Dumbest thing you've ever seen around firearms.

[.22guy]

If he was undercover, he shouldn't have been giving a speech with a Police/DEA shirt on. I have to hand it to the guy for carrying on after that, I would have been screaming like a little girl

[bigandrich44]

I would have been too. =)

[BFRANKlin]

Dumbest things I have seen lately is "tactical" and the things described as such. Tactical rails, lights, holsters, shirts, pants, sights, etc., etc. Isn't it astounding what some people will spend hard-earned money on? Bottled water, hydration kits, tactical wallets, tactical head covers (glorified bandanas), and just about anything else that can be labeled tactical just to get some fools money. Tactical impractical. Who wants to carry a rifle loaded down with 10 more # of junk? No thanks! I'd rather carry 10 more # of ammo!

[Gio]

But ammo is shiny and loud. (not very tactical to have in your gun)

[Mooseman684]

A friend of mine had pictures of a guy at a shooting range that left his boresighter in the barrel when he touched it off...The barrel looked like one of them cartoon guns , It peeled open like a Banana skin...But the boresighter made a bullseye !!! LOL
Rich

[troy2000]

Originally Posted by BFRANKlin

Dumbest things I have seen lately is "tactical" and the things described as such. Tactical rails, lights, holsters, shirts, pants, sights, etc., etc. Isn't it astounding what some people will spend hard-earned money on? Bottled water, hydration kits, tactical wallets, tactical head covers (glorified bandanas), and just about anything else that can be labeled tactical just to get some fools money. Tactical impractical. Who wants to carry a rifle loaded down with 10 more # of junk? No thanks! I'd rather carry 10 more # of ammo!

But I LIKE the tactical maglite taped to the bayonet of my M91 Mosin Nagant...

[just_a_car]

Originally Posted by troy2000

But I LIKE the tactical maglite taped to the bayonet of my M91 Mosin Nagant...

ROFL!

[billy]

tactical /extreme SWAT style eggbeaters! i just bought one on ebay update: ive got a tactical/extreme camo ironing board too!

[just_a_car]

Originally Posted by billy

tactical /extreme SWAT style eggbeaters! i just bought one on ebay

Hey! That's not funny... I'm looking at buying a Tapco SWAT two-rail mount for my CETME on gunbroker.

And, just so I'm not thread-jacking here... The dumbest thing I had happen was a friend of mine finished shooting the .22LR rifle we had at a dirt pit, cocked it in his bent forearm like it was a break-open shotgun, then swept everyone at the reloading station as he turned to face us. I repeatedly had to yell at him to point the gun down. I was P.O.'d and it was my turn next with the mil-spec 1911; I put 8 quick rounds into a shot-up rusty propane tank, each with a nice ping, turned a bit and put the last round into a cast iron pan we had propped against a board. Knocked the darn thing right off. Now, this was only about 30-40 feet, so no big feat, but everyone there was looking at me like "oh, S**T."

Before you go crazy on the number of rounds, it was an extended mag that didn't sit flush with the bottom of the grip. ;-)

[Gio]

Originally Posted by troy2000

But I LIKE the tactical maglite taped to the bayonet of my M91 Mosin Nagant...

I preferr taping the tactical pic rails to the bayonet. THEN adding more stuff.

[Big Dog]

Originally Posted by troy2000

It isn't as simple as I thought. Someone pointed out that since he was an undercover agent, wide distribution of the tape probably did mess with his career. Of course, the carelessness din't help much, either.
Putfile - 03084899

I saw the online video shortly after it happened. The really funny thing was, once the fool recovers from the initial pistol shot, he has his assistant hand him an AR15 - then the kids all ran screaming from the room . . . "BWAHAHAHA!"

Those kids wanted no more of his idiocy.

[Roy Collins]

I had a guy once told me that his Ak47 could out shoot my M1a Springfield for distance. LOL. After I showed him. He said it wasn't fair, I was using "hot bullets".

[billy]

Originally Posted by Roy Collins

I had a guy once told me that his Ak47 could out shoot my M1a Springfield for distance. LOL. After I showed him. He said it wasn't fair, I was using "hot bullets".

were they magical hot bullets? or did you put a curse on his ammo?

