JAMES77257
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I only carry Glocks, but that Kimber is saweeeeeet!
Don't mind the critics, they are just jealous.
Don't mind the critics, they are just jealous.
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ripcurlksm
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Delicious isnt it?
She's 10. Wife's dismay was lessoned after a bit. Our kid has a good healthy respect for firearms & zero interest in " playing " with them - the same as she doesn't play with a table saw or boiling water. Girls may be different than boys in that regard - or maybe kids raised to be safe with guns are different than ones's which aren't.
In fact I was chastised by her a half hour ago because my Winchester was leaning on the cabinet where the printer paper is and she needed some. ( no , it's not loaded - the only firearm ever loaded in the house is the one I am wearing. I've been swapping scope rings around this weekend and didn't get everything locked away yet ).
BTW - Ripcurl , hope you don't mind me piggybacking your thread .
Actually, firing a shotgun 1 handed isn't that bad with target loads (8 shot). However, a PG helps a lot and it isn't comfortable or accurate, but it can be done.
uhhh......anyway, nice pics, I may post some later in another thread to show off my Xmas gifts.
uhhh......anyway, nice pics, I may post some later in another thread to show off my Xmas gifts.
ripcurlksm
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no worries, hijack away.... as long as your not yelling at me about my darn trigger finger
Legionnaire
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Nice pics; I especially like the first one.
And rule #3 is "Keep your finger off the trigger until your sights are on the target." If the second clause obtains, I'd have no problem if your finger was on the trigger ... especially if rules 2 and 4 are being followed.
And rule #3 is "Keep your finger off the trigger until your sights are on the target." If the second clause obtains, I'd have no problem if your finger was on the trigger ... especially if rules 2 and 4 are being followed.
I have a problem with some people's interpretation of Rule 1. Or maybe I am wrong. The way I state it, and teach my kids, is that we ASSUME a gun is always loaded, UNTIL we confirm it is not. Some state that the rule is that a gun is ALWAYS loaded. Well, I have six guns on my desk right now, and not a one of them are loaded. How can you have RULE that is wrong MOST of the time? It's not a rule then, just a suggestion, and I don't want to teach my kids a suggestion. The rule I teach is that until they KNOW a gun is unloaded, they assume it is loaded.
So, in this case, Rip followed the rule by double and triple checking to confirm the gun was not loaded.
So, in this case, Rip followed the rule by double and triple checking to confirm the gun was not loaded.
Fosbery
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TX1911 is right. Guns are always loaded until they have been proved. Preferably, this proof should be continuous e.g. open action, but if you're the only person about then there's no problem with opening and checking the action, checking there is no magazine in, and then closing the action to prove an unloaded gun.
Baphomet
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TX1911fan said:
Thank you for that injection of applied common sense.
In my house, where my 12 YO daughter is just learning to shoot, the rule is to assume that a gun is always loaded, until *I* confirm it is not.
That may change in time, but for now, that's Rule 1.
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