Can You Learn to Handle Weapons Through YouTube?

20.02.2019. | Jay Chambers

[pfflier]

About as well as how to land a commercial jetliner...

[Gay State Conservative]

To this day on the rare occasion when I handle a firearm I get a bit nervous...despite having qualified as "expert" at Fort Knox in 1969.

I wouldn't trust any youtube video to properly teach firearm safety.

[Magnum44]

Kind of hard on YouTube to know if your getting good advice...

[RandallFlagg]

I learned how to build my computer, my AR-15 and it’s binary trigger installation and testing through YouTube. No issues at all.
Of course, this was before the YouTube purge.

[humblegunner]

JayCh
Since Feb 15, 2018

[BBQToadRibs]

I think it sets up situations ripe for Darwin awards.

[Mr. Blond]

You can certainly learn what not to do.

[OKSooner]

See post five.

[laplata]

The answer is No.

Thanks for posting.

[Gay State Conservative]

JayCh Since Feb 15, 2018

Yes,I noticed that too.But it must be noted that he/she didn't suggest that DJT was headed to prison or anything like that.

[Joe 6-pack]

I’ve got some very useful gunsmithing tips off of youtube. As far as firearms, “handling,” goes, there is no substitute for actual, “handling.” That said, I’ve found some pretty decent shooting drills on YouTube (Travis Haley is one of my favorites) that I’ve put to work on my backyard range.

[Cobra64]

After watching a couple of guides on how to use an AR-15, for example, we can say that, even though we do not own or have used such a gun, we know how to clean it, how to check if there’s a bullet in the chamber, and many more. For example, did you know that, in order to load a magazine with bullets, you have to grab the magazine with your non-dominant hand while inserting the bullets with your dominant hand? This is because they need more than just a push to fit in there.

No one puts bullets in a chamber or a magazine.

Bullets are what leave the muzzle at a relative high velocity after the firing pin struck the primer, igniting gun powder, causing an explosion, pushing the bullet down the barrel. That thingy that contains all the parts is a CARTRIDGE. If you can’t get the lingo right, stay away from things that could potentially cause you or others harm.

[Chuckster]

Kind of hard on YouTube to know if your getting good advice...

Absolutely. In our videos (On a completely different subject) we tell people "This is what works for us. No guarantee it will work for you"

[imardmd1]

later

[Cobra64]

Yup. The guy is an idiot.

[circlecity]

To a degree, absolutely yes. I’ve watched old military classroom videos teaching soldiers how to handle an M16. So, I was able to learn as much as a US soldier learns in the classroom. Certainly, in order to ingrain these lessons you’ve got to spend time on the range - much more than a range class or two. You can be instructed not to put your finger on the trigger until time to shoot a zillion times. But until you spend time on the range spending a lot of effort and concentration to keep that finger off the trigger, a lot of people will unconsciously put that finger right on the trigger as soon as they pick the gun up and point it downrange.

[FreedomPoster]

On a related note, Eugene Volokh of The Volokh Conspiracy is doing a series of 1A videos. I love his disclaimer. It’s something like:

“This video is not legal advice. If it were, it would have been accompanied with a bill. Use responsibly.”

[PIF]

I learned how to build a computer ... but that was in the 1950s ...