Thank you. This was all super helpful. I took a class and they just went over basic safety like you went over in the first 30 seconds, but they didn’t even show us how to operate the gun. I even asked when we went up to shoot and qualify for conceal carry and it’s like they didn’t understand me when I asked how to operate the gun (like the slide for example). They just did everything for me and didn’t explain.
I also took a first time class and it was sorely lacking. The instructor read back from the book. He did demo a variety of side arms and we got hands on but there was no practical instruction. For example, there are easy and safe ways to handle the slide so round chambers and ejects every time. He also failed to mention never to slam slide on empty mag. He failed to mention to never flip the cylinder closed in a revolver. What I got out of the class was experience handling controls with other people present and the extreme need for safety.
I've been around long guns my whole life but just purchased my first handgun (Walther PPS M2). Of all of the videos I've watched so far, this has been one of the best. Can't wait for part 2!
This is a fantastic video series for beginners! Thanks for making these! I'm going to show these to my wife and other friends who are beginners. Quick and easy to understand very basic information. I sometimes forget that some people don't know these skills. You should also do a video on the AR15, a bolt gun, and pump shotgun. I think those are all common platforms people should also learn.
I watched this video 6 years ago and it's still relevant today. Chris provides excellent instructional and educational content in all of his videos. This channel offers outstanding information about shooting techniques, gun reviews and ammo. I really enjoy Chris' delivery, tone, and thorough analysis of his topics. I learn something new every time I watch a video on this channel. Please keep up the great work.
Your videos are info accurate and entertaining besides . You do a great job. Very comfortable in front of the lens . Your tone and verbal pace is natural and easy to understand. Thank you .
Nice job...should add a bit about the round in the chamber; new shooters seem to forget this. Also might add a bit more about what it means to have your finger off the trigger...that means finger out of the trigger guard (the Army standard is that you cannot see any part of the index finger from the weak side of the gun...a little extreme but new shooters get it). Great series!
No fancy words, just plain and simple English. Very easy to understand even for persons that never had shooting experience with handguns. Keep up with the good and practical work. 👍🏻👍🏻 cool guy 🤙🏻
I appreciate this, i remember seeing a movie when i was younger where a man fired a round off by racking the slider back. Even though its a movie that stuck with me so this helped greatly
I started Revolver shooting 3 years ago and what helped me the most oddly enough was remembering Karate lessons when I was a kid and a teenager and just punching the gun out and staring straight down the sights. In Karate class we were taught to hold our punch out and to turn our punching arm into an immovable iron bar and someone would try to push our arm up or down and we had to keep it perfectly straight or do push ups. I applied this to my Revolver shooting with breath and trigger control and my shooting improved 97%. A Karate Chamber punch really can stop a knife attack with my Smith and Wesson in my hand!
Thank you for this video. First time owner, couldn't figure out how to lock the slide back. Appreciate you greatly!!! Knew everything else but I've only ever shot long guns, and guns in virtual reality (which surprisingly translates well into real world skill)
Went to a gun range for the first time after I saw this video, when I was racking the slide my supervisor seemed impressed. I learned that from this video.
I am coming back into fire arms after a 20 year absence. I have plenty of experience with long guns and REVOLVERS...I recently acquired my first semi auto hand gun (Shield 9mm). I am fine with how to use them it is just.....I am totally unfamiliar with what the best value HP 9mm SEMI AUTOMATIC rounds on the market that function best out of a Shield 9mm. When it comes to hand guns I can rock a .357 Magnum revolver all day. But boy has the neighborhood I live in gone down hill. Renewed my CCW permit for EDC. I currently practice at the range with 115 grain Federal non HP's and they work MUCH better than I thought they would. But they still tend to just keep on going. Even legally on vast gun club open fields. I did NOT expect this kind of performance out of a 3 inch barrel 9mm. In a life or death EDC situation I am afraid I will X the attacker and X whomever may be behind the attacker. Advice would be appreciated. Thank you.
I thought this was an excellent video for new pistol owners. Some things I would add is before you buy your first pistol make sure you've handled it at the store. Feel the weight of it, the difficulty of the slide, the trigger pull, etc. Make sure the gun fits you well. Sure, you can get used to just about any pistol, but for your first pistol you should go with something that fits well out of the box.
