs harmlessly hit the bad guy

Tucker 1371 · January 25, 2013, 05:05 PM

Had two dreams that disturbed the heck outta me when I was on my work up to go to the 'stan. One was someone breaking into my house and when I flipped the safety on my 1911 off and tried to pull the trigger it wouldn't pull. The same thing happened in another dream a week later except I was breaching a door to clear a house in Afghanistan, flipped off the safety but the trigger wouldn't pull. Never had another one but the fact that the same dream recurred scared the bejeezes outta me.

Dan-O · January 25, 2013, 05:08 PM

When I walk into Walmart, and the shelves are empty....even .22LR. Oh wait, it's not a dream.

loose_holster_dan · January 25, 2013, 05:26 PM

mine is can't pull trigger. for some reason the trigger pull is always like 600lbs in my dreams.

Constantine · January 25, 2013, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by loose_holster_dan

mine is can't pull trigger. for some reason the trigger pull is always like 600lbs in my dreams.

I've had that one before too. It's always either that. Or my bullets are affecting them like I'm throwing Cheeto balls at them.

AndyWest · January 25, 2013, 07:51 PM

I'm OP but I didn't post my own

Usually it's the magazine. Like several different calibers in the mag, some backwards, some other stuff like wood, batteries, etc. Hence the slide won't rack. Then sometimes when I DO shoot, yeah, it's like Cheeto balls having no effect

Mikef262 · January 25, 2013, 07:57 PM

Only one I ever had was when it was the end of the world, and some dingbat was wasting my bullets. I called him on it, he drew on me, I fired, and out came a wimpy bullet that went a good foot or two two then dropped.

stormyone · January 25, 2013, 08:51 PM

Slow bullets.

And the Can't pull trigger one too.

thedudeabides · January 25, 2013, 08:58 PM

Slow bullets, like Matrix slow.

BIG P · January 25, 2013, 09:46 PM

OUT OF AMMO,OH S---.

chris in va · January 26, 2013, 03:52 AM

Can't find primers.

Stevie-Ray · January 26, 2013, 01:41 PM

Years ago, I had the anemic phutt phutt phutt, and the bullets naturally were ineffective. Now, it seems I always hit what I aim at and the BGs go down.

But there's still that phutt phutt phutt, even though I'm not using a suppressor.

TDodge7 · January 26, 2013, 03:09 PM

For some reason if I dream of a DAO or DA/SA pistol there's always problem, I can feel the spring tension on the trigger as I pull it but the pistol never fires, the trigger just hits the grip. Oddly enough this doesn't happen when I dream of single action pistols like Hi-powers or 1911's, they always seem to work fine....weird.

Sarge · January 26, 2013, 03:11 PM

Not since I started carrying Glocks.

Microgunner · January 26, 2013, 03:13 PM

I've never had a firearm in my dreams.

Maybe I'll try for one tonight.

Deja vu · January 26, 2013, 07:15 PM

Just like real life, in my dreams I carry a revolver.

geetarman · January 26, 2013, 08:18 PM

Usually I find myself with lots of empty magazines and no time to load them or I have a lot of the wrong caliber ammo.

interlock · January 26, 2013, 08:20 PM

What the heck have you guys been eating before you go to bed?

bigghoss · January 26, 2013, 08:21 PM

Anytime I've had a dream where I was in a shootout and lost it was because I couldn't shoot straight, usually because the trigger was ridiculously heavy. I had variations on that 3 or 4 times and found out that dreams like that indicate a subconscious fear of inadequacy or not being good enough. Usually dreams have some kind of hidden meaning but in my case it was pretty straightforward. I wasn't confident in my ability to hit the threat in a life-or-death situation, so I started hitting the range a lot more.

Microgunner · January 26, 2013, 08:42 PM

What does it mean if I'm always naked and trying to find a place to take a leak in my dreams?

