T.V. dry fire practice

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jlflegal

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Standing in my family room this evening practicing dry firing with my GP-100 revolver. The television is running while I'm waiting for a show I want to see. Bang!(pardon the pun guys) I get an idea:

Every time a new character in the movie pops up on the screen I "shoot 'em". Lower the gun to ready position and then up and fire when a new body shows up on the screen.

Works great for rapid target acquisition and trigger control. Has some realism instead of the lamp, wife's flower pot, or the cat wandering thru the room.
 
Tried it with a loaded gun. Didn't seem to go over very well with the wife. ;)

Just kidding.


Sounds like a good idea. Will have to try it with my sigs.
 
True story - My brother-in-law (when he was yonger) got a new bb rifle for his birthday. Parents were gone to the store and Gunsmoke was on.

Of course, those of us who remember that show, know that Matt Dillon never, ever lost a gunfight. My BIL tells my wife... "Watch... I'm going to pick off Matt Dillon!"

He then sighted in and did, in fact, pick off Matt. The bb entered and blew the picture tube... nice neat little hole right were Matt was.

My wife tried to help and "covered" it up by pulling the dolly that was on top of the set down to cover the hole.

The "camo" lasted about 1 minute after Mom and Dad walked in. Needless to say it happended during a not so kinder and gentler time. They both had to go cut their own switches.

Never lost another TV though. :D

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Schmit
GySgt, USMC(Ret)
NRA Life, Lodge 1201-UOSSS
"Si vis Pacem Para Bellum"
 
Jeff Cooper has mentioned practicing the "snap shot" while watching TV.

Anyone know how well an electron gun acts as a bullet backstop? :)

Justin
 
I practice on the TV. Particularly on Sunday morning, during the talking-head pundit times.

I recommend that folks do this for dry-fire practice.

I also recommend that they check and re-check that no, there is not a round in the chamber!

A buddy informed me, one time, that the sound will still work, even after the picture tube is "shot". How'd he know that?

:), Art
 
I can't believe that so many people do this too. I thought I was the only one...

We can't all be sick, can we?

My favorite is to watch the animal channel and pick off non-domesticated game when it appears on the screen. Add points if I can snap off a dry fire before the screen changes to a new scene, deduct points for shooting a dog or a pussycat. Bonus points for a reptile.

I used to use the Ruger GP100 like you, however, after I got the new Walther P99, I found I could re-cock after the dry fire by just advancing the slide a quarter inch. The gun was 'made' for this routine.

Is this a great country or what?



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Take the long way home...
 
Just be sure that you don't do an "Elvis" (Thank you very much. ;) )

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BOYCOTT SMITH AND WESSON!!!
Defend the Constitution from the foreign threat!!!!

"Man killing is nasty business"---Finn Aggard
 
Hey Gremlin
I have the sw99. Both the "99"s are DA so why would you need to "re-cock" it?


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-- Thomas Jefferson, Proposed Virginia Constitution, 1776, Jefferson Papers 344
 
RE: Bullet stopping capabilities of a TV

I have it on good authority from an old friend of mine that a 26" TV tube will reliably stop 7.62mm Soviet FMJ from exiting the TV.
 
Jeepster,
Because of the fast scene changes, single action is the only way I can get the bonus points. Double action pull takes too long and besides, I never feel like I'm "ready" when I'm shooting double action--double action always feels to me like I'm "reacting" to a situation rather than in control of a situation.
Just me...

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Take the long way home...
 
A friend of mine was on the phone with his girlfriend while dryfiring at Roger Mudd. Yes, he was distracted. He racked the slide and ended up chambering a round. Put a CCI 200gr JHP right through Roger's chin.
 
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Bartholomew Roberts:
I have it on good authority from an old friend of mine that a 26" TV tube will reliably stop 7.62mm Soviet FMJ from exiting the TV.[/quote]

Bartholomew, I have it on even better authority that a 19" Sony doesn't stand a chance against 3 12ga double-oughts and 2 slugs. ;)
 
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Coinneach:
Bartholomew, I have it on even better authority that a 19" Sony doesn't stand a chance against 3 12ga double-oughts and 2 slugs. ;)[/quote]

That was probably my friend's problem - he should have known to keep shooting until the TV went down and stayed there :)

Still I was surprised that a TV would afford that level of cover. Then again, maybe I shouldn't be since glass is pretty hard on bullets.
 
Any T.V. worth shooting once is worth shooting 5 times with a shotgun.

Yes, I practice in font of the T.V.; I use sound or words or names as shooting cues.

Take care not to become distracted like those mentioned above unless you want to do a LOT of 'splainin' to your loved one. :eek:

Ledbetter
 
I can't live without my TV, so using it for a dry practice target would violate rule 2. :D
 
Jeff OTMG:

Re: racking the slide & (I hope) center-punching Roger Mudd...

Case in point as to why one must never dry fire with a loaded mag in the gun. Or even any ammo in the room.

Another tip (preaching to the choir..) is to ALWAYS have a clear division of time & tasks between dry firing and cleaning firearms and any other time. Once you leave dry fire mode, do not go back. Your gun will find a way to become loaded!

I heard on good authority that in the early '80s, a young LEO decided to test another LEO's mastery of the gun-retention drills they had just learned. Grabbed now-loaded duty rig and wound up getting drilled, dead. Training mode is for specific times, places, circumstances and INFORMED participants.

Let's be careful out there. When I was a kid, one neighbor drilled the TV with a .30-30 while watching a Western.

He soon moved away.
 
Yep, with much "junk" on the tube these days,
some of the actors/actress'es need shooting.
All of that crap promotes violence; at home
and in the work place. Maybe, I old fashioned
but whatever happened to "Gunsmoke", "Have Gun Will Travel", or "Highway Patrol"? :)

Regards,
Ala Dan, Life Member N.R.A.
 
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