This is purely a tutorial on how to operate the firearm. Selecting a firearm is covered here: th-cam.com/video/199Wpskwa3k/w-d-xo.html and here: th-cam.com/video/vWeJKTR2FVI/w-d-xo.html
Great video. I especially appreciate that you emphasized on the safety. One piece of advice: since you are teaching viewers about muzzle direction control, you might want to demonstrate the safe way. In your video you have pointed the gun at different directions before checking if it's unloaded and during checking. I understand that you know that the gun was unloaded. But new gun owners would pick up what you did and make lethal mistake. Keep up the good work. I enjoy your videos very much.
I got my F.S.C. earlier this week and I wanted to buy a semiautomatic pistol this week after I aced the test. 😁🙌 It's my favorite gun I've read about, and it looks small enough to handle and store.
I first learned how to use the .45 caliber 1911 when I was just a kid, say 15 years old! So the construction, use, safe handling of these pistols come second nature to me. I've taught dozens of "Newby" shooters firearms SAFETY and gun handling, with every type of action on the market. BUT, trying to teach the youth of today? I gave up years ago! They simply do not want to PAY ATTENTION and seem to not want to understand just how DANGEROUS guns (and power tools!) can be when mishandled!
john c that's good, but she would probably be better served if you taught her about you guns instead of your gums, but I guess teaching her about your gums could be fun too... 😜
Depends on the gun. Some guns it's not really a problem. Others, like 1911s, letting the slide close without stripping a round from the magazine to slow it down a bit can cause damage to the internals. You'd have to do it a lot, though. Either way, it's generally considered a rude thing to do to someone else's gun, and probably not a wise habit to get into, but not a problem to do it occasionally.
@@jshepard152 New revolver lovers are born everyday. The revolver is like a hammer.... it works. air nail guns are around, but the hammer will always be around.
Good video. I thought the bit where you put your finger in front of the hammer to decock it was a bit much though. Unless your hands are compromised in some way, you can easily decock a revolver with one hand. Just am the gun at the floor while doing it. Also, do you prefer traditional speedloaders or jetloaders? My dream revolver would be a S&W .45 Colt/ACP carrying .45 Super rounds with full moon clips. My woods carry would be the same gun, but with .45 Colt +P+ hard cast loads.
Question : When safety checking and I have the slide locked open with the gun unloaded and I want to close the slide as is shown in the video , the gun is cocked . I want to know how I can avoid dry firing the gun before returning it to the case. The pistol is a single action striker fired design. Thanks.
I spent some time in the Army, having handled everything from Bren Guns in my early years to L1A1 SLR, to Glocks and S&W in handguns. I still find it great to watch an educational on gun handling such as this because you can become complacent or forget the basics. Great training video. Thanks mate.
there have been many times where people think they can just insert the mag and go. when explaining, i try to save time by not explaining what running the slide does so, people will either not do it when they need to or do it just because. it's hilarious and frustrating.
Oh, come on. We can have a little fun with this, right? "Don't forget to breathe in and breathe out. Your lungs are the things that hold the air inside you when you breathe. Remember to use your mouth or your nose to breathe." :-) Great video! Very important to have these basics accessible and useable. Thanks, Chris!
This channel used to be a bit better than it is now. Not to be a troll but content was more interesting when it wasn't the first ten minutes of any ccw class. Which is ironically what most people should take before they carry, handle, or really use a pistol, let alone buy one.
Ian Harrington Bro... this is only the second video of a very short "Shooting 101" series. If you want something more advanced, go watch last week's video on how to shoot Dot Torture.
Ian Harrington there is nothing wrong with always learning and never forgetting the basics. Some people here are new to shooting and not gun owners and they are trying to learn. Cut LG some and the new viewers some slack.
MrKinglyon2010 not saying its bad but just saying I miss the other content that encouraged me to sub the channel. I like his older content but feel now he's moved into a more firearms academy type channel. Just my voice, not looking to cut or cut any slack.
