'The' Gun Thread (Page 42)

I am left handed and left eye dominate.  That doesn't mean I can't shoot right handed.  I can and do so very well.    At one time it was a survival skill.   I imagine it still is.     If one is shooting targets or varmints time can be taken at leisure.   Combat situations are a different story.       

Just sayin'....   

As I have said, at the range or in a tree stand it doesn't matter.  But on a battle field it is natural selection at work.   Darwinism is a real phenomena.

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Yeah, I agree for kids or newbies it's certainly better to train a proper grip.  I guess I was just trying to say you can still shoot an accurate shot without a proper grip, but why learn the wrong way if you can help it. 

What's funny is I was taught the "tea cup" grip in the Navy and shot very well that way for many years.  However a couple years ago when I took my CCW class the instructor made fun of my "tea cup" grip and suggested I try the thumbs forward grip.  I started practicing with it and it made a huge difference as far as control on follow up shots.  I was no more or less accurate on my initial shot, but the follow up shots are much easier and more accurate.  It's also a lot more stable with my XDs which likes a strong grip.

So is muscle memory....and when it comes to shooting, under any conditions, muscle memory will kick Darwins arse. 

Darwin apparently didn't know about practice.

OK, I've seen dumb things before but this has to be towards the top of the pile.

Teachers Shocked, Frightened After School Holds Unplanned Shooting Drill

Wow, completely stupid. I would be pissed.

Right... repealing the amendment that states the RTBA shall not be infringed... would in no way take away the RTBA. Simply amazing.

Dang, they are lucky one of the "gunmen" didn't catch a chair to the face! Even after I knew what was going on I might still be inclined to start swinging.

Maybe in this one case I'll go out on a limb and say it was good that none of the teachers had a CCW.    You might be shooting blanks, but I'm not...

On a somewhat related note, I have seen several pranks on youtube where people are pretending to be murdering somebody or assaulting somebody to film the reaction of people walking by.  They need to be really careful because a lawful citizen who walks up on a murder in progress has every legal right to use deadly force. Even if it's a prank.

Here's an example: Elevator Murder Experiment

Believe it or not, a couple of friends and I did this very thing, but with authentic looking water guns during finals week (and ski masks).  Never heard a word about it.

This was back on 87.  Boy, things have changed.

And I agree above.  On a couple of occasions, I have lashed out/punched someone when they scared me - purely defensive.  In this climate, if that happened, I may have rushed and smashed they guy before I realized what I was doing.

Seems like an extraordinarily bad idea to me.  You may even have a case for a law suit for causing emotional distress in this law suit crazy world.  say you are getting anxiety attacks and can't sleep because of this?  BAM, get paid.

Ya, like was said not cool at all.  I would be pissed.

And ya, what was it supposed to acomplish??? I mean if they were in a meeting, and they said someone was spotted out side, what would you do, or they are entering, scram, or some sort of thing like that.... To see what their reactions would be and what avenues they would take.... But just barging into a meeting and start shooting.... WTF!!!

Just what was that suppose to do?

So I just got my order in on a Serbu Firearms BFG 50.    I won't get it for a few months but I've wanted a 50 for a while.  I have fired 50's before and my buddy has a Barret but the Serbu is supposed to have some better accuracy.

That's a Big Friggen Gun!

Who are you planning to go to war with?      Toted a Barrett 50 for a while.  That weapon was so damned heavy.   Much prefer the M40A series.

Well, since I get the "why does anyone need..." about my AR's or my mags over 10rds, I figure I would just go with a single shot rifle to be less offensive. 

My buddy has the M95 and it is about 7-8lbs lighter than the semi-auto version of the Barrett used by the military.  Once I get my Serbu we will have an accuracy showdown just for fun.  I'm with you that I would rather carry an R700 / M40A3.  The M40A5's were after my day but deer fear my Savage 300 Win Mag with Rifle Basix trigger.  They will hate it even more once my suppressor arrives... they won't hear it but they will hate it.

Went shooting there recently.  Reinforced my feeling (echoed by someone else here earlier in the thread) of not liking being crammed in a little room with a bunch of people that I don't know with weapons they may be handling for the first time.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=related&v=2G551KpNnA0

Love that movie 

My favorite bootcamp (Navy) memory was from a guy in the next rack over from me.  He was a big marshmallow similar to Private Pyle.  The Company Commander (Navy Drill Instructor) was in his face screaming something fierce because his shirt was all untucked and he looked like crap.  He started sniffing and tears were rolling down his face with the trembling chin.  The CC stopped yelling and took a step back and said the following.
"I'm so sorry, I wasn't trying to make you cry, I'm just so sorry, man I feel really bad right now"  The recruit starts to look up and just as his sniffles started to stop the CC screams at the top of his lungs "I'M OVER IT" and proceeds to tear into him like I've never seen in my life.  OMG, it was so dam funny and it was dam hard not to laugh.