What is the worst gun related advice you have ever gotten?

Bigfatts: Here's one I didn't see in here: "Never use the slide release on a 1911, it lets it slam forward and it'll mess up the gun."

Because it doesn't slam forward every time you shoot it...
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The owners manual for my Sig Platinum Elite 1911 specifically says not to allow the slide to slam on an empty chamber. The reason for this is unknown to me, but it is written in there.
 
Many quality gunmakers will suggest that slamming the slide home on an empty chamber is:

--not good for any 1911 with a tuned trigger/action
--never meant for handguns because they are designed to slam forward with the resistance of a round being pulled from a magazine. This resistance is REAL and it's similar to the reasoning behind not allowing the bolt to slam forward on an AR to help avoid a slamfire. Dragging a cartridge and chambering it absolutely slows that slide from slamming home.

It's real. Folks don't have to agree with it or accept it, but master pistol smiths will say it.

I have even heard that slamming the slide home ONCE on a quality 1911 with a tuned action is a good way to test the hammer/sear mating to ensure that it's up to snuff.
 
I do not consider this advice, but, found this little "gem of wisdom" on a local classifieds site:
Remington 700, 300 WSM, Fiber Composite stock, Remington Gel Recoil pad, Black oxide finish on heavy tapered barrel, short action, Leupold Base and rings, Nickon Pro-Staff 3x9x40 scope,.. Characteristics - 165 GRN FMJ, Muzzle Velocity 3,223 FPS, Muzzle Energy 3,538 Ft Lbs, Shorter Cartridge allows for greater accuracy past 400 meters - $850
 
A little clarification on the slide thing. The person in question was griping at me as I reloaded. Not dropped on an empty chamber, which I had heard before. This was never use the slide release EVER.
 
Bigfatts said:
A little clarification on the slide thing. The person in question was griping at me as I reloaded. Not dropped on an empty chamber, which I had heard before. This was never use the slide release EVER.
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I've heard similar statements about semiauto hand guns in general. Supposedly, it's a slide "lock" not a slide "release". Why it can't be and do both is beyond me.
 
GI Joe; Weapons Armory, Marvel Comics...

As a teen, I read a special issue Marvel Comics GI Joe where they descibed the team members weapons & firearms.
They stated "Lady J's" custom 6" barrel Colt Python .357magnum could crack the engine block of a Kenworth 18-wheeler truck, ;) .

Do I believe that now? No! :)
 
I have even heard that slamming the slide home ONCE on a quality 1911 with a tuned action is a good way to test the hammer/sear mating to ensure that it's up to snuff.
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Yep. It's one of the tests I do when looking over a used one. If the hammer follows the slide forward, someone's been doing a shadetree trigger job.

That said, repetition of the behavior can wear on the sear engagement.
 
My father in law has told me on numerous occasions that his "police training" :rolleyes: taught him that if your right eye is dominant, then you will never be accurate shooting with your left eye. As proof he has me sight down my right index finger at a door knob or something, with my left eye closed. Then, while holding my arm steady, switch eyes, and observe how "off" the view is from the left eye. I just don't understand how he can believe this is proof of anything. I *am* right handed and right-eye dominant, and I initially shot with my left eye because my right contact was always blurry. Never had any problem with accuracy. At least, not due to which eye I was using. I still occasionally shoot left-eyed to this day.

Also, in the realm of comic books, I have a G13 manga called "Into the lion's den" where the G13 guy has rifle bullets but no rifle. So he clamps a round into a regular bench vise and hits the firing pin with a hammer and punch, and shoots a guy dead. At way more than arm's length. LOL.

But don't bag on GI Joe too much. I learned a lot from reading the info cards on the back of the packages the action figures came in. Seems everyone was "expert" with the M1911A1, whatever that was :D

-cls
 
Flopsweat said:
Just a couple of weeks ago a new guy at the range was telling me not to clean a new gun until after the first 500 rounds - that it breaks in faster this way. He said this while firing lapping rounds through his "new" gun. That he had showed off earlier with the target that the guy who sold it to him included as proof that the gun shot 1/4" groups. A trifecta of fail. I said nothing.
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Les Baer recommends 500 rounds without cleaning for this very reason but his guns are uber tight. And yes, he recommends doing this without initial cleaning. His guns come virtually dripping in oil.

I can't think of anyone else who recommends this, though.
 
Here's one I didn't see in here: "Never use the slide release on a 1911, it lets it slam forward and it'll mess up the gun."

Because it doesn't slam forward every time you shoot it...
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This has been argued to death elsewhere, but, in general, it is NOT a good idea to let a sidle slam home on an empty chamber repeatedly.

The reason for this is, after repeated slammings, it will start to peen and upset metal on both the sides of the breech face and the barrel.

It's not a myth, in my days as a gunsmith, I saw several instances of it and had to correct it with some judicious stoning.
 
As a teen, I read a special issue Marvel Comics GI Joe where they descibed the team members weapons & firearms.
They stated "Lady J's" custom 6" barrel Colt Python .357magnum could crack the engine block of a Kenworth 18-wheeler truck,
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In all likelihood, if you were to shoot a .357 FMJ or AP bullet at the engine block of a Kenworth, it would, in fact, go through the sidewall. Engine blocks are cast iron and sidewalls are not particularly thick.

I can remember as a teenager in south Florida finding a stolen/abandoned '61 Ford in the swamps that still had a V8 engine in it. A .30 Mauser went right through the side of it.
 
From a gunsmith," Be sure and use plenty of gun lube on your scope mounting screws, you don't know how many screws I've had to replace because the owner got them to tight or used loctite on them":eek:
 
the worse advise I have ever gotten was to buy a Glock.....I went to Springfield Armory..
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So...what do you think about Glock's?

I don't own a Glock, but you could show a little class, and not dog a company ("Glock") that will be here long after your gone.

TBS:confused:, I someday am looking forward to getting a G20/10mm, and also get a Dillon barrel for it. :eek::eek::D
 
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