WARNING LEFTIES! I followed the racking instructions at 4:26 and got a round in my eye. Fortunately, it was a plastic practice round, but it still hurt for a day. I am a beginner and followed the instructions without question. If you hold the pistol parallel to your body as instructed, the round discharges toward you, not away. This is very bad advice for lefties and dangerous. My handgun and the handgun in the video are manufactured for right-handed people; unfortunately this is also right-handed advice.
Someone told me that they put the magazine in and rack the slide and put it away. But my question is if the slide is racked for a long time is that okay for the gun?
When you put away the pistol why do so many people they put the slide back into original position but they pull the trigger? Why they pull the trigger?
For science, will someone confirm that I have this correct? If: (1) You start with a fully unloaded gun (no magazine inside, the slide is locked open so you can visually inspect the chamber, and no cartridge is inside the chamber). (2) You release the slide so that the gun is closed / looks like a normal gun ready to fire. (3) You insert a full magazine. At this point, true or false: the gun is NOT loaded and will only click if you pull the trigger, because there is no cartridge loaded inside the chamber--you still have to either push the slide release button or rack the slide in order to load a cartridge/bullet into the chamber from the magazine.
That is correct. There is one flaw in your question, however. In point number two that you wrote you say have already released the slide. So if you insert the magazine while the slide is already forward, pulling the slide release does nothing since the since the slide (taking your number 2 point into account) is already forward. In your example, with an already forwarded slide, after putting in a magazene, you must pull the slide back to load the gun.
Iosono I. Ahaaaa, got it!! So using the slide release isn’t what loads the gun, per se-what loads it is the act of the slide moving from back to forward while there’s a cartridge in the magazine. And you can only create that motion using the slide release IF/WHEN the slide is locked back; if it’s already forward, the slide release doesn’t do anything. So in order to load the gun after step 3, I would have to “rank” the slide, right? (Forcefully pull it back, and then let it snap forward again?)
@@lunelilyonrunescape thats right. The slide lock ( sometimes called slide release) does not load the gun. It only allows the slide to move forward if it has been locked back. What actually loads the gun is the backward and forward motion of the slide. Pulling the slide back creates space for a new round to move up and the forward motion pushes this new round into the chamber. At this moment the gun is considered loaded and ready to fire. This ready-to-fire state is often called being "hot".
Iosono I. Really appreciate it man, thanks for your patience with the questions and taking the time to explain so well-and even adding in some terms that are good to know too (slide lock, hot). You have a knack for it :)
@@lunelilyonrunescape well i saw from your writing style that you have analytical personality like me so it was easy for and fun for me to break it down for you:) If you have other questions I would be happy to answer them. One more thing about slide lock/vs slide release. People use these terms interchangably, but they are actually specific terms that shouldn't be interchanged. They both do the exact same thing (lock the slide back) but the name refers to how the user is inteded to actuate them. The practical difference is the slide locks are stiffer to pull down and slide releases are easier to pull down. The gun in this video has a slide lock, meaning its not intended to to be pulled down to release the slide forward (although it does not damage the gun to use it that way). It can be difficult to to pull them down so th better method is to slightly pull back and the slide goes forward. These mechanics work the same for a slide release, its just really easy to pull down the release. An example of this are 1911 handguns. Honestly, I wish all guns had slide releases
Wait, you went from checking to be sure the chamber is empty to "after you've cleared the chamber" without explaining how to clear it if there's a round in there? Does the round just pop out? Do I need to tilt or shake the gun? What if it doesn't fall out? Do I need a tool to extract it? This may seem like a really stupid concern, but it's honestly one that causes me the most anxiety about going to a range for the first time... jamming is the next thing but one I hope to learn about in one of your next video's... that really freaks me out!
Bill, if there is still a round in the chamber, make sure your finger is off the trigger, the gun is pointed in a safe direction and rack the slide back all the way, the round should be extracted just like if it fired.
Bill Scott remove the magazine out of gun, when you pull the slide back the round will either fall through the mag well out the bottom or extract out the side. There’s no way for it to go through the barrel unless you squeeze the trigger and fire the round. Which is what you don’t want to do!
I have a question about Grain size, Is it better to buy a lower number grain size or higher? Im assuming that the high the grain size the more "power" behind the bullet? Maybe it's the other way around? Thanks for the help!
