71montess
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I never have and never will stick my finger when slide is locked back.
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Pain is weakness leaving the body, take the pain.^ This
I never have and never will stick my finger when slide is locked back.
The top of a seated magazine and breach area can get dirty with .22 ammo. If you're tired, stressed, etc. it can be easy to miss a loaded round.
The round was dark grey not bright copper.
It sure was a surprise when the gun went bang when I was not expecting it. Glad I pointed it at the ground, but what a surprise.
No longer is it acceptable to stick your finger into the breach of a firearm. the slide could release while your finger is in the breach and cause injury. At one time this was the normal way to check a firearm, no longer is this taught. Visual inspection only now.
Sig Academy hasn't got the memo apparently.
Neither has the Marine Corps.
Hmmmmm. Must be a 3rd Battalion thing lol
Kidding.
I was never taught to physically inspect the chamber at PI, or in the fleet, rifle or pistol. Maybe an 8th thing lol
Unload
Clear
Lock
Admittedly it's been a while. I could be wrong.
LOL I was thinking the same thing!!!! PI was 1986 for me, my fingers were too fat (and still are) to jam them into the mag well or worse the ejection port of an M16A2 to physically check the chamber (which may have well been the same size as a squirrels anus) for an errant round. Perhaps newer recruits are more thinnerly fingered than I was?
I was taught to visually and "physically" check to see if there is a round in the chamber. Twice.
By physically, with an open slide and a finger inserted.
I'm teaching a couple newbies informally tonight about some safety things. I'm debating on the "physically" part. Thoughts on this?
I don't physically check the chamber of guns, and avoid sticking my fingers in there. It's not like it was an 'acceptability memo' that went out lol. I only own a couple handguns. They get shot a decent amount, and go into battery pretty easy. I don't like chambering my digits. Other people are free to do whatever floats their boat......................................
My AK likes to close when I put my fingers in the chamber, yet I do it all the time. It doesn't really hurt, unless your the delicate type I suppose.
lol who determines what's "acceptable"?
I am pretty delicate.
I've put my finger in far more dangerous places.No longer is it acceptable to stick your finger into the breach of a firearm. the slide could release while your finger is in the breach and cause injury. At one time this was the normal way to check a firearm, no longer is this taught. Visual inspection only now.
I have OCD when it comes to making sure a firearm is clear. I pull the slide back visually inspect the chamber, rack it 3 times, visually inspect the chamber again. I'm a little off I will admit.
I have OCD when it comes to making sure a firearm is clear. I pull the slide back visually inspect the chamber, rack it 3 times, visually inspect the chamber again. I'm a little off I will admit.
No longer is it acceptable to stick your finger into the breach of a firearm. the slide could release while your finger is in the breach and cause injury. At one time this was the normal way to check a firearm, no longer is this taught. Visual inspection only now.