Do not try to catch a dropped gun
That’s been an occasional meme here at SayUncle. And it may save a life. I’m glad to see it picked up elsewhere too. Paul Markel writes about that exact same thing in The Tactical Wire:
Whether you are an individual shooter, trainer, or range safety officer you must understand and address the dropped/fumbled gun possibility. The issue isn’t such a big deal with long guns but when dealing with handguns it is definitely a situation that must be spoken to.
It is really as simple as this, if you fumble your gun, let it go. All modern firearms have passive safeties to prevent ‘drop firing’. If your pistol is too pretty or too fragile to be dropped you shouldn’t have it our on the range. Bottom line, we don’t catch fumbled pistols. Drop it!
October 19th, 2009 at 9:34 am
I call it pulling a Plaxico. Let it drop.
October 19th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
Dings add character. And you weren’t going to resell that WWII-era 1911 were you?
October 19th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
Well, I suppose that if you were to fumble a long gun, you’d have some chance of firing it if you tried to catch it, too.
October 20th, 2009 at 9:58 am
“If your pistol is too pretty or too fragile to be dropped you shouldn’t have it our on the range.”
Did I just read someone’s outrageous bigotry against, say, a Colt SAA?
Fuck that asshole, right out loud. I wouldn’t step on his lame-ass range, anyway.