Confessions Of A Handgun Owner

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Back in June, I took my wife, son, and myself to a CCW class hosted by a very respectable CFF member. It's been bugging me ever since. We were all sitting there for the classroom portion of the class talking and at one point, the instructor asked me if my 92FS Beretta was equipped with a decocker. I had to sit there for a few seconds to think. I honestly had no idea. I responded to him that it had an external hammer. Lol.

I've owned this Beretta since 1991, purchased it new, and have shot enough rounds through it to require replacing the barrel and several other parts at least once.

I actually never put the term "decocker" and the action of the hammer when flipping the safety on, after countless reassemblies over the years, together. It just never registered in my brain for some strange reason.

That's my confession for the day. I'm not a handgun expert, or any kind of firearm expert for that matter, but I do know more about long guns. I just thought I'd post this for a little needed humor.:D:):D
 
A colleague of mine knew a bunch of folks at SigArms. One day he tells me that they have a class the coming weekend and a correspondent from Shotgun News had enrolled. Since it was going to be written up, they wanted the class full, so he and anyone he brought would pay half tuition.

I was game. Short application, CC#, and a copy of your CWP. No problem. I'd carried for over twenty years, so I throw it on the copier. Oops! It had expired about nine months prior. I didn't even notice it, my buddy picked it up. Mildly embarrassing (I had carried every day of that time), but they accepted the expired copy. Good thing I didn't find out somewhere else.

I showed up. Serious class! A half day Friday and all day Saturday and Sunday. Except for the first hour or so it was all range time.

About twenty minutes into shooting, it becomes obvious that my holster is a certified, genuine widow maker. I'm glad I found out during a class. Happier still that I had brought several spares.

Then I found out that my 226 really likes to run wet, like sloppy wet. It had never malfunctioned before and I had put probably 3-5k rounds through it! Again, it's good to find that out in a training setting.

A whole lot of learning went on that weekend.

The course was first rate!
 
Know thy equipment, know how it works, know how to maintain it and above all else, know how to use it!! If I'm going to tote something around day after day, all day I'll become intimately familiar with it.....
If you've been using a piece of equipment for more than 2 days and 2 months later it unexpectedly fails, you aren't paying attention, see the first sentence....
 
That's not bad at all, Qball! I bet if the question had been presented in some other way, you wouldn't even have a hesitation about what lever they were talking about.

Now if they had said "use your decocker" and you pulled the trigger until the gun ran dry, they would have really looked at you funny!
 
Any idea why he asked the question in the first place?
 
Jeppo said:
Any idea why he asked the question in the first place?
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He's a friend of mine. It was casual conversation integrated with instructional conversation. This was one of those instances where someone asks you something that you know you know the answer to, but your mind goes blank. I just posted this thread as a little humor, and as proof that know matter how knowledgeable a person thinks they are, there is always something to learn.... always.:)
 
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Mine asked us "What is the meaning of +P?". I was the only one who attempted to answer and got it wrong. I knew the answer but said power instead of pressure.

The guy let me pass the course anyway. :)
 
  • The worst funniest thing is when you take down your handgun that you've had over 20 years for a good thorough cleaning and after you reassemble it you find 1 little piece that you don't know WTF it goes ... but it passes all function tests ... and then you hear then catch sight of you son smirking in the doorway because he planted that damn little piece while you were not looking. The damn piece was a spring from a ball point pen I did not have the damn forethought to realize it did not go with a firearm I probably have stripped a couple hundred times.
 
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Charlie said:
What kind of holster is it?
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I don't recall the brand, but it was a clip on, nylon, IWB. I'm pretty sure it was not an Uncle Mike's. I've had pretty good luck with Uncle Mike's.

There was a stitched seam on the top that, when drawn quickly, the rear sight (which isn't a very high profile affair) would catch and pull the holster out with the gun. The holster fully covered the trigger guard so I would have needed my weak hand to rip the holster off the pistol.

I left it right there in the trash can.
 
I thought this thread was gonna be about this blast from the past....

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