Choosing a lower or higher grain weight isn't really important for self defense or casual shooting. Generally you should go with something that is proven, for example 124gr HST, but it isn't a high priority unless you're doing something like long range precision shooting.
Ok, so this may be a bit nit-picky, but isn't the first rule "Treat all guns as if they are loaded until you have personally verified that they are not"? How else would one inspect them and/or clean them? Also, I never knew that one should not let the slide go forward full force if the gun is empty, thanks for sharing that (I actually think there may be different opinions on that). Is it okay to let the slide go full force if one has snap caps and/or dummy rounds in the magazine?
I personally don't care for that particular wording of rule 1. If you have verified that a pistol is unloaded, what is the new set of rules you're using to determine what it's okay to do with an unloaded gun? Does that set of rules also include not pointing the gun at anyone? If you point a gun at me and tell me it's okay because you've just verified that it's not loaded, I'm not going to be too happy about that. It gets complicated quick, and I think it can easily lead to complacence. If you need to do something that seems like it's a violation of rule 1 (like dry practicing or disassembling a Glock), you do it as if you believe a bullet is going to come out when you press the trigger -- always a safe backstop, and finger off trigger when not absolutely necessary. You can let the slide go if you've got snap caps in the mag.
I truly appreciate gun channels still going over the basics. Especially awesome channels like lucky Gunner!
Andy Q Thanks!
Andy Q sometimes it's nice to have a refresher course he's honestly been the most help
Sadsam727 not only that, it helps me to give better instruction to new shooters.
Lucky Gunner Ammo be careful with who watches your videos as it could be a future murderer.
Another no nonsense educational video. Everybody was a beginner at first. Thanks!
I am an experienced shooter for many years and I STILL learned somethings. Thanks
Like what, just out of curiosity? :)
Thank you. This was all super helpful. I took a class and they just went over basic safety like you went over in the first 30 seconds, but they didn’t even show us how to operate the gun. I even asked when we went up to shoot and qualify for conceal carry and it’s like they didn’t understand me when I asked how to operate the gun (like the slide for example). They just did everything for me and didn’t explain.
That course isn't worth the gas it took to get there. Spend some time with videos like this and make sure you're comfortable using your handgun.
get training with a better instructor. those guys were busch league
I also took a first time class and it was sorely lacking. The instructor read back from the book. He did demo a variety of side arms and we got hands on but there was no practical instruction. For example, there are easy and safe ways to handle the slide so round chambers and ejects every time. He also failed to mention never to slam slide on empty mag. He failed to mention to never flip the cylinder closed in a revolver. What I got out of the class was experience handling controls with other people present and the extreme need for safety.
I've been around long guns my whole life but just purchased my first handgun (Walther PPS M2). Of all of the videos I've watched so far, this has been one of the best. Can't wait for part 2!
This is a fantastic video series for beginners! Thanks for making these! I'm going to show these to my wife and other friends who are beginners. Quick and easy to understand very basic information. I sometimes forget that some people don't know these skills. You should also do a video on the AR15, a bolt gun, and pump shotgun. I think those are all common platforms people should also learn.
Awesome video. I have sent this video to half of my no-gun friends.
I did so much wrong before I watched the video! I always unloaded the gun with using the trigger several times!
Great video, especially for newbies, and helpful reminders for us seasoned gun owners! Can't wait for part 2.
I watched this video 6 years ago and it's still relevant today. Chris provides excellent instructional and educational content in all of his videos. This channel offers outstanding information about shooting techniques, gun reviews and ammo. I really enjoy Chris' delivery, tone, and thorough analysis of his topics. I learn something new every time I watch a video on this channel. Please keep up the great work.
Your videos are info accurate and entertaining besides . You do a great job. Very comfortable in front of the lens . Your tone and verbal pace is natural and easy to understand. Thank you .
Nice job...should add a bit about the round in the chamber; new shooters seem to forget this. Also might add a bit more about what it means to have your finger off the trigger...that means finger out of the trigger guard (the Army standard is that you cannot see any part of the index finger from the weak side of the gun...a little extreme but new shooters get it). Great series!
Hey, Chris! I watch tons of gun channels and yours is, by far, the most didactic. Congrats from Brazil.
