Posted on 12/01/2016 3:44:38 AM PST by marktwain
This short video shows how not to fire a 12 gauge pistol/Sawed off shotgun. The link is below.
http://i.imgur.com/HXFJbBT.mp4
The video shows the person firing with a less than firm grip on the firearm. Shotguns shells can develop considerable recoil. Without a firm grip, and only using one hand, the firearm flies out of the shooter's hand and smacks him in the face.
It could have been worse. Occasionally a shooter with a weak grip will find that the firearm escapes his grasp while the trigger finger stays engaged. The firearm then may fire one or more shots as it flips around. This is dangerous for any in the area.
It has resulted in the shooter's own death in a small number of cases.
You can see that this shooter is inexperienced and fearful by the body posture. Notice that he leans back away from the gun, attempting to put his body as far from it as possible. This moves his center of gravity back toward the edge of his base of support, making it easy for him to be tipped off balance to the rear.
Experienced shooters lean into the gun, so that recoil moves them onto their base instead of off of it. With a firearm with significant recoil, use two hands to help control it. This is especially worthwhile if you have not fired it before, and do not know how much recoil will be generated.
Once you experience the recoil, you will have an idea of what to expect, and what might be necessary to control it. Be wary of others who have fired guns and then give them to you to "try" if they may have significant recoil.
It is not unknown for pranksters to fire a gun with reduced loads, then to hand it to the unwary with full power loads.
This is a very bad practice, but it happens. Some people like to play "practical jokes". It is a deadly serious matter when firearms are involved.
©2016 by Dean Weingarten: Permission to share is granted when this notice is included.
Link to Gun Watch
I’ve done it with my duck gun. But it has a pound of lead in the butt. (Dispatched a porcupine while restraining my dog on a leash with the other hand.)
I used a break open double to pull porcupine quills from a dogs muzzle once.
Used it like a giant pliers.
Worked pretty well.
I had a pit that loved tearing into porkies. They can clamp their jaws down to keep you from pulling quills out of their tongues. Some jobs are best left to the pros.
This one wasn’t one of the really bad ones.
As I recall, we only had to get about 15-20 quills out.
The dog had a good personality, a Lab, as I recall. I had my brother for help.
Porcupine quills have barbs, they keep working in deeper. So if you can get them out quick, it is much easier.
Sounds terrible.
He must have been an incredible dog for you to put up with it!
How many times did he do it?
Nemo was canine royalty. Absolutely beautiful, his face evenly split between white on one side and brown on the other. I think he did it six times that were pretty bad. First time was two quills on the end of his nose. Found a porky under a log and was just sniffing. After a while, the vet just charged $25 and sent him home knocked out. “Keep him cool until he comes back to consciousness.” Once I learned to spot the signs, I’d leash him immediately.
Must have been a great dog the rest of the time!
He wanted to attack me when he was seven. I got in his face and gave him holy hell. It was that or shoot him. Great friend for long hikes in the woods. He even retrieved ducks for me in spite of being a weak swimmer. Had to put up with “the look” when I missed, though.
I know “the look”.
The “I did *my* part. Where is the bird? Look.
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