View Poll Results: What goes wrong in your dreams?
Mag loaded backwards/wrong	3	13.64%
Can't rack slide	4	18.18%
Won't go into battery	7	31.82%
Can't find gun	8	36.36%
Voters: 22. You may not vote on this poll

January 25, 2013, 01:12 PM	#1
AndyWest Senior Member Join Date: October 14, 2011 Posts: 579	Dream pistol malfunctions? Like when you can't throw a good punch, do you have pistol malfunctions in your dreams? Share your subconscious oddities __________________ Shoot smart. Shoot S-Mart.

January 25, 2013, 01:35 PM	#2
BarryLee Senior Member Join Date: July 29, 2010 Location: The ATL (OTP) Posts: 2,095	Interestingly I may spend time daydreaming about guns, but cannot remember having an actual dream about them. __________________ A major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that it ... gives people what they want instead of what a particular group thinks they ought to want. Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself. - Milton Friedman

January 25, 2013, 04:30 PM	#6
AndyWest Senior Member Join Date: October 14, 2011 Posts: 579	I forgot to add that option. That happens to me too. My bullets are so slow I have to aim upward just so the spitballs harmlessly hit the bad guy __________________ Shoot smart. Shoot S-Mart.

January 25, 2013, 05:05 PM	#7
Tucker 1371 Senior Member Join Date: December 29, 2008 Location: East TN Posts: 1,678	Had two dreams that disturbed the heck outta me when I was on my work up to go to the 'stan. One was someone breaking into my house and when I flipped the safety on my 1911 off and tried to pull the trigger it wouldn't pull. The same thing happened in another dream a week later except I was breaching a door to clear a house in Afghanistan, flipped off the safety but the trigger wouldn't pull. Never had another one but the fact that the same dream recurred scared the bejeezes outta me. __________________ LCpl Williams, Evan T. USMC-R, 02-08-2010 ~ D Co, 4th CEB, Engineers UP!! OEF 21JUN-20SEP2011 REV. 19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.

January 25, 2013, 03:48 PM	#3
PSP Senior Member Join Date: June 2, 2006 Location: N. Virginia Posts: 3,589	When I dream, I dream of women, not guns. This way there are no misfires.

January 25, 2013, 03:56 PM	#4
Jim Watson Senior Member Join Date: October 25, 2001 Location: Alabama Posts: 9,663	I can hardly ever get a shot off in a dream. And knives and swords are worse.

January 25, 2013, 05:08 PM	#8
Dan-O Senior Member Join Date: August 3, 2011 Location: Kansas City Posts: 298	When I walk into Walmart, and the shelves are empty....even .22LR. Oh wait, it's not a dream.

January 25, 2013, 05:26 PM	#9
loose_holster_dan Senior Member Join Date: April 5, 2011 Location: NE Ohio Posts: 2,047	mine is can't pull trigger. for some reason the trigger pull is always like 600lbs in my dreams. __________________ Favorite range gun for the money - CZ 75B or STI Spartan V 9mm Go-to carry setup - Walther PPS or PPQ in FIST kydex holster 1AK Favorite .22LR - Browning Buckmark "A Sig is like a lightsaber - not as clumsy or random as a Glock."

January 25, 2013, 07:51 PM	#11
AndyWest Senior Member Join Date: October 14, 2011 Posts: 579	I'm OP but I didn't post my own Usually it's the magazine. Like several different calibers in the mag, some backwards, some other stuff like wood, batteries, etc. Hence the slide won't rack. Then sometimes when I DO shoot, yeah, it's like Cheeto balls having no effect __________________ Shoot smart. Shoot S-Mart.

January 25, 2013, 07:57 PM	#12
Mikef262 Senior Member Join Date: November 23, 2011 Location: Missouri Posts: 144	Only one I ever had was when it was the end of the world, and some dingbat was wasting my bullets. I called him on it, he drew on me, I fired, and out came a wimpy bullet that went a good foot or two two then dropped.