No fancy words, just plain and simple English. Very easy to understand even for persons that never had shooting experience with handguns. Keep up with the good and practical work. 👍🏻👍🏻 cool guy 🤙🏻
Your content is always very instructional and educational with great delivery, Thank you!!
Going to have to save this video. Some of my friends are just getting into guns, and I think this would be helpful.
I appreciate this, i remember seeing a movie when i was younger where a man fired a round off by racking the slider back. Even though its a movie that stuck with me so this helped greatly
Great thorough and safe video for people just getting started. Appreciate your sharing.
I started Revolver shooting 3 years ago and what helped me the most oddly enough was remembering Karate lessons when I was a kid and a teenager and just punching the gun out and staring straight down the sights. In Karate class we were taught to hold our punch out and to turn our punching arm into an immovable iron bar and someone would try to push our arm up or down and we had to keep it perfectly straight or do push ups. I applied this to my Revolver shooting with breath and trigger control and my shooting improved 97%.
A Karate Chamber punch really can stop a knife attack with my Smith and Wesson in my hand!
Thank you for this video. First time owner, couldn't figure out how to lock the slide back. Appreciate you greatly!!! Knew everything else but I've only ever shot long guns, and guns in virtual reality (which surprisingly translates well into real world skill)
Great instructional video. It's always good to revisit the basics. Keep up the good work.
I'm New here and your channel is really helping me to educate myself and I thank you for it.
Professional and well-organized presentation.
Thanks for this video.
Can't wait for part 2!
I didn't realize it was important to ease the side back with an empty semi. Glad I watched to the end
Me who has been using Nerf guns since I was 5:This looks like a job for me
I think the NRA would be wise to hire you to do a full intro and gun safety series.
I think the NRA would be wise to disband
@@araknidude lol
Went to a gun range for the first time after I saw this video, when I was racking the slide my supervisor seemed impressed. I learned that from this video.
Excellent explanation. Thank you!
I am coming back into fire arms after a 20 year absence. I have plenty of experience with long guns and REVOLVERS...I recently acquired my first semi auto hand gun (Shield 9mm). I am fine with how to use them it is just.....I am totally unfamiliar with what the best value HP 9mm SEMI AUTOMATIC rounds on the market that function best out of a Shield 9mm.
When it comes to hand guns I can rock a .357 Magnum revolver all day. But boy has the neighborhood I live in gone down hill. Renewed my CCW permit for EDC. I currently practice at the range with 115 grain Federal non HP's and they work MUCH better than I thought they would. But they still tend to just keep on going. Even legally on vast gun club open fields.
I did NOT expect this kind of performance out of a 3 inch barrel 9mm. In a life or death EDC situation I am afraid I will X the attacker and X whomever may be behind the attacker. Advice would be appreciated. Thank you.
I just got my pistol . This video is very useful.
just got my first glock 34 now that i am 21 thanks for the extra feed back great video
Solid as always.
Good intro to the bottom feeder.
Keep em coming.
Thank you so much for going over this!
I thought this was an excellent video for new pistol owners.
Some things I would add is before you buy your first pistol make sure you've handled it at the store. Feel the weight of it, the difficulty of the slide, the trigger pull, etc. Make sure the gun fits you well. Sure, you can get used to just about any pistol, but for your first pistol you should go with something that fits well out of the box.
This is purely a tutorial on how to operate the firearm. Selecting a firearm is covered here: th-cam.com/video/199Wpskwa3k/w-d-xo.html and here: th-cam.com/video/vWeJKTR2FVI/w-d-xo.html
Oh I'm in no way suggesting that you should have covered what I stated IN the video. I was just adding it as a reminder to new pistol owners.
If it orders the lobster, bring it back to the store.
Great video. You have a very clear and pleasant way to explain the info- I’m a new fan.
Great video. I especially appreciate that you emphasized on the safety. One piece of advice: since you are teaching viewers about muzzle direction control, you might want to demonstrate the safe way. In your video you have pointed the gun at different directions before checking if it's unloaded and during checking. I understand that you know that the gun was unloaded. But new gun owners would pick up what you did and make lethal mistake. Keep up the good work. I enjoy your videos very much.
