sirgilligan
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My neighbor is interested in getting his first pistol.
I showed him a Sig P229 (.40 cal), a Sig P238 a while back.
He came over recently and I showed him favorite 9mm, the Browning Hi-Power. My old S&W 659 is no slouch, but the BHP is nice. Since he has small children I was thinking a single action gun with no round in the chamber is the safest to have since he doesn't have a safe. (Weapon firing condition though is not the topic.)
We were going over trigger pulls and I showed him various pulls. The single action BHP pull, the double action on a Walther. Then I showed him my wife's S&W 617. We checked it for empty and then me being caught up in the moment dry fired the pistol and let him do it, then my brain engaged, "Crap, that's a 22, son of a gun, I am a bone head." I got out my magnifying class and took it under bright light, no damage done to the cylinder or firing pin, but dang I was mad at myself.
Focus, routine, practice, and discipline.
I showed him a Sig P229 (.40 cal), a Sig P238 a while back.
He came over recently and I showed him favorite 9mm, the Browning Hi-Power. My old S&W 659 is no slouch, but the BHP is nice. Since he has small children I was thinking a single action gun with no round in the chamber is the safest to have since he doesn't have a safe. (Weapon firing condition though is not the topic.)
We were going over trigger pulls and I showed him various pulls. The single action BHP pull, the double action on a Walther. Then I showed him my wife's S&W 617. We checked it for empty and then me being caught up in the moment dry fired the pistol and let him do it, then my brain engaged, "Crap, that's a 22, son of a gun, I am a bone head." I got out my magnifying class and took it under bright light, no damage done to the cylinder or firing pin, but dang I was mad at myself.
Focus, routine, practice, and discipline.