[ravage05]

I once saw a kid (teenager) throwing 22lr bullets on the ground I guess trying to pop them like those snap pops you buy your kids on the forth of july. I got the heck away and called the police. What the heck is wrong with a person who would attempt this. I don't know if he ever succeeded, I didn't stick around long enough. Though I prayed that he didn't.

[Asphalt Cowboy]

With seven years in the Army as a Small Arm Repairer I've seen quite a few.
I think it would be a toss-up between the range safety NCO and the mortar crewman.
Range safety NCO was trying to clear a jammed M60 machinegun by holding the flash suppressor and backing the butt up against the base of a post and stomping on the charging handle. For those who don't know the M60 fires from an open bolt, the idiot shot himself in the armpit and the third degree burns to his hand weren't nice to look at either.
Mortar crewman attempted to clear a sticker in a 4.2 inch mortar with a cleaning staff. The blast blinded and nearly deafened him and what was left of his arms as well as face and chest was terribly impacted with wood slivers from the staff.

[Big Dog]

Once at the range here, we had a group of young 'urban youths' with their PG shotguns and High-Point pistols. One young man empties the 12 gauge rapid fire, then tuns around, sweeping us all with the gun while asking his homies, "We got any more shells?"

He suddenly had three or four LOADED handguns pointing at him, saying "Put the gun down, NOW!"

Haven't seen them back since.

Some people are "stuck on stupid".

[Johnny_Revolver]

You know, reading posts like BigDog`s here, and the others about ranges in America, Jeeez i dunno eh. I mean, People will often remark to me how tough the laws are here in my country, maybe there are, but they`ll also comment on some of the range rules we have, and thats not the government thats the Sporting Shooters Associations rules. The main one being: you can only single load ie: you can`t fill a magazine. Has to be load and fire each round.

If someone is new, and they transgress a rule, touching a gun while a cease fire is called is a common one, you can be sure another shooter will say, politely, that its not done. Cease fire means guns in racks open, and the guy who`s range `monitor` ( everyone gets a turn ) has to check and then report via UHF to the range officer who then calls the range to ceasefire.

Generally, idiots don`t get past the range officer at the office / observation area. All rules are HARD AND FAST, I like it that way too there`s no grey area, no bending. The only one that `s even slightly flexible is the single load rule, if say you have a lever action or what ever and want to check feeding, you can ask the range officer if you can feed it up, he may, if he either knows you or doesnt mind the look of ya, let you do it ONCE.

It`s all become a sort of " etiquete " like it`s steeped in tradition. Similar to some sports, you know there is stuff you simpley do not do. I mean, you ` could` but it would be disrepectfull to your sport. I suppose, this is probably the one thing that`s actually benefitial to real shooters with the laws we have, you won`t meet gangsta`s at the range. I smile as I think of the times the range officer will say over the P.A. " are youse jokers alright down there??" Becuase he`s declared the range open for live firing, but there isnt any after 10 minutes or so as 5 or 6 guys are locked in converstation about : the pro`s and con` s of the 6.5mm Swede, how many Lee Enfields they own, or whatever.

No, going to the range is never unpleasant for me, when you walk down to shooting area, everyone will be at you, because, you`re alright. You own guns, are a member of the SSAA and are prepared to do the right thing. Thats why, since the Sporting Shooters Association of Australia started in 1948, and hosting all manner of competitions, there`s only been one death. In a clay shooting comp that should have been abandoned, some poor hapless slob got zapped by lightning.

[Brando Comando]

Some kid on my junior high school bus told me that he had a "GLOCK", a sawed off twin barrel shotgun, an M-16, an "AK", and a Lamborghini Diablo...I replied..."Wait, it has machine guns, rocket launchers, run-flats, AND your whole arsinal in the trunk...right? He replied, "Yeah..." I laughed and he looked confused.

[billy]

Originally Posted by Brando Comando

Some kid on my junior high school bus told me that he had a "GLOCK", a sawed off twin barrel shotgun, an M-16, an "AK", and a Lamborghini Diablo...I replied..."Wait, it has machine guns, rocket launchers, run-flats, AND your whole arsinal in the trunk...right? He replied, "Yeah..." I laughed and he looked confused.

i remember lying as a kid about what guns i had ... now i really do have em!i dont have a diablo tho...just a jet pack.

[troy2000]

That "single-shot" rule would take a lot of the fun out of milsurps. I like squeezing off a five-shot group at a time, without having to reload and reset between every shot instead of just working the bolt.