Thanks Chris. As I mentioned elsewhere, non shooters should know how to clear a firearm too.
Thank you very informative
Load mag,stuff mag,load round,safety (optional with most pistols ), shoot
confidence booster! thanks!
another well presented and informative video, thanks
Ima make my wife watch this video before taking her shooting for the 1st time.your great with words and explaining bro thank u
I got my F.S.C. earlier this week and I wanted to buy a semiautomatic pistol this week after I aced the test. 😁🙌 It's my favorite gun I've read about, and it looks small enough to handle and store.
Thanks, Chris. Another great video.
Thank you! Still learning... always want to be safe.
Thank you. Def making gun ownership for a beginner like me much more comfortable with handling it and taking away the scary misconceptions.
Love his channel Lucky gunner
I first learned how to use the .45 caliber 1911 when I was just a kid, say 15 years old! So the construction, use, safe handling of these pistols come second nature to me. I've taught dozens of "Newby" shooters firearms SAFETY and gun handling, with every type of action on the market.
BUT, trying to teach the youth of today?
I gave up years ago! They simply do not want to PAY ATTENTION and seem to not want to understand just how DANGEROUS guns (and power tools!) can be when mishandled!
Investing in dummy rounds is good too.
Excellent video.
I'm teaching my wife about my gums and this video is going to be the one I show her.
john c that's good, but she would probably be better served if you taught her about you guns instead of your gums, but I guess teaching her about your gums could be fun too... 😜
john c flossing is most important
Guns!! 😆
GUM disease is dangerous! Careful out there!
Kevin S XD
Hey man. Love your vids!
8:32
I've never heard of:
"you don't want to slam the slide closed on an empty chamber"
Now you know. And knowing is half the battle!
@@LuckyGunner How is it "not good for the gun"?
Depends on the gun. Some guns it's not really a problem. Others, like 1911s, letting the slide close without stripping a round from the magazine to slow it down a bit can cause damage to the internals. You'd have to do it a lot, though. Either way, it's generally considered a rude thing to do to someone else's gun, and probably not a wise habit to get into, but not a problem to do it occasionally.
@@LuckyGunner would it be ok to say put grease on a Glock slide and rack it a bunch of times to get it worked in
Lucky Gunner Ammo GI Joe
Woah woah woah. So you're telling me that isn't a fully automatic banana clip fed machine gun!?
I have been lied to by the media, wtf
Kevin S yeah those assault pistols that shoot 1000 rounds a minute are not for those under 16....unless you're in west Virginia then it's under 9...
@@innerviews897 it's crazy in KY your don't even have to have a license to conceal carry and can open carry at 18
Indeed, there are many ways. To de-chamber and safety check, I prefer to point barrel down range and rotate weapon so I can catch the round.
This is why people still love revolvers.
Fewer all the time.
@@jshepard152 New revolver lovers are born everyday. The revolver is like a hammer.... it works. air nail guns are around, but the hammer will always be around.
Good video. I thought the bit where you put your finger in front of the hammer to decock it was a bit much though. Unless your hands are compromised in some way, you can easily decock a revolver with one hand. Just am the gun at the floor while doing it. Also, do you prefer traditional speedloaders or jetloaders? My dream revolver would be a S&W .45 Colt/ACP carrying .45 Super rounds with full moon clips. My woods carry would be the same gun, but with .45 Colt +P+ hard cast loads.
I still use this video as a follow up to remind folks after i spend time with them one on one.
It’s perfect and you only need one!
Good
Thank you for this! Great video!
Question : When safety checking and I have the slide locked open with the gun unloaded and I want to close the slide as is shown in the video , the gun is cocked . I want to know how I can avoid dry firing the gun before returning it to the case. The pistol is a single action striker fired design. Thanks.
I spent some time in the Army, having handled everything from Bren Guns in my early years to L1A1 SLR, to Glocks and S&W in handguns. I still find it great to watch an educational on gun handling such as this because you can become complacent or forget the basics. Great training video. Thanks mate.
Thanks for doing this video.
Yay semi autos!
Thank you for this great video. I now understand how to work my firearm!
Very good intro! Mike in LA, Calif.
How do I make my pistol shoot in 'full semi-auto' mode? :)
this is so usefull in school!!
