Arkansas Paul
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Now that's thinking right there.
What do you think of this personal requirement?
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Now that's thinking right there.
This guy works in another section now, so unfortunately I can't do this.
I've done this with another coworker who shared a different hobby with me. I would get at least half a dozen items every day to post on a forum for that hobby. People thought I made this person up.
Anyway, my question's been answered. Thanks guys!
oldbear
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This is an old trick shooters, trick. Mr. Jerry Campbell used to start his L/E shooting classes by doing this. Mr. Campbell would hold his .357 inverted and out shoot the best shooter in the class. Mr. Campbell generally ended the class by shooting his name into a 4'X4' piece of cardboard using a Thompson sub machinegun.
M2 Carbine
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I don't use my pinky finger but I have been known to face away from the targets, bend over and shoot between my legs, with the gun up-side-down, at ten yards.
That's not something I generally do when people are watching.
That's not something I generally do when people are watching.
M2 Carbine
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But hearing about it and actually seeing it are worlds apart.
A local Preacher told about his wife going out in the yard in only her underwear to shoot a Deer. She had only her rifle and a few spare rounds stuck in her panties.
We never did find out if she got the Deer because we were laughing too hard.
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JTQ
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It's not a test I would used, but the possible reasons are to check a weak handed grip to determine if the pistol is prone to cycling problems while "limp wristing" and to make sure the pistol will feed rounds when held at odd angles.
How's this look? It's not me by the way.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am8zoe2Ezpw
How's this look? It's not me by the way.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am8zoe2Ezpw
pockets
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I think your 'gun guy' watched the same episode on Outdoor Channel (I think it was Shooting Gallery) that I did; Jerry Miculek shot a 5-round revolver upside-down using his pinky finger on the trigger. He did it a couple of times to demonstrate how easy it was (he hit the steel also). Of course, that was Jerry Miculek.
Ah well, different streaks for different freaks. Hope he has fun. Does he turn his targets upside down also?
Must admit that I have shot flintlocks upside-down more than a few times; (A) it's a common form of competition and (B) to fine tune the lock/frizzen/pan.
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Ah well, different streaks for different freaks. Hope he has fun. Does he turn his targets upside down also?
Must admit that I have shot flintlocks upside-down more than a few times; (A) it's a common form of competition and (B) to fine tune the lock/frizzen/pan.
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bigfatdave
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wouldn't the slide hit you in the wrist, if you were putting the muzzle forward and the sights in front of your eye?
Kyle M.
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This guy sounds like the guy at my local range who told me my glock 21 was broken and dangerous. Because according to him glocks are not semi auto, and the slide must be manually cycled for each shot.
JTQ
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You mean like this G17 in a video by our own forum member Sturmgewehre?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jh9JhCyFFxA
TAKtical
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This is hilarious. Ive heard some crazy things like "it has to fire 1000 rounds with no failures straight out of the box with no cleaning or lube", but upside down pinky firing? Why?
ichiban
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How does he choose a new car? Does he have a wife?
justice06rr
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What is this coworker "gun nuts" background and experience?
It really seems like he's more of the mall-ninja tacticool over-analyzing paranoid types. from what he said about AR15's and avoiding 40S&W, I would not consider him very knowledgable at all.
Many people think they are gun nuts. Few actually know what they are talking about. Your coworker's upside down pistol requirement is just plain obnoxious.
It really seems like he's more of the mall-ninja tacticool over-analyzing paranoid types. from what he said about AR15's and avoiding 40S&W, I would not consider him very knowledgable at all.
Many people think they are gun nuts. Few actually know what they are talking about. Your coworker's upside down pistol requirement is just plain obnoxious.
CFletch08
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If he's just testing for reliability in weird situations, I would think that simply turning the gun in a sort of extreme "gangster" style would do the same thing without the strange and potentially dangerous pinkie grip.
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Just so I understand...you accurately remembered that he said...
None of the ARs are "recoil operated." A direct impingement gun directs the gas to the bolt through a gas tube. On a piston AR the gas is directed to the piston from the gas block and the piston rod pushes on the bolt - there is no gas tube on a piston AR. Again - neither AR is "recoil operated"
The definition of proprietary is manufactured and sold by one company, usually the holder of the trade secrets or patents.
You can buy .40 S&W guns from nearly every company making a semi-auto pistol, and you can buy ammunition from every ammunition manufacturer - that's the opposite of proprietary.
So, he's 100% wrong in what he's told you so far....and he's not just trying to have fun with you...and you're going to believe what he says about anything else....?
Great idea! Ask him if he hangs upside down from a trapeze while he's hold the gun upside down - then ithe pistol would be right side up....
None of the ARs are "recoil operated." A direct impingement gun directs the gas to the bolt through a gas tube. On a piston AR the gas is directed to the piston from the gas block and the piston rod pushes on the bolt - there is no gas tube on a piston AR. Again - neither AR is "recoil operated"
The definition of proprietary is manufactured and sold by one company, usually the holder of the trade secrets or patents.
You can buy .40 S&W guns from nearly every company making a semi-auto pistol, and you can buy ammunition from every ammunition manufacturer - that's the opposite of proprietary.
So, he's 100% wrong in what he's told you so far....and he's not just trying to have fun with you...and you're going to believe what he says about anything else....?
Great idea! Ask him if he hangs upside down from a trapeze while he's hold the gun upside down - then ithe pistol would be right side up....
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No. But if I don't know the answer, and I assume he's wrong, I'm going to fact check before I call bullsmeg.
Yes, I know he was completely wrong about the AR mechanisms and the proprietary round. His reasoning why .40 S&W is proprietary is because it says "Smith and Wesson" in the name. This is of course before he advocated I go with 9mm Luger or .45 ACP (knowing full well it's Automatic Colt Pistol). And yes, he specifically said "9mm Luger".
CraigC
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I don't think I would need any further evidence to tell me where to file anything that comes from his mouth.
FinalCountDn
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Wasn't one of the challenges on the show "Top Shot" to fire a SW 686 upside down using your pinkies to pull the trigger? That is probably where your gun nut came up with his "test".
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