There are some asking what is “bump firing” on an AR15. So here’s the quick and dirty sort of lengthy explanation on Wiki: Posted on 02/02/2017 7:30:01 AM PST by w1n1
There are some asking what is “bump firing” on an AR15. So here’s the quick and dirty sort of lengthy explanation on Wiki:
Bump firing is the act of using the recoil of a semi-automatic firearm to fire shots in rapid succession, which simulates the feeling of a fully automatic firearm. This process involves bracing the rifle with the non-trigger hand, releasing the grip on the firing hand (leaving the trigger finger in its normal position in front of the trigger), pushing the rifle forward in order to apply pressure on the trigger from the finger, and keeping the trigger finger stationary.
During a shot, the firearm will recoil ("bump" back) and the trigger will reset as it normally does; then the non-trigger hand pulls the firearm away from the body and back to the original position, pressing the trigger against the stationary finger again, thereby firing another round when the trigger is pushed back.
This technique is usually used for entertainment, as the drawback of decreased accuracy eliminates any conceivable “tactical” advantage that might be gained. However when used in close proximity, the desired effect of many bullets hitting a target can easily be attained.
Now that you have an understanding of bump firing, see it in action here with Youtuber gal Lisa Jean.
...This technique is usually used for entertainment...
But, rapid fire with a “slide stock” can be very acuratec.
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I think that for the cost, I’d rather put in a binary trigger like a Fostech Echo or Franklin BFS. These use the selector lever to produce a standard semi-auto fire in the semi position, then binary fire in the full auto position. But instead of full auto, you get one shot on each pull, then another shot when you release the trigger. So for every pull and release you get two shots, and can effectively get full-auto fire rates with much more control.
I remember the “Good old days” when no one had enough money to waste on shooting. You went to the hardware store, and bought three or four rounds to go hunting with and that was it till next year.
You shot that up in a $10.00 army surplus rifle of some foreign nation picked out of a 55 gallon drum at the same hardware store. Cash and carry.
Only “rich people” had bolt action Winchesters, Remington or Savage rifles.
Accurate too
I stuck a highlighter in a Glock 21 trigger guard and used it as a bump firing stick once. The Glock went full auto sure enough. Then the novelty was over and I never did it again.
My ammo budget is pretty limited so I spend my time trying to shoot groups the size of an apple at 150 yards using only iron sights.
There are lots of bumpfire, slide fire, & full auto vids out there. Watch your favorite weapon go rock & roll, and save a ton of money on ammo.
I found firing with a bump stock to be very inaccurate fun but not really controllable.
I shot one a bit and watch a lot of others do so just like with full first maybe 2nd shot on target the rest go high and off target
A friend encountered a guy ‘zeroing’ his rifle on a public range. The guy was having all sorts of issues with getting a good pattern mostly stemming from the fact he was firing from a standing position.
My friend introduced him to zeroing from a bench using a rifle rest. Maybe 10 rounds and they had a fairly good zero, not great, but OK.
The guy thanked my friend and said he’d never had as good a zero as this one. Then he said, I can’t wait to try this with my good ammunition. My friend asked him what he meant and the guy said he had bought some really good ammunition but it was to expensive to zero with so he zeroed with the cheap stuff. My friend said: “Good luck”.
Saying bump firing is mostly done for entertainment is accurate as far as I am concerned. I personally am too much of a cheapskate not to mention being on a fixed income... to use up even surplus ammo let alone my reloads in this way. I am certainly not going to fire off a bunch of rifle cartridges that cost me $.75 a piece. But I do not mind if others want to spend their money this way.
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I found firing with a bump stock to be very inaccurate fun but not really controllable....
3 or 4 rounds at a time and some continuing practice using it. They’re worth the money for people who want that sort of thing. Bump fire from the hip is idiotic.
In what country was this? And when?
We shot BRICKS of .22LR and BOXES of 12GA/20GA/.410 when I was growing up. And it was cheap and easy to get. This was in the South and Midwest of USA, in the 70's - 80's.
This looks like a “How to get the AR-15 reclassified as an automatic weapon” video. Dumb.
Go back another 30 years. I bought 22s by the round(Oklahoma). Used a rifle that my Grandmother bought in Virginia for a quarter after the Civil War.
Before 1968 when money was tight and backed by silver, a hardware store clerk could break open a box of 20 and sell 4 or 5 rounds. .22s were still sold by the box, .45 cents for a box of 50, no questions asked.
Then Bobby Kennedy was murdered and the USA went into an anti-gun hysteria. The 1968 Gun Control Law was passed, Army surplus guns disappeared, ammo could be only sold by the whole box AND your name written in a book, you could NOT buy guns out of state.
Reagan changed the ammo requirements and rifles can now be bought out of state, but not handguns. We lost the “privilege” of owning new full auto firearms as a result.
Now paper money backed by government promises flood the nation and some surplus ammo is “cheap”.
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