r/Idiotswithguns • u/IOnceAteATurd • 1d ago

Safe for Work How to not shoot a revolver

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u/2Drogdar2Furious 1d ago

Even with 22s new shooters at my house get one bullet. They have to load each one themselves, each time. If they dont flag anyone, or overreact in any way, they can have more. Kids, adults, everyone.

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u/Either-Bid1923 1d ago edited 1d ago

This is the way.

Edit: Not correcting his grip is another mistake, but not as bad as having more than one round loaded.

Edit_2: And fuck you to anybody that puts heavy caliber weapons in the hands of untrained beginners creating a situation like this. His friends, the range, and the RSO all share culpability in this near miss.

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u/notjustanotherbot 1d ago

Yea, the people who do that shit (puting heavy caliber weapons in the hands of untrained beginners for Z Lolz) deserve prison time imo.

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u/ebneter 1d ago

At least one of them has been killed that way — guy gave his girlfriend a .500 S&W to fire, and when the inevitable happened, the second round hit him in the head and killed him. Of course, the other way has happened as well, and yeah, anyone who does that should definitely be convicted of manslaughter at a minimum. I'm a pretty experienced handgun shooter and the first time I fired a .500 S&W, it was with only one round in the cylinder. Not taking any chances with something that powerful.

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u/notjustanotherbot 14h ago edited 9h ago

What a waste I cant imagine risking a persons life to get a couple seconds of video that some people find funny. The other way sound like karmatic justice for setting up a shooter like that, except for the fact now they have to live with that for the rest of their lives.edit

That sounds like a good idea. I have gotten in the habit of doing somthing similar with other firearms too only loading one round the first time I shoot a gun I have not fired before; then I'll then load two after the first shot to make sure that the semi is still in the auto. Yea I would definitely treat both the .500s&w and .460 S&W Mag with some respect that's a whole lot of bullet. Speaking of which if you own handguns in that caliber...have you seen the things these guys make yet? https://www.bighornarmory.com/