Great video
there have been many times where people think they can just insert the mag and go. when explaining, i try to save time by not explaining what running the slide does so, people will either not do it when they need to or do it just because. it's hilarious and frustrating.
Outstanding videos!
Nicely done!
On my way! To part 2 🤗 thanks
I'm supposed to be studying for my OS final rn but instead I'm prepping for CCW lol
Do you think .357 SIG is a good self defense round or will 9mm get the job done?
9mm will absolutely get the job done.
i kinda think he deserves millions of subs
Great for beginners... no shame in the learning game!
Awesome video bro! Thanks!
Brilliant!!! I live in the uk and I’m worried for our current situation.. I don’t have a gun but still ... I want to know :)
What about the safety lever?
I didnt see anything about that in this vid.
He said to check part two for more specifics on safeties and de-cockers, if I'm not mistaken.
Oh, come on. We can have a little fun with this, right? "Don't forget to breathe in and breathe out. Your lungs are the things that hold the air inside you when you breathe. Remember to use your mouth or your nose to breathe." :-) Great video! Very important to have these basics accessible and useable. Thanks, Chris!
For a basics video for beginners, it still seems to assume the viewer knows some basic knowledge, such as vocabulary and nomenclature.
Thanks for the video
Nice, now I can safely unload a semiautomatic pistol without risking my or anyone else's life
This channel used to be a bit better than it is now. Not to be a troll but content was more interesting when it wasn't the first ten minutes of any ccw class. Which is ironically what most people should take before they carry, handle, or really use a pistol, let alone buy one.
Ian Harrington Bro... this is only the second video of a very short "Shooting 101" series. If you want something more advanced, go watch last week's video on how to shoot Dot Torture.
Ian Harrington there is nothing wrong with always learning and never forgetting the basics. Some people here are new to shooting and not gun owners and they are trying to learn. Cut LG some and the new viewers some slack.
MrKinglyon2010 not saying its bad but just saying I miss the other content that encouraged me to sub the channel. I like his older content but feel now he's moved into a more firearms academy type channel. Just my voice, not looking to cut or cut any slack.
WARNING LEFTIES! I followed the racking instructions at 4:26 and got a round in my eye. Fortunately, it was a plastic practice round, but it still hurt for a day. I am a beginner and followed the instructions without question. If you hold the pistol parallel to your body as instructed, the round discharges toward you, not away. This is very bad advice for lefties and dangerous. My handgun and the handgun in the video are manufactured for right-handed people; unfortunately this is also right-handed advice.
Someone told me that they put the magazine in and rack the slide and put it away. But my question is if the slide is racked for a long time is that okay for the gun?
It’s fine to leave a gun loaded for a long time, but there’s a lot of debate about the magazine spring. General consensus seems to be “it’s fine”
@@araknidude thanks for the answer.
@Christopher Marlowe Thanks for the answer.
Liked without even watching lol
FABULOUS.....
When you put away the pistol why do so many people they put the slide back into original position but they pull the trigger? Why they pull the trigger?
For science, will someone confirm that I have this correct? If:
(1) You start with a fully unloaded gun (no magazine inside, the slide is locked open so you can visually inspect the chamber, and no cartridge is inside the chamber).
(2) You release the slide so that the gun is closed / looks like a normal gun ready to fire.
(3) You insert a full magazine.
At this point, true or false: the gun is NOT loaded and will only click if you pull the trigger, because there is no cartridge loaded inside the chamber--you still have to either push the slide release button or rack the slide in order to load a cartridge/bullet into the chamber from the magazine.
That is correct. There is one flaw in your question, however. In point number two that you wrote you say have already released the slide. So if you insert the magazine while the slide is already forward, pulling the slide release does nothing since the since the slide (taking your number 2 point into account) is already forward. In your example, with an already forwarded slide, after putting in a magazene, you must pull the slide back to load the gun.
Iosono I. Ahaaaa, got it!! So using the slide release isn’t what loads the gun, per se-what loads it is the act of the slide moving from back to forward while there’s a cartridge in the magazine. And you can only create that motion using the slide release IF/WHEN the slide is locked back; if it’s already forward, the slide release doesn’t do anything.
