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March 27, 2012, 12:07 PM | #1 |
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This is a club in Ohio back in the 1940's. It clearly shows the danges of
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March 27, 2012, 12:29 PM | #2 |
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Thats kind of a cool clip. For a minute there I thought it was me with my Mini-14 pelting that guy with brass.
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March 27, 2012, 02:38 PM | #3 |
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And he keeps doing it over and over and over!
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March 27, 2012, 03:36 PM | #4 |
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[email protected]: I just noticed besides the volintary unibrow removal. {No humor intended.} >What is that guy second in from the end doing with his Copenhagen?
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March 27, 2012, 04:41 PM | #5 |
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He's blowing down the barrel to extinguish embers.
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March 27, 2012, 04:57 PM | #6 | |
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March 27, 2012, 08:02 PM | #7 |
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I think he is blowing humid breath into the barrel to keep the fouling soft. I and many others do that.
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What is that guy second in from the end doing with his Copenhagen?
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March 28, 2012, 07:22 PM | #9 | |
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FYI, should anyone attend any NMLRA matches: the practice is outlawed at NMLRA events.
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I'm one of those who believes it's an unsafe practice; I will never intentionally place certain areas of my anatomy directly in line with a firearm muzzle. If I'm serving as an RSO at a NMLRA event, or at my club's range, I'll prohibit the practice. Other than that you may do it if you wish; I'll not reopen the debate here, nor will I disrespect those who disagree. |
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April 4, 2012, 04:36 PM | #10 |
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He's blowing in it to be sure the vent is open.a puff of smoke will exit the vent.
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April 6, 2012, 04:21 AM | #11 |
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Most range and club saftey rules are due to stupidity and liability sakes is all. Let people do things that if you can't chew gum and walk with a gun its prohibitied for good reasion too as you will get a twit with a hang fire trying to puff the things up. My self I tend to get a bit agivated when some twit trys to give me the order and drill of my gun as he has no idea of what is state of the gun is. I also stick parts of my important anatomy dricectly in like with a muzzle all the time when I check a bore if its clean when getting the gunk out of the things. Hot range and every idiot on the block I may differ on that though.
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April 6, 2012, 03:01 PM | #14 |
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By the way, there's nothing wrong with blowing out the vent immediately after a hangfire.
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Yep. You know it's empty. No question about it. Couldn't possibly have a hot round in it.
A former president of my club was sure his carry gun was empty. Emptied it, counted the cartridges, looked through each hole in the cylinder. Checked it twice, then blew a hole through his television set, a wall in his house, the passenger door on his car, the driver's door and into the outside wall of his garage. To this day, eleven years later, he does not know where that round came from. The idea isn't that you are or are not 'sure' the gun is loaded. The idea is that you develop a discipline that doesn't matter if the gun is or is not loaded. I fire my gun, I feel the recoil, I see the hole in the target or hear the gong. You're all watching, you also see the hole or hear the gong. I lower the gun to my hip, held horizontal and pointing down range. I step back from the line with the gun still held horizontal at my hip, turn 180 degrees sweeping the line and the loading area with the muzzle and walk away from the line. That's gotta be ok, doesn't it? I mean, I KNOW the gun is empty - I just fired it. Right? None of you would have any problem with that? Quote:
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The post that this one originally referred to has been removed, so I have chosen to remove my remarks regarding that post.
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Interesting thread. Remember that we should conduct ourselves at all times as if we were in the presence of polite company.
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