January 25, 2013, 08:51 PM	#13
stormyone Senior Member Join Date: August 30, 2005 Location: midwest Posts: 346	Slow bullets. And the Can't pull trigger one too.

January 25, 2013, 08:58 PM	#14
thedudeabides Senior Member Join Date: August 22, 2012 Posts: 503	Slow bullets, like Matrix slow.

January 25, 2013, 09:46 PM	#15
BIG P Senior Member Join Date: July 8, 2010 Location: North Georgia Posts: 1,460	OUT OF AMMO,OH S---.

January 26, 2013, 03:52 AM	#16
chris in va Senior Member Join Date: December 26, 2004 Location: Louisville KY Posts: 11,718	Can't find primers.

January 26, 2013, 01:41 PM	#17
Stevie-Ray Senior Member Join Date: May 22, 2007 Location: Downriver area and the shores of Lake Huron Posts: 4,206	Years ago, I had the anemic phutt phutt phutt, and the bullets naturally were ineffective. Now, it seems I always hit what I aim at and the BGs go down. But there's still that phutt phutt phutt, even though I'm not using a suppressor. __________________ Stevie-Ray Join the NRA/ILA I am the weapon; my gun is a tool. It's regrettable that with some people those descriptors are reversed.

January 26, 2013, 03:09 PM	#18
TDodge7 Senior Member Join Date: October 6, 2008 Posts: 109	For some reason if I dream of a DAO or DA/SA pistol there's always problem, I can feel the spring tension on the trigger as I pull it but the pistol never fires, the trigger just hits the grip. Oddly enough this doesn't happen when I dream of single action pistols like Hi-powers or 1911's, they always seem to work fine....weird.

January 26, 2013, 03:11 PM	#19
Sarge Senior Member Join Date: May 12, 2002 Location: MO Posts: 4,346	Not since I started carrying Glocks. __________________ Visit us at The Sixgun Journal or the archive, at http://sargesrollcall.blogspot.com/

January 26, 2013, 03:13 PM	#20
Microgunner Senior Member Join Date: March 6, 2006 Location: Central Florida Posts: 2,487	I've never had a firearm in my dreams. Maybe I'll try for one tonight. __________________ NRA Endowment Member

January 26, 2013, 07:15 PM	#21
Deja vu Senior Member Join Date: March 14, 2010 Location: Border of Idaho & Montana Posts: 1,750	Just like real life, in my dreams I carry a revolver. __________________ Shot placement is everything! I would rather take a round of 50BMG to the foot than a 22short to the base of the skull. all 21 of my guns are 45/70 govt 357 mag, 22 or 12 ga... I believe in keeping it simple

January 26, 2013, 08:18 PM	#22
geetarman Senior Member Join Date: November 18, 2009 Location: Arizona Posts: 2,345	Usually I find myself with lots of empty magazines and no time to load them or I have a lot of the wrong caliber ammo. __________________ Geetarman Carpe Cerveza

January 26, 2013, 08:20 PM	#23
interlock Senior Member Join Date: June 14, 2012 Posts: 253	What the heck have you guys been eating before you go to bed?

January 26, 2013, 08:21 PM	#24
bigghoss Senior Member Join Date: September 16, 2006 Location: Pueblo, Colorado Posts: 2,623	Anytime I've had a dream where I was in a shootout and lost it was because I couldn't shoot straight, usually because the trigger was ridiculously heavy. I had variations on that 3 or 4 times and found out that dreams like that indicate a subconscious fear of inadequacy or not being good enough. Usually dreams have some kind of hidden meaning but in my case it was pretty straightforward. I wasn't confident in my ability to hit the threat in a life-or-death situation, so I started hitting the range a lot more. __________________ I don't collect guns, I accumulate them.

January 26, 2013, 08:42 PM	#25
Microgunner Senior Member Join Date: March 6, 2006 Location: Central Florida Posts: 2,487	What does it mean if I'm always naked and trying to find a place to take a leak in my dreams? __________________ NRA Endowment Member