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[Inferno]

I carry a knife more for utility these days.

Rule #9.

 

[ImprobableJoe]

Did I mention that I get three free magazines and a second magazine holster in the mail? That brings me up to a total of five magazines, 80 rounds total.

Excessive? Of course! In real life innocent non-nutty people don't get into sustained firefights with muggers or burglars. But the stuff is FREE!!!!

FREE!!

I swear, if I had more money and no taste I could totally be a hoarder. :lol:

 

[)O( Hytegia )O(]

There is no such thing as too much Ammunition.

Well, if you can't shoot worth fuck there isn't. :roll:

 

[ImprobableJoe]

I'm on my way, I'm on my WAY-AY-AY
Gun, sweet gun!

/Mà¶tley Crà¼e

 

[Snufkin]

I'm scared of guns, I'd worry I'd accidentally kill myself or someone else.

Like the feeling I get when stood near the edge of a train platform when a train is approaching - I feel like I might just accidentally fall off into the path of the train or onto the electrified line. Never happens of course, but the worry is there.

Anyway, enjoy

 

[ImprobableJoe]

I'm scared of guns, I'd worry I'd accidentally kill myself or someone else.

Like the feeling I get when stood near the edge of a train platform when a train is approaching - I feel like I might just accidentally fall off into the path of the train or onto the electrified line. Never happens of course, but the worry is there.

Anyway, enjoy

Get a little training, and I'd trust you with a gun over most of the gun nuts on the Internet. Fear isn't the best way to feel about guns, but with some practice that fear can turn to VERY healthy respect, and that respect will keep you and other people safe.

Anyhoo, I went and picked up my handgun this morning. It is really nice. Comes with all sorts of goodies, but I had to buy hearing protection for the range, plus ammo and cleaning gear.

 

[televator]

Being nervous, just like being careless, around a gun is more likely to lead to a shitty outcome than remaining calm...

 

[)O( Hytegia )O(]

Being nervous, just like being careless, around a gun is more likely to lead to a shitty outcome than remaining calm...

The same applies for any tool in it's proper situation.

 

[ImprobableJoe]

Being nervous, just like being careless, around a gun is more likely to lead to a shitty outcome than remaining calm...

Well, that's where the training comes in... that's what I said! And I think it is probably easier to take someone nervous and make them comfortable but cautious than to take someone who is cocky and careless and get them where they need to be.

From my personal experience, the guys who thought they could shoot just fine were always the hardest to train. The ones who were less confident could be trained into earned confidence, as opposed to unearned arrogance. The same goes for safety... I've never seen someone hit as hard off of a football field as the idiots on the range who didn't watch their muzzle awareness. It was always one of the guys who thought he was an awesome shot, too.

 

[televator]

Being nervous, just like being careless, around a gun is more likely to lead to a shitty outcome than remaining calm...

Well, that's where the training comes in... that's what I said! And I think it is probably easier to take someone nervous and make them comfortable but cautious than to take someone who is cocky and careless and get them where they need to be.

From my personal experience, the guys who thought they could shoot just fine were always the hardest to train. The ones who were less confident could be trained into earned confidence, as opposed to unearned arrogance. The same goes for safety... I've never seen someone hit as hard off of a football field as the idiots on the range who didn't watch their muzzle awareness. It was always one of the guys who thought he was an awesome shot, too.

No, I understand. I'm just saying it's best to get over whatever extreme emotion quickly and focus and be aware of your weapon's condition. I never so much as held a gun before Marine Corps training. I was nervous as well, but when I realized that the instructors made damn sure I knew this weapon inside and out it was easier for me get over that. After my first shot hit the dirt, I ran through everything I knew and came to remember that one of the range fellows turned my front site the wrong way...

 

[ImprobableJoe]

No, I understand. I'm just saying it's best to get over whatever extreme emotion quickly and focus and be aware of your weapon's condition. I never so much as held a gun before Marine Corps training. I was nervous as well, but when I realized that the instructors made damn sure I knew this weapon inside and out it was easier for me get over that. After my first shot hit the dirt, I ran through everything I knew and came to remember that one of the range fellows turned my front site the wrong way...

Ack... that range dude was an idiot. I used to hate those guys who would grab and tweak the shooters' sights for them. Even if they don't screw it up, they're not doing you any favors by not letting you make your own adjustments.

 

[ImprobableJoe]

Also, a picture... just because:

 

[televator]

It's not pretty. I like it. As I tell my friends, pretty things are worthless. It's the ugly things that'll work when you need them.

Yeah, my whole first range experience was a bit of a funny tale. Initially, our range master told us we were the shitiest platoon he'd ever seen, and that he was much more impressed with some other platoon....then we took range over all the other platoons. I mean, we owned it. I think we ended up with both 1st and 2nd company high shooters in out platoon. I only managed sharp shooter, but I got my expert badge the next time at the range.

 

[ImprobableJoe]

It's not pretty. I like it. As I tell my friends, pretty things are worthless. It's the ugly things that'll work when you need them.

Then Glocks must be the best handguns ever built!

Yeah, my whole first range experience was a bit of a funny tale. Initially, our range master told us we were the shitiest platoon he'd ever seen, and that he was much more impressed with some other platoon....then we took range over all the other platoons. I mean, we owned it. I think we ended up with both 1st and 2nd company high shooters in out platoon. I only managed sharp shooter, but I got my expert badge the next time at the range.

I barely qualified my first time out. The second time scored me a second pizza box. Then something clicked for me, and I shot expert a whole bunch of times after that. Mostly because I gamed the system a bit...

See, it was like this: I had to go to a secondary MOS school during the summer of my second year in, which was when my unit did the range. I had to make up the qualification for that year, so I wound up at the UNQ range the last two weeks of that fiscal year. Most of the people there had failed to qualify the first time, but me and my buddy had both just missed the earlier chance to shoot. Everyone else was just trying to score the minimum and go home, while my friend and I were both trying to get promoted. The last day there was barely anyone shooting, so there wasn't much pressure and we used brand new targets and we got to sleep in a bit. I shot a 49, and my buddy shot a 48.

Here's where we got slick: two weeks later, we went right back to the range for the first or second range of the new fiscal year. Rifles sighted in, tons and tons of practice just a couple of weeks before... instant expert! :lol:

 

[Inferno]

Then Glocks must be the best handguns ever built!

WHAT! BLASPHEMY! (National pride is hurt here btw )
Glocks are sexy and you're not. :twisted:

 

[ImprobableJoe]

Then Glocks must be the best handguns ever built!

WHAT! BLASPHEMY! (National pride is hurt here btw )
Glocks are sexy and you're not. :twisted:

Oh wow... you're just warped if you think a Glock is anything but a blocky ugly gun. My Springfield isn't much better, but it is an improvement over the Glock.

 

[Inferno]

Oh wow... you're just warped if you think a Glock is anything but a blocky ugly gun. My Springfield isn't much better, but it is an improvement over the Glock.

How is this not beautiful? :?

 

[DepricatedZero]

I always love glocking people in CS:S...it's more humiliating than getting knifed, imo

 

[ImprobableJoe]

How is this not beautiful? :?

Man, if you have to ask, I'm not sure if you'll understand the answer. :lol:

Don't get me wrong, a Glock will work and all. As reliable as anything, and more reliable than most. Not attractive. Not a whole lot of handguns are. Maybe a 1911 with wood grips?

 

[Inferno]

Maybe a 1911 with wood grips?

OK if we're going for style, I'm after these babies!

But seriously when it comes to guns I'm a plastic and steel man, screw wood!