Comments | zeekar: Marcos goes a-shootin'

zeekar

Marcos goes a-shootin'

Dec 18, 2011 20:44

As you all know, I am a manly man, a doer of deeds, who constantly seeks out new physical experiences and adventures...

Riiiiight.

OK, so I don't do anything manlier than home repair, and even then, I'm impressed with myself if I can patch a hole in drywall and not be able to point out the spot where it used to be from 11 yards away 1. ( Read more... )

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technoshaman December 19 2011, 16:19:45 UTC

Well done!

And, yes, 'ware of the Slide of Doom; we actually had a term for it: Glock Thumb... I've skint myself a few times.

montieth December 19 2011, 18:29:15 UTC

Keep fingers outside of moving parts. Keep fingers away from gas venting parts.

No fingers forward of the cylinder of revolvers. ie don't do this or this happens.

No thumbs of webs of hands behind the slide where it reciprocates.

No hands/fingers/body parts forward of the muzzle.

oysteint December 19 2011, 21:23:21 UTC

Shooting is a fun hobby :)

One of my pistols have a different problem, gives you something called a "hammerbite", where the hammer strikes the web between your thumb and index finger. Also called a "Sig bite", after the pistol (Sig Neuhausen P210).

figgyscott December 19 2011, 23:02:27 UTC

Congratulations on your first step to being a trained assassin that can shoot wings off a fly (did you feel your heart racing 10x normal speed)? :) Target shooting is indeed fun, but for me a somewhat frustrating experience since my accuracy every trip has wide deviations. I usually only go 1-2 times a year so that might have a bearing on said accuracy. Like paintball though, target shooting can put a squeeze on your wallet, especially if you prefer the more naked raw power/kickback of 9mm ammunition. Up here a box of .22 bullets costs $2, and a box of 9mm costs around $10.

One possible injury-sustaining event you did not mention was having hot, spent shells arc perfectly to pierce the border between skin and clothes. That is a true test for the novice to still have sound mind to keep the gun pointed down range while trying mitigate the chance of first degree burns :).

I sense a new competition we can have the next time I come visit!