Some rather interesting weapons in here, any of the Europeans on here have a Mauser 1898 variant? And if so which war was it used in?
My girlfriend's dad has a Mauser, I believe it's a WW2 era gun though. Haven't seen it with my own eyes yet.
Some rather interesting weapons in here, any of the Europeans on here have a Mauser 1898 variant? And if so which war was it used in?
don't be silly. Do I need to point out how a gun operates? It cannot fire without a bullet in it. It's completely impossible for it to do any damage to you when there is no bullet in it (unless you drop it on your foot ). The rules of gun safety were made that way because they figured people were too stupid to know how to check if there were bullets in it, so it's easier to just make a blanket statement saying, never point the gun at yourself (or anyone else). Actually they sometimes say never point a gun at someone unless you intend to shoot. But that statement is too general. It doesn't cover things like movies where they point guns at each other all the time, and makes no distinction between unloaded and loaded guns.
wikipedia said:Cooper advocated four basic rules of gun safety:
1-All guns are always loaded. Even if they are not, treat them as if they are.
2-Never let the muzzle cover anything you are not willing to destroy. (For those who insist that this particular gun is unloaded, see Rule 1.)
3-Keep your finger off the trigger till your sights are on the target. This is the Golden Rule. Its violation is directly responsible for about 60 percent of inadvertent discharges.
4-Identify your target, and what is behind it. Never shoot at anything that you have not positively identified.
As an avid shooter, I feel I am much more knowledgable than the average Joe about firearms and firearm safety; that said, however, I never break the aforementioned rules. Mess up once and the repercussions could be severe.
If my campaign of slander and misinformation ever succeeds in convincing my girlfriend to drop her 'no guns in my house' rule, then I'm going to acquire myself a Marlin 336 in 30-30. I'm thinking of getting the one with the larger lever grip so I can use it in the winter with gloves on. At the moment though, I am a sad, gunless man.
Jesus christ, seriously?? "I am the only one in this room who is professional enough to handle this gun. Now, I know this weapon is not loaded, so..." BLAM!!!
I can't get over that there are little kids in that room. If I was a parent I would ask that everyone put down any firearms and get my kid out of there immediately. DEA or not, that dude has proven himself unsafe. (You gotta love how the crowd gets agitated when he picks up the rifle, and he says something like "Guys! Guys! This weapon is not loaded!" (Uhh, you said that right before you shot yourself in the leg, champ.)
If you'd like, we can marry one another and dump the stupid liberal women.
But the rule does not account for the fact that my gun is incapable of destroying me or anyone when it is not loaded. The rule is incomplete.
Repeated for epicness.SuperJay! When I'm a bit older, we are going deer hunting!
You don't seem to have the slightest idea how many people have been shot by "unloaded" guns. And if you think they only happen to stupid people, well...
I was reading a thread on a gun nut forum a few weeks ago (wish I had a link) where people were sharing their experiences with negligent discharges. It's incredibly easy to make a mistake. You may clear the gun 100000 times and get away with looking down the barrel... but eventually you'll be tired, get distracted, or something else. And you may just put a bullet through your own head. It simply is not worth the risk, unless there are special circumstances or safety measures in place.
Re: movie guns. They are usually modified so that they will only accept blanks. The chamber is too short for a live round.
I've been mulling this over and what bothers me isn't you pointed a gun at a camera and took the picture, but that you keep making excuses. I've sped on the highway, well above a speed that if I hit a pothole I would have flipped my Jeep and turned it into a smouldering hunk of twisted metal. While I did it in rather safe settings -- on a freshly paved highway on a straight stretch at 3 am when there wasn't a car in sight in either direction -- doesn't change the fact I did something stupid. I know it was stupid, and I accepted the risk when I did it. I'd also have no problem doing the stupid thing again provided similar circumstances.
He also demonstrates your average DEA agent's intelligence.
That R-76 has got to be the ugliest firearm I've seen yet.