Guns
Gun Safety - Keep your finger off the trigger
Sat, 2010-01-02 01:43 — Pat HeymanA few days ago, I posted a story about a shotgun that seemed to be unloaded when it actually was loaded. Today, I'd like to talk about a different kind of safety violation—the one ultimately responsible for probably the majority of all gun accidents: putting your finger on the trigger. But a movie is worth 10,000 words, so watch the videos, and then we'll talk.
Randy Cain's Shotgun Class
Sat, 2009-12-12 13:42 — Pat HeymanMoreover, you will get a chance to see other people with various options and how they work, giving you ideas for your own gear, both what works and what doesn't. And of course Randy will try to help you steer clear of transfer devices—gear whose main purpose is to transfer your money to the vendor.
This fall, I took Randy Cain's Shotgun class. In preparation for the class, I have already posted a couple articles on the shotgun in general and what to look for in a Remington 870. Now that I have taken the Shotgun class, I will be posting an article on recommended modifications to the Remington 870. But this article is dedicated to the class itself.
Videos from the class can be seen here.
Day 1
Shotgun I is the second class that I have attended with Randy, and it followed the same pattern as Tactical Handgun 101. The first thing is a discussion on safety. You will learn Jeff Cooper's safety rules for firearm safety word for word. Following safety is a general orientation to the shotgun as a whole and the Remington 870 in particular (everyone in our class had an 870) including how to load and how to unload the shotgun.
Then we were out on the firing line with buckshot to pattern the guns. Patterning consists of shooting buckshot at paper at varying distances to see what the pattern (or shot distribution looks like). You will need (at least) six rounds of two different types of buckshot (12 total) There are three reasons for this exercise:
- It helps you determine the best ammunition for your shotgun. Every barrel shoots every load differently.
- It helps you to understand your shotgun's capabilities with buckshot at various distances.
- It demonstrates the folly of the Hollywood school of shotguns. At 7 seven yards (across the room distance), the pattern on my shotgun was only 4 inches across—so much for the "just point and you can't miss" myth.
We exchanged our buckshot for birdshot and went to the steel plates and practiced various drills such as firing on the move, searching, and Rolling Thunder. Rolling thunder is a team exercise designed to put you under a bit of stress while manipulating the shotgun as quickly as possible just to keep it loaded. We would repeat Rolling Thunder with different variations several times over the next few days. This was followed by a competition to see who could knock down three steel plates the quickest.
Outside Reading: Review of Randy Cain's Practical Rifle
Sat, 2009-12-12 11:28 — Pat HeymanThis is an article from another website that I found interesting along with a link back to the original article.
From: 1911 Forum
Synopsis: BulldogSix gives an report of Randy Cain's Practical Rifle class. The class is meant for bolt action, hunting type rifles with either iron sights or low power scopes. Randy's recommendation on the ideal rifle to take the class with is a Winchester M70 in .308 (pre 64 or classic) with Leupold 1.75-6X VX3 or Leupold 1.5-5X VX3 scope.
Shotgun Class with Randy Cain Videos
Sat, 2009-10-10 02:00 — Pat HeymanI took Randy Cain's shotgun class this weekend. Here are four videos of me doing various drills. Use the forward and back buttons on the player to see the other videos. You can read a write up of the class itself here.
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Shotguns: Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.
Sun, 2009-07-12 02:00 — Pat HeymanThose famous words were spoken by Wesley (Cary Elwes) in The Princess Bride in response to Vizzini's convoluted arguments. I feel the same about anyone who can understand all of the intricacies of firearms. I have already written about some of my adventures into the realm of handguns, but this did nothing to prepare me for the dizzying variety in the world of shotguns. Shotguns have infinitely more variety than handguns
Choosing a Remington 870 Pump Shotgun
Sun, 2009-07-12 02:00 — Pat HeymanIn the last article I highlighted some of the major choices that must be made in choosing a shotgun. Having narrowed my choice to a Remington 870, I thought that I simply needed to find the best price on one and buy it. If only it were that simple. This article will detail some of the choices and options available for the Remington 870.
The first thing to understand is that the Remington 870 comes in four different models or levels:
Choosing a handgun: What kind of trigger action (Updated)
Thu, 2009-05-14 02:00 — Pat HeymanOne of the most confusing aspects of choosing a handgun is choosing a trigger action. The discussion of trigger action can get very confusing very quickly, especially since some of the same words can mean different things when talking about revolvers or semi-automatics.
If you don't care about the definitions and just want to know what to get, here are the Randy Cain recommendations:
Choosing a Handun: Paying the Stupid Tax
Mon, 2008-08-11 02:00 — Pat HeymanI recently attended a Tactical Handgun 101 course with Randy Cain. (I'll put more down about that later.) One of the nice things about taking Randy's course is that not only is he a font of knowledge and experience about guns, but everyone brings a ton of toys. As you can see from the site, I have been chronicling some some of my experiences in choosing a handgun. After literally hundred of hours of reading, I thought that I had chosen something that would truly work for m
Ted Nugent - Why Dead Offenders are better than Repeat Offenders
Fri, 2007-09-28 02:00 — Pat HeymanSpeaks for itself:
