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Oh if you do go full auto make sure you hold the gun tight and don't let it flip on you. Kid got killed that way a year ago or so....

Fuck, I was in the military for...I'm not sure how long...and I've shot maybe a dozen rounds of live ammo full auto. Maybe a couple hundred rounds worth of blanks.

Every time I shot a weapon in the military, it was live ammo.

The only time I ever shot blanks in an M16 was during basic training. I did fire a bunch of blanks from M240s and M85s, but I tried to avoid doing too much of that because blanks dirty up the machine guns so much worse than reglar rounds do.

M16 blanks are the devil!

What are those things that they hang off of the muzzle of a rifle when firing blanks? Are those to prevent someone going all Jon-Erik Hexum?

Since blanks don't have the same amount of powder as a real round, the Blank Firing Adapter "plugs" the barrel enough so there's enough gas pressure to cycle the weapon. Firing blanks through an M16 without a BFA essentially turns the rifle into a bolt action one.

For movies and such, they make "Hollywood" BFAs, which are hidden inside a modified flash suppressor:

Ah yes, the family 30-30. My dad had one, and I loved that gun. So of course that's the one he sold/gave away before I came into possession of his small collection.

Which is why the first rifle I bought for myself was a Winchester model 94, lever action, 30-30. Oh, the empty oil cans and water bottles I have killed with that gun . . .

Also got my start with my dad's bolt-action Remington .22. I still have this, tho I've not fired it in some time. Makes a nice little "pop" when you fire it, no recoil to speak of. A simple, clean rifle, perfect for plinking. And .22 ammo is cheap, so you can burn thru a lot of it at the range without feeling like you need to take out a second mortgage.

Yeah that 30-30 was a great "brush gun" in Northern Wisconsin. Most of your shooting will be pretty close, but the brush can be pretty thick.

Accuracy isn't that big an issue, and you don't want a light bullet that will be easily deflected, or lose it's mojo by the time it gets to the deer.

Last time I had the Winchester out hunting, the only deer I saw was a single quickly-fleeing white ass when my buddy and I spooked one while talking about the view we had from the top of a hill.

I was all set to go to the Gun Store during my bachelor weekend in Vegas. But I was too hungover from the night before, and we didn't end up going. Instead, I got some sleep, went to a strip club and won a bunch of money playing poker.

Where did I say to "point it at your head"?

My comment was purely a joke, not a troll. Don't drag me into this.

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If you shoot yourself with my 3-band Enfield musket, you'd be in the Guinness Book of World Records for having the world's longest arms.

In a battle line, the front and rear ranks are separated just enough so that the when the rear rank fires, the middle band on the barrel is at the shoulder of the front rank, putting the muzzle far enough in front to keep from hurting the man in front. The percussion cap is far enough behind him to prevent popping it in his ear and deafening him.

The word "head" is not even in that post.

Pardon me, Muad. You merely told him to shoot himself, not his head.

Nope! Read what I said again. You're trying to make a mountain out of a molehill.

Let it go.

Yes. Let it go. This isn't the forum for dust-ups.

I was at the range this morning. Good fun.

They didn't have much in the way of heavier weapons, so we fired a .22 rifle and then a .45 pistol. The latter was better, with quite a lot of kick to it. My accuracy wasn't so good. Hitting a target a few metres away should be easier.

Pictures to follow...

.22 and .45 are fun to shoot.

You can go ahead and post those pictures! We sort of want to know you're not dead.

Pictures aren't great, but here we go...

Part of the reason for that is, in a 1911 at least, it's also in a 41+ ounce weapon. .45ACP from a Glock 21 weighing in at 26 ounces, well, it's a lot more noticeable.

Sorry, no idea.