Posted on 12/01/2016 3:44:38 AM PST by marktwain
This short video shows how not to fire a 12 gauge pistol/Sawed off shotgun. The link is below.
http://i.imgur.com/HXFJbBT.mp4
The video shows the person firing with a less than firm grip on the firearm. Shotguns shells can develop considerable recoil. Without a firm grip, and only using one hand, the firearm flies out of the shooter's hand and smacks him in the face.
It could have been worse. Occasionally a shooter with a weak grip will find that the firearm escapes his grasp while the trigger finger stays engaged. The firearm then may fire one or more shots as it flips around. This is dangerous for any in the area.
It has resulted in the shooter's own death in a small number of cases.
You can see that this shooter is inexperienced and fearful by the body posture. Notice that he leans back away from the gun, attempting to put his body as far from it as possible. This moves his center of gravity back toward the edge of his base of support, making it easy for him to be tipped off balance to the rear.
Experienced shooters lean into the gun, so that recoil moves them onto their base instead of off of it. With a firearm with significant recoil, use two hands to help control it. This is especially worthwhile if you have not fired it before, and do not know how much recoil will be generated.
Once you experience the recoil, you will have an idea of what to expect, and what might be necessary to control it. Be wary of others who have fired guns and then give them to you to "try" if they may have significant recoil.
It is not unknown for pranksters to fire a gun with reduced loads, then to hand it to the unwary with full power loads.
This is a very bad practice, but it happens. Some people like to play "practical jokes". It is a deadly serious matter when firearms are involved.
©2016 by Dean Weingarten: Permission to share is granted when this notice is included.
Link to Gun Watch
Now that is funny but aren’t we laughing at the mentally deficient?
Looks like an Obama son. With zero brains
He’s lucky it was not a double barrel with dual triggers.
Two hands and lean in with one leg back.
Almost knocked his pants down to his knees.....
Let’s also mention it is in a neighborhood
Sawed-off is illegal anyway, anywhere ... isn’t it?
Let’s hope he’s practising for a drive-by where he’s also the driver...
If it is a sawed off shotgun.....it requires the same federal permit required for a machine gun
I’m sure ‘Shi’ Thead’ there got hisself on before shooting on the neighborhood streets.
...and a weak grip. Yup, he could definitely be Obama’s son.
I’ll bet that hurt.
Shot a friends pistol grip 12 gauge once, not enough control for me. I always laugh when I see people firing shotguns in movies, never any recoil, like they’re shooting a bb gun. Also, soon after purchasing my 1st 12 gauge I discovered the Remington limbsaver, for anyone using a shotgun, I would recommend trying one. Very cheap and can absorb up to 70% recoil.
Would be nice to know what load he was shooting a lot of difference in a lite target load and a 3 inch mag. load.
I think you mean it's in "da hood"
Morron I am happy for him
That’s funny.
I’ve done it with light aluminum frame shotguns (legal length). The best way is ‘from the hip’. And also with two hands like one would do for an accurate pistol shot (I prefer the classic weaver stance over the isosceles stance ).
It is not fun but quite doable. I’ve also done it with lever action model 1887 and 1901 Winchester 10 gauge. Now that’s more painful.
Sitting at a bench zeroing in a deer shotgun with12 gauge slugs with the gun to the shoulder can be quite jarring as one needs to fire many powerful rounds to scope it in. BTW standing on two feet with the gun to the shoulder is much less punishing than shooting off a bench. In that case, for zeroing, a shooting stick, or the roof of a car is easier to use (in my state touching the vehicle with a loaded long gun is illegal )
Plus the Dum-Ass Mo Fo recorded it and posted his ignorance and stupidity on line as evidence.
To bad he won’t be the DARWIN Award winner, certainty tried for it.
...and a weak grip. Yup, he could definitely be Obama’s son.
It is likely the sawed off does not have a very good grip. It may be that he deliberately used two fingers to set off both barrels at once. That would reduce the grip and double the recoil.
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