5 ridiculous gun myths everyone believes thanks to movies

[Chuck]

harrier, just a thought....did you mean deprived?

[Harrier1980]

harrier, just a thought....did you mean deprived?

I suppose I do really, however depraved could also fit.

'depraved - deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good'

[Dr. Strangelove]

That is what I thought really, the featured site was making a big thing about pumping it and ejecting a good shell, I thought surely that is not right unless it is semi or auto as well.

No, that would happen. Think of them as similar to straight pull rifles. If you have operated the working parts once a loaded magazine is in, a round will enter the chamber. If you operate the working parts again without firing, that same round will be ejected.

I also thought that not all autos lock open when empty (?), so you would have to pull the slider to put one in the spout.

As far as I'm aware, all of them do. It makes it a lot easier to reload - you just press a button to release the working parts, instead of operating the cocking handle.

[Dangermouse]

Don't forget the hysteria that surrounds any rifle with a scope on it. By adding a scope you instantly up the power, increase the accuracy and it becomes a sniper rifle capable of hitting objects at almost any distance - Even cheap air rifles.
Sadly I see this association all to often,

DM

[saddler]

I also thought that not all autos lock open when empty (?), so you would have to pull the slider to put one in the spout.

As far as I'm aware, all of them do. It makes it a lot easier to reload - you just press a button to release the working parts, instead of operating the cocking handle.

....or with some Browning guns made from the 60's onward, especially the Auto5...they have a speed-load feature:
The action locks back/open on the last shot being fired; you feed a cartridge into the magazine tube...then YOUR next action is aim & shoot...

The cartridge is automatically fed from the mag tube into the chamber & the action closed with no further buttons or levers to be pressed!
Oh, and it is FAST - furkin FAST

[Steve]

Don't forget the hysteria that surrounds any rifle with a scope on it. By adding a scope you instantly up the power, increase the accuracy and it becomes a sniper rifle capable of hitting objects at almost any distance - Even cheap air rifles.
Sadly I see this association all to often,

DM

Also,when you see a sniper rifle being assembled and once done the shooter manages to hit a gnats cock at 1000 yards without being zeroed first. :lol:

[Chuck]

Is it the movie Hitman where he has a .243 capable of a kill at 4KM????

In Hit List the magic weapon is an FN 5.57..well the round is magic.

[EagerNoSkill]

I "like" the TAKE-A-TURN shooting

Bad takes 2 / 3 shots leans back - Good guy leans out takes 2/3 shots whilst back guy pops back to cover...
continue ad nauseum till next ridiculous story plot event happens... :G

I like that bad guys thinks this is how it happens ... please continue this method

Personally .. go low - focus - dont pop back - wait for goblin to pop out - double shot aimed for center chest of goblin - end of "real life segment"


As for warnings - I write SYS on my bullets - Stop Your s*** - if the goblin cant speed read that his problem!

[Chuck]

Eager: :lol:

Watched something this morning, ALL baddies have these idotic stockless shotguns, even a S/S..Good guy has a SPAS, stock folded away for some reason and they ALL shoot from the hip to try and hit something.

Why would anyone want to try and use these daft pistol grip only shotguns, get a short one with a stock and AIM it the way you are meant to.

[EagerNoSkill]

Chuck

As far as I am concerned let the movies train the goblins

PISTOL GRIP SHOTGUNS
most men will start squealing like a shot pig when they fire a full strength shotgun load using only a pistol grip
Likely to start flinching into their own feet by 3rd shot too!!!!!!
:lol:

We had a special forces outfit try the PG - they went back to full length stock pretty quickly :lol:


BITRW - we will do our drills, do our draws, practice sight picture and trigger squeeze ... and we will go home and have a satifying beer or 3