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01-26-2011, 08:00 PM
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Whew. I have to admit that back in my Army days I "played" with the blanks that we used in our M-16's.
I and my fellow soldiers would unscrew the blank adapters from our barrels then shoot cleaning rods out of the barrels by firing the blanks. We didn't shoot at each other, but I did see cleaning rods driven into tree trunks. Young soldiers can be dangerous if left unattended. I also recall playing with artillery simulators.  It was many many years ago and I like to think that I'm smarter now. But blanks aren't toys that's for sure. Now I shudder when I think about the damage that we probably did to the barrels as well with those cleaning rods. I look at my teenage kids and find myself hoping that they are smarter than I was. 
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01-26-2011, 10:20 PM
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 "There's a fine line between not listening and not caring...I like to think I walk that line everyday of my life." Blessed be the LORD, my rock, Who trains my hands for war, And my fingers for battle Psalm 144:1 “It is always wrong to use force, unless it is more wrong not to.”
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01-27-2011, 12:47 AM
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Then I have some of the details of all the industrial accidents dad investigated. Suprisingly few of them involved explosives.
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01-27-2011, 05:35 AM
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This is gonna sound somewhat off topic, but I couldn't read one of the newer Stephen King novels for that reason.
I got about 20 pages in, and the main character was horrifically mauled in an industrial accident. I was like: not for me. And stopped reading. On topic: young people maybe should be introduced to firearms safety at a young age. I know lots of people will never grow up to use firearms regularly(if at all), but I just see no better way to learn respect for firearms(real, blank firing, even replicas) than having your parents instill that respect from an early age.
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01-27-2011, 04:48 PM
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My father gave me a strong sense of firearm safety and I wasn't encouraged to be reckless. And yet I still did engage in stupid behavior. And I knew at the time it was risky. Fortunately I was lucky and I got a grip on myself and stopped after a short while. None of us are perfect and I'm very skeptical of those who claim to be perfect.
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01-27-2011, 06:10 PM
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01-29-2011, 01:15 AM
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Ok
I just finished a show and yesterday was a check in the box for my bucket list. I finished doing a shoot out in a strip club, man some big guns were there. All 30 ladies ended up hanging out by my station lol. Someone had asked what's BG, that would be Background Performer, some people call them walking props, cattle, zombies or breathing set dressing, IMO not a fan of any terms used. Here's a dumb move made by an actor 3 years ago. We had been doing a lot of shooting with actor dick toucher for about 2 weeks. On this day, we set up to do a close up with DT firing his pistol. Single action army revolver loaded with full black powder, rehearsed a few times, did 2 takes and getting ready to do the third. Here is what saved him from having a valley in his head, the director asked for the gun to be cocked, I suggested we leave the hammer forward and let him cock it for the dramatic effect, the director agreed. Speed was called, camera's rolling and just before the director yelled action, the actor had a hair issue and used the barrel to move his hair which was covering his eyes! Yes he had the pointy end smack in the middle of his head with finger on the trigger, I know that if he pulled the trigger nothing would happen but that was not the point, so…. I said "eh" and walked into frame, now remember the sound is speeding and three camera's rolling, I just went good old fashion Sgt and ripped him a new shiny asshole, I started on one side and worked over to the other side, every profane word that I knew came out, I leaned into his personal space like a recruit and went ape shit. I walked out of frame and without missing a beat the director yelled action, buddy fired and the director yelled cut, I walked over and ripped the gun out of his hand. That was it for him doing gun fire for the whole show, 100 plus crew just stood there gob smacked. The 1st AD wanted me to apologize! My reply to the AD, whats the next set up? After that, the cast would suck pine cones thru a crazy straw if I asked them to do it.
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01-29-2011, 01:26 AM
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Thankfully I was never that stupid.
First time I ever fired a .357 it was out of a Thompson Contender loaded with the sort of handloads you use for 150 yard siloette shooting. I was barely a boyscout so I was young and scrawny. I bent my elbows before pulling the trigger. three guesses as to what happened?
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01-29-2011, 07:33 AM
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My dad grew up in Eastern Oregon. In those days it was more rural, and of course it was back in "those days" so he and his brothers all had rifles.
My uncle told me a story of them taking their .22's to a junkyard after a rain. There was a junked car with a dented in roof. He climbed up on top, stood with legs shoulder width apart, and fired his rifle into a puddle of water trapped in the divot. The way he tells it, the bullet flatted out when it hit the water and put a very large hole in the rusty roof. No injuries though.
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