Posted on 04/18/2016 5:29:56 PM PDT by Lazamataz
I would not have believed it except you said “true story”, so it must have happened.
Or how about the gun store know-it-alls who say that “safeties are fore sissys” and “your safety is your brain”?
I have taken to not arguing with them and just asking them if they have every had any unintended/accidental discharges. So far, the “experts” are averaging 2-3 per “expert”
Good point.
And without my microwave attachment, how the hell do I heat food?
You know, that’s why we’re feared the world over. They can’t comprehend a nation of shooters. You can’t buy skill, true words. That’s what Daisy’s brought us. Even though I’m 64 years old, I may be barely able to jack the slide on my friends recoil guide rod/spring modified Colt Government model, but If you’re peeking out behind a tree at 100 yards you can bet I got a piece of your brain case. Instinctive shooting, you’re not really sighting, and yet you are. .45acp rules, wonder nines, lol. My friend’s son shot his second toe off with a wonder nine. Yeah, I’ve always wondered at that foolishness.
True story!
I disagree with the white noise (electronic) hearing protection for a very simple reason. IF its going down indoors your hearing will be toast inside the first few rounds. While many new shooters begin to rely on the fancy protection, they become too reliant on a sense that will be lost in a real shoot. They will become partly useless.
Don’t get me wrong, I believe in hearing protection; but I am skeptical of technology when “we” will all pretty much be deaf and I would prefer someone at my side or six that trained with muffled hearing and more focus when faced with the loss of a human sense.
My nephew was coming home from deer hunting in my brother-in-law’s truck
and put the gun in the seat w/ the muzzle pointing down towards the floor
and on the way home he somehow managed to hit the trigger,
and fired the 30.06 through the floor and into his daddy’s transmission.
He could not hear for about two days.
“No sight picture, just instinctive shooting.”
Yes, that was the goal. If you watch Annie Oakley in the films, you’ll see her bend that forward left knee toward the target with a slight lean forward. A subtle but very effective technique.
Probably due to daddy's shouting.
The French did not put safeties on some of their rifles. they actually had a good reason for it but me, I had rather have the safety.
Still I will not call the French wrong. Just not my way of doing things.
Classic, lol. You know, that’s why we’re feared the world over. They can’t comprehend a nation of James Garners.
In boot camp one of our drill was to shoot several rounds then crawl under bard wire while they fired over the wire then at the other end of the wire to fire again.
After crawling that hundred feet under the wire my rifle would not cycle because it was packed with sand. After that I have a habit of closing the ejection port after firing.
I dont care if I have to close it a thousand times a day. When I want to shoot my rifle I know it wont be full of sand.
Daisy started out selling windmills for water pumps. They tossed in an air rifle.
People liked the air guns so much they conentrated on making them.
I learned to shoot by breaking beer bottles behind a tavern just off Route 66 using my Daisy that looked like a Winchester model 94.
They never ran me off. I remember thinking, “Keep on drinking.”
That olive oil was probably ‘dieseling’ when it fired.
Larry has hawked muzzle breaks, and the rifle he chose for the pic in this article has one.
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I was once behind a guy at an outdoor range firing an M1 Garand, and even with good hearing protection, that damn thing was LOUD! I don’t even want to imagine firing that round in an enclosed space.
Anybody got any recommendations for electronic hearing protection? My ears don’t ring as much since I retired but I’m going to try to take up shooting again and I’d like to be up on the tech.
I don’t think there are any of us here hasn’t had our knuckles raked by firing a daisy with the lever forward. Learned a harsh lesson, lol. Same with the pumps, even a worse lesson. A simple reminder about gun safety. I remember my little bro pulling the trigger of the daisy I was holding while watching the tv. missed the tube by about an inch, lesson learned. It had a little bb hole in the skirting thereafter. No loaded bb guns in the house.
The technique is simple, quick and easy to master. The key is to just look down the barrel like shotgun shooting, rather than using the sights. It is as easy and very comparable to pointing your finger at something.
Start with large targets like cans or pine cones and transition to smaller targets as you get the hang of it.
I was only proficient if I tossed my own coin. I would shoot at the top of the arc when the coin was essentially stationary. At my peak, I could hit a nickel about half the time. If lucky on the first shot, I quit, leaving spectators the impression than I could do it every time.
If I missed the first shot, I'd make the statement that it must have been edgewise and try again. It is far easier than one might imagine.
Only enjoy such fun where it is safe to do so!
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