Posted on 07/07/2009 10:15:22 AM PDT by sig226
We need to get this thread going again.
Wish you would send this to some Media outlet as they are always inaccuracies in their stories about firearms. Add explanation of difference btw Caliber and MM of guns and send to MSNBC..CBS...ABC.....LOL I hate it when the mix those up...(He was shooting a .45 caliber gun not a 45 mm).
Don't have a Springer, but I have a Deagle and a shotty.
(Yes, I hate those terms, too.)
There is no way to aim a pistol grip shotgun unless you attach a laser to it.
Now, that's just not true. You hold it up to your eye and then you pull the trigger...oh. Yeah. Well, when you get out of the hospital you always have another eye.
Training is more important than equipment. Gunsite, Lethal Force Institute, Thunder Ranch, and Storm Mountain are excellent schools, and are worth every penny (even if it is a lot of pennies). If you’re new to the subject and are having problems with your equipment, it’s probably not the equipment. Hitting the target fast, accurate, and hard is more important than what you’re hitting it with. Complex equipment configurations will give you more problems than simple configurations, at least until you’re so good that you are finally better than the equipment (few are). When you know the basics well, you can do well enough with anything.
You can’t miss fast enough to hit.
Only hits count.
Some guy at Academy tried to sell hubs a box of ‘non-lethal’ ammo since they didn’t have any of the real stuff in stock...Some kind of fragmenting stuff.
1. Buy the best firearm for your needs. It doesn’t have to be the most expensive or what internet “experts” tell you. It has to fit you and your lifestyle.
2. Learn to reload. It takes awhile to understand the calibers, reloading presses, powders and how to put it all together but you’ll learn to shoot because you’ll shoot more.
3. Buy the books. Keep researching. Learn as much as possible because you’ll continue to forget what you learned.
4. You won’t know how good you are unless you compete. Join an IDPA club for pistols and revolvers. Join the club so you can compete with rifle and shotgun.
5. Join the NRA so you can continue to be part of the gun culture.
Should we get into the basic types of actions? Single shot, bolt, semi-automatic (vice “automatic”), pump, etc.
Safety rules aside, shooting comes down to just three words:
Front sight, press.
When you understand what that means, and can do it every time, you are ready.
Try to match your weapons’ caliber to commonly available Military or Law Enforcement rounds. It may seem cool to have a .243 rifle, but finding ammo in a pinch will be tough.
Military rifle calibers: 7.62X39, 7.62X51, and 5.56.
Common pistol calibers: .38 Special/.357 Magnum, 9mm, .40 S&W, .45 Auto.
Shotguns - 12 or 20 gauge.
.22 rifle is also common.
Also magazine vs. clip...it’s a pet peeve of mine.
I heard "45 gauge handgun" on the news not too long ago. made me laugh out loud.
/johnny
I wish I had a 45mm!
I’lL freely admit I don’t know much about the internet. I do own about 30 firearms, though (or at least I DID until I sold them all in private transactions with no records in November of 2008 - so there is no need for a BATFE or other type of feDeral or state agent to visit my house).
I THINK I know what a “shotty” is (a shotgun?).
But what the heck are Springer and Deagle?
You point a shotgun and aim a rifle if I recall correctly.
Don’t take it to Wal Mart. They have no idea.
"Next shelf down, to your right. No, over. Yeah, that."
Was happy when the local Wally World moved the locked ammo case from behind to beside the counter.
Thanks for posting.
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