So in order to load the gun after step 3, I would have to “rank” the slide, right? (Forcefully pull it back, and then let it snap forward again?)
@@lunelilyonrunescape thats right. The slide lock ( sometimes called slide release) does not load the gun. It only allows the slide to move forward if it has been locked back.
What actually loads the gun is the backward and forward motion of the slide.
Pulling the slide back creates space for a new round to move up and the forward motion pushes this new round into the chamber.
At this moment the gun is considered loaded and ready to fire. This ready-to-fire state is often called being "hot".
Iosono I. Really appreciate it man, thanks for your patience with the questions and taking the time to explain so well-and even adding in some terms that are good to know too (slide lock, hot). You have a knack for it :)
@@lunelilyonrunescape well i saw from your writing style that you have analytical personality like me so it was easy for and fun for me to break it down for you:)
If you have other questions I would be happy to answer them.
One more thing about slide lock/vs slide release.
People use these terms interchangably, but they are actually specific terms that shouldn't be interchanged.
They both do the exact same thing (lock the slide back) but the name refers to how the user is inteded to actuate them. The practical difference is the slide locks are stiffer to pull down and slide releases are easier to pull down.
The gun in this video has a slide lock, meaning its not intended to to be pulled down to release the slide forward (although it does not damage the gun to use it that way). It can be difficult to to pull them down so th better method is to slightly pull back and the slide goes forward.
These mechanics work the same for a slide release, its just really easy to pull down the release. An example of this are 1911 handguns.
Honestly, I wish all guns had slide releases
Awesome
Wait, you went from checking to be sure the chamber is empty to "after you've cleared the chamber" without explaining how to clear it if there's a round in there?
Does the round just pop out? Do I need to tilt or shake the gun? What if it doesn't fall out? Do I need a tool to extract it?
This may seem like a really stupid concern, but it's honestly one that causes me the most anxiety about going to a range for the first time... jamming is the next thing but one I hope to learn about in one of your next video's... that really freaks me out!
Bill, if there is still a round in the chamber, make sure your finger is off the trigger, the gun is pointed in a safe direction and rack the slide back all the way, the round should be extracted just like if it fired.
Don’t be ashamed to ask for help.
@@up2specks978 thanks, but do you mean that the round will exit from the end of the barrel or be ejected from the side?
Bill Scott remove the magazine out of gun, when you pull the slide back the round will either fall through the mag well out the bottom or extract out the side. There’s no way for it to go through the barrel unless you squeeze the trigger and fire the round. Which is what you don’t want to do!
thank you!!!
I have a question about Grain size, Is it better to buy a lower number grain size or higher? Im assuming that the high the grain size the more "power" behind the bullet? Maybe it's the other way around? Thanks for the help!
Choosing a lower or higher grain weight isn't really important for self defense or casual shooting. Generally you should go with something that is proven, for example 124gr HST, but it isn't a high priority unless you're doing something like long range precision shooting.
Great Video. 💯
That is not the slide lock that a slide stop the slide lock is infront of the trigger guard
Ok, so this may be a bit nit-picky, but isn't the first rule "Treat all guns as if they are loaded until you have personally verified that they are not"? How else would one inspect them and/or clean them?
Also, I never knew that one should not let the slide go forward full force if the gun is empty, thanks for sharing that (I actually think there may be different opinions on that). Is it okay to let the slide go full force if one has snap caps and/or dummy rounds in the magazine?
I personally don't care for that particular wording of rule 1. If you have verified that a pistol is unloaded, what is the new set of rules you're using to determine what it's okay to do with an unloaded gun? Does that set of rules also include not pointing the gun at anyone? If you point a gun at me and tell me it's okay because you've just verified that it's not loaded, I'm not going to be too happy about that. It gets complicated quick, and I think it can easily lead to complacence. If you need to do something that seems like it's a violation of rule 1 (like dry practicing or disassembling a Glock), you do it as if you believe a bullet is going to come out when you press the trigger -- always a safe backstop, and finger off trigger when not absolutely necessary.
You can let the slide go if you've got snap caps in the mag.
Ok, I get your point. It is complicated, isn't it? Thanks for your reply. BTW, I love your channel!