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What is it like to fire an AR-15? It’s horrifying, menacing and very very loud (LOL/Barf!)
nydailynews.com ^

Posted on 06/18/2016 6:21:53 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA

But Frank Stelmach of Double Tap Shooting Range and Gun Shop invited me, videographer Michael Sheridan and reporter Adam Shrier to come down. Stelmach is not like many gun lovers. He admires his weaponry, yes, and has difficulty explaining why law-abiding citizens need a gun that can empty a 40-round magazine in a few seconds. But he also hates the idea that “bad people” get a hold of a gun like this and use it to kill without difficulty.

“There should be expanded background checks — extending into your family, friends and associates,” he said. “And there should be a mental health screening. In Europe, if you want to buy a gun, you have to see a doctor (for a psychiatric examination) to see if something’s not right.”

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The recoil bruised my shoulder, which can happen if you don't know what you're doing. The brass shell casings disoriented me as they flew past my face. The smell of sulfur and destruction made me sick. The explosions — loud like a bomb — gave me a temporary form of PTSD. For at least an hour after firing the gun just a few times, I was anxious and irritable.

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To: Red in Blue PA

Interesting article and pictures below.

https://www.ar15.com/archive/topic.html?b=3&f=123&t=550662

http://www.guns.com/2016/06/14/ny-daily-news-writer-gets-temporary-ptsd-from-the-horrors-of-shooting-an-ar/


101 posted on 06/18/2016 7:59:04 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Red in Blue PA

Authors last name is perfect.
KUNTZman


102 posted on 06/18/2016 7:59:22 PM PDT by Kozak (ALLAH AKBAR = HEIL HITLER)
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To: Kozak

He pronounces it “koontz.”


103 posted on 06/18/2016 7:59:51 PM PDT by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
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To: libstripper

Or a Thompson .45 Carl Burp Gun


104 posted on 06/18/2016 8:01:25 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: libstripper

Recoil affects different people differently.

I am 6’3” and weigh 295. I used to work with a guy who was around 5’8” and about 160.

He had just bought a new model 94 Commemorative. I can’t remember which one but it had plenty of gold and a brass curved butt plate.

I had my Sharps 54 cal. It loaded from the rear but used black powder.

Now the Sharps loaded with 90 grains of fffg just seemed to give me a push. My friend said it actually hurt him.

Just the opposite with the model 94. It really hurt my shoulder, I think the curved butt plate was part of the problem. He said it did not bother him at all.


105 posted on 06/18/2016 8:07:23 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

This Pansy must be NUTS!


106 posted on 06/18/2016 8:09:48 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: Publius

It’s Pronounced Pussy no matter how he spells it.


107 posted on 06/18/2016 8:10:02 PM PDT by Kozak (ALLAH AKBAR = HEIL HITLER)
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To: yarddog

The peculiarthing I’ve see firing black powder hand guns vs smokless is the black powder guns give a push when they recoul, while the smokeless guns, especially in .357 magnum, give a hard, quick crack.


108 posted on 06/18/2016 8:11:05 PM PDT by libstripper
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To: Spok

This has got to be satire.


Or a prank.
On the other hand, it is apiece with a lot of the other technological absurdities running around in Democrat mouths.


109 posted on 06/18/2016 8:12:42 PM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: HokieMom

Nice...and yeah, skinny 7year olds can handle the recoil.


110 posted on 06/18/2016 8:17:30 PM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise

Nah, he lacks the depth if not the warmth.


111 posted on 06/18/2016 8:22:05 PM PDT by KrisKrinkle (Blessed be those who know the depth and breadth of their ignorance. Cursed be those who don't.)
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To: Red in Blue PA
Who in the hell is this poodle-walking, sissy boy?

There is almost no recoil with an AR-15. It is not a particularly loud rifle.

Unless you are left-handed, no spent brass went past your face bozo.

Finally, there is no such thing as "temporary PTSD". I am both a veteran and a practicing Psychologist. You turn of phrase is an insult to the men and women who have that condition.

112 posted on 06/18/2016 8:32:56 PM PDT by Volunteer (Though I know that the hypnotized never lie, do ya? - The Who)
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To: HiTech RedNeck
maybe, just maybe, it was his drama training kicking in, and he was imagining it. to some people, being able to imagine it is the same as it actually happening.

Which is especially helpful if you're an MSM journalist who writes fiction for a living...

113 posted on 06/18/2016 8:36:01 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: yarddog

***model 94. It really hurt my shoulder,***

I had one of those many years ago, a Canadian Centennial model. It really hurt my shoulder in 30-30, yet i can shoot all day with a regular old 30-30.


114 posted on 06/18/2016 8:37:32 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: SunkenCiv

ALL rifles except muzzle loaders are illegal to hunt deer in Illinois.
http://www.dnr.illinois.gov/hunting/Pages/HuntingDevicesandAmmunition.aspx


115 posted on 06/18/2016 8:42:13 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Red in Blue PA

Snowflakes shouldn’t fire guns.


116 posted on 06/18/2016 8:43:01 PM PDT by Exit148 ((Loose Chnge Club founder) Put yours aside for the next Freepathon!)
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To: Farmer Dean

Substantial :)


117 posted on 06/18/2016 8:54:01 PM PDT by Delta 21 (Patiently waiting for the jack booted kick at my door.)
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To: Red in Blue PA
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118 posted on 06/18/2016 8:55:21 PM PDT by Dick Bachert (This entire "administration" has been a series of Reischstag Fires. We know how that turned out!)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Yes I think it was the curved butt plate which caused the pain.

I have owned maybe 15 30-30 lever actions since 1974. None of them bothered me at all.

Oddly the best one I ever had was a post 64 with that crappy iron like receiver which had lost all it’s bluing. I got it from a pawn shop owner who was bringing 3 guns to get rid of at the show.

He let me have the Winchester, a rusty Moisin and a decent Revelation brand 20 gauge single shot. All for $90.

The Winchester (actually it was a Sears JC Higgins) had a really nice Redfield receiver sight with target knobs and a Sour dough front. Well the sights were probably worth more than the rifle.

Anyway that 30-30 turned out to be a jewel. The action was really slick and in every way, feeding, loading, ejecting etc. It was also more accurate than most 94s and by a good bit.

I really wish I had kept it as it was the perfect knock around gun. Ugly but good.


119 posted on 06/18/2016 9:03:57 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

I unfortunately don’t own any firearms that shoot 13 rounds per second.


120 posted on 06/18/2016 9:07:29 PM PDT by gigster (Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
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