Fess up!

[Dave Rosenthal]

That gives me the leverage to cock the hammer with only my thumb extended to the top of the hammer.

Either you have some whopping heavy mainsprings, or you ladies need to do some PT with Gunny :blah: :rotf:

All I do to cock a pistol with either hand is stick my thumb up to the top of the hammer and pull it back. What am I missing?

:nono: First-off I'm NO LADY! :haha:

What I was trying to instruct him in is the art of Slip-Cocking, and doing so rather tongue-in-cheek...........

As far as what you're missing is keeping the firing sequence going by letting the spent caps fall away from the gun with the barrel tilted up as you cock the hammer, and being able to do this at the same time with a Horse Pistol in each hand.

It ain't so easy, and it takes some practice!

Dave

 

[Geraldo]

I've been busy the last two weeks and ho no time to shoot, but I will 'fess up to Kirk that I did get my 1860 Army and my new to me L&R .36 out the other day. Thinking of this thread, I cocked them and brought them up in best Josey Wales fashion and discovered something.

What I see when sighting two pistols on on the same target is both handguns and their sights clearly on target. The left eye looks at the left gun, right eye looks at the right gun, everything lines up. I've known for years that I don't have any eye dominance issues, but this is weird.

Amazed, I called my wife over, set her up, and asked her if she could see both sets of sights on one target. She has since taken to saying that I am a space alien. Actually she looked it up on her various medical resources and apparently 3% of the population has ambiocular vision.

 

[Norinco]

Damn, that's great. I can't do that. When I try to dual wield, I end up sighting down the right gun no matter what I try.

 

[Dave Rosenthal]

Wow that's interesting indeed!

I don't know how to describe it, but I guess that I'm "sort of" that way myself. I'm a photographer by trade. For cameras I use my left eye since I was a kid. For firearms I use my right eye. For spotting scopes I can use either, usually which ever I'm closer too at any one point.

I'm right handed, and when I drive & drink a coffee or soda with the right hand, I can use my left eye and hand to drive as I finish the beverage with the container blocking my right eye.

So don't ask me which eye is dominant! :haha:

Dave

 

[kwilfong]

Does that give you boys any trouble shooting shotguns? I have occasional bouts of cross dominance & might as well pack up & go to the house when it hits.

 

[junkman_01]

You shouldn't be drinking and driving, even if it is coffee or soda! :youcrazy:

 

[rwiliff]

You shouldn't be drinking and driving, even if it is coffee or soda! :youcrazy:

Oh for crying out loud.

Robert

 

[Dave Rosenthal]

Does that give you boys any trouble shooting shotguns? I have occasional bouts of cross dominance & might as well pack up & go to the house when it hits.

No I don't seem to have trouble shooting shotguns, and have won local club competitions doing it. But I do have to "work" at it some. Here's what I do: I follow the clay bird (or pheasant/quail) with both eyes open to determine speed & direction, then close my left eye shut as I swing through the bird and fire the shotgun. This way I don't see two shotguns in my foreground as I try to follow the bird, establish a lead and snap the trigger while maintaining follow-through. It seems to work for me, and I don't get headaches. I get between 80-90% on a typical outing, enjoying the activity and others company.

The trick is you gotta be able to squint your left eye shut independently without distorting the vision of the open eye :wink: . It should be "natural" so you don't get that wrinkly-face look which pulls your cheek off of the gun's stock.

Dave

 

[Dave Rosenthal]

You shouldn't be drinking and driving, even if it is coffee or soda! :youcrazy:

I leave EXTRA room around me if I have to do it. Better than getting into an accident with a coughing bout from a dry throat from the meds that I take. And I'm driving a Mercury Grand Marquis "Grand-Pop Mobile" so the World expects it anyway :haha: :rotf: :hmm: :wink: :v

Dave

 

[Geraldo]

Does that give you boys any trouble shooting shotguns? I have occasional bouts of cross dominance & might as well pack up & go to the house when it hits.

I haven't had trouble with shotguns, but you aren't "aiming" them. The toughest thing is archery. I shoot instinctive, but I have to squint or close my left eye to get good groups.

 

[CaptainKirk]

I shoot right-handed/left eye dominant. My trap instructor was having fits at me closing one eye ("You need to keep both eyes open!!!) until I started breaking 23+ clays a round. Then he just shut up and let me do my thing.
One of the reasons I like shooting the pistolas is that I can shoot right-handed, but close my right eye and use the dominant eye.
Target acquisition is much faster...

 

[jtmattison]

I do it all the time while quoting Clint Eastwood...

"Do you feel lucky, punk?"

:grin:

HD

 

[CaptainKirk]

OK, fess up...
How many of you pull them pistols (checking for empty chambers, of course!) and practice cocking/pointing/aiming on a regular basis?
(Careful; mind you don't whack me with that nose, Pinocchio!)

Tell the truth, now.

Ok, so either only a few people read this thread, or we have a large gathering of liars here. Surely more of you play "air cowboy" than have admitted it?

 

[TFoley]

OK, fess up...
How many of you pull them pistols (checking for empty chambers, of course!) and practice cocking/pointing/aiming on a regular basis?
(Careful; mind you don't whack me with that nose, Pinocchio!)

Tell the truth, now.

Ok, so either only a few people read this thread, or we have a large gathering of liars here. Surely more of you play "air cowboy" than have admitted it?

As a serious handgun shooter - no laffin' - I shoot target air pistol and BP handgun - I try and shoot at least 20 GOOD shots a day through my Steyr LP10, and practice dry-firing my ROA at least twice a week, as it is designed to be able to do that.

I don't practice with my Walker, as it has no facility for dry-firing.

Of course, living here in yUK, apart from my long-barrelled Super Redhawk, that's all I have.

tac

 

[zampilot]

Same here, that's what I do, backassward.

 

[BullRunBear]

Must have missed the thread earlier. When doing a project in the room with the gun safe, at least weekly I take out the C&Bs to practise drawing, sighting, making sure they are lubed and wiped down, and imagine I am Josey Wales (before he gets shot). Fortunately, my wife just smiles at these antics. :thumbsup:

Nothing in the safe matches the pointability of the Uberti Colt 1860 Army. The only ones that come close are the flat top Blackhawks (not the newer models) and new model Vaqero. I wish I point the S&W double actions as well as the single actions.

Jeff

 

[kwilfong]

I shoot air pistols too. Sold my last 10 meter gun a while back (FWB 90)but I have several old Crosman CO2 plinkers.
I didn't know it was OK to dry fire the ROA. I'll check that out when I get home from vacation.
I need to etablish a more regular practice routine with both rifle & handgun. Hate to admit it but I flat missed a nice buck last November

 

[Norinco]

Apparently the ROA is fitted such that when you dry fire, the hammer never touches the nipple.

You can always just remove the nipples.

 

[Zonie]

Count me out.

 

[Greg Hardy]

Yep, done it and once wound up with a broken right trigger finger fast drawing. Suffice to say,fast draw has gone by the wayside...