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The Market and the gun banners

TurtleDude

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a couple weeks ago, these were easy to find. The store manager at the biggest gun dealer in SW Ohio told me at 11.10 AM this morning that he had received forty calls about these things that morning (they open at 10 but some were on the answering machine from before they opened) He noted they had sold maybe two in the last couple years.

one of the biggest sellers of firearm accessories in the USA had tons in stock last week

check it out now
https://www.midwayusa.com/s?userSearchQuery=bump+fire+stocks&userItemsPerPage=48

the gun banners are going to sell more of these things in the next month than have been sold in the last two years.
 
I suppose if that is at the top of the latest to "ban" list then they are going to be considered investment grade since they will likely be "grandfathered" in. I know little about them and don't own a scary black rifle but wonder why they are considered useful.
 

I think they are silly and a response to the silly and virulently unconstitutional "hughes amendment"

but if people want to own them, the ammo makers are happy. I detest the attitude that if someone misuses something, it should be banned. that is a fascist attitude
 

Do they have an on/off switch?
 
ttwtt78640 said:
Do they have an on/off switch?
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Some can be locked in one position, ie "semi".

Don't know if that's all or just some, not really something I've fooled with.
 

In some places yes but in CA, I think some stuff you have to get rid of :-(
 
Goshin said:
Some can be locked in one position, ie "semi".

Don't know if that's all or just some, not really something I've fooled with.
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ammo sellers love em.
 
ttwtt78640 said:
What I meant was do you have to shoot in some special new way to keep from barking off a bunch of rounds unintentionally?
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do you know how they work? you can actually do it with some semi autos as they come. it causes the recoil to fire the trigger quicker than you can do with an intentional trigger pull. you just pull your finger away from the trigger to stop it from firing.

now there are two types of times when a semi auto can fire out of control

if someone puts a longer than proper firing pin in it-it will act like an open bolt but it won't stop until its out of ammo. and in REALLY RARE cases you get a cook off meaning the chamber is so hot that the round detonates the second it is in the chamber. I have only heard of that happening once but it is why most early submachine guns fired from an open bolt.
 

Stuff like that is fun with a couple twelve packs and your buddies in the desert. That ammo is expensive.
 
Goshin said:
Got a neighbor somewhere within half a mile with one. Heard him out there shooting today.
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some very slow SMGs-like some of the old stens or M3 Grease guns with underpowered ammo can get down to about 400 RPM and some bump fire might approach that.
 
Goshin said:
Got a neighbor somewhere within half a mile with one. Heard him out there shooting today.
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There is one close to me that shoots like that on Sundays but it seems like a huge waste of ammo.
 

Cabelas is out too. Had some in stock Monday morning.
 
Winchester said:
Cabelas is out too. Had some in stock Monday morning.
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yeah we have a Cabela's store less than 8 minutes from our home-its out. those things probably sold more in the last day than they have in the last year
 
Not a gun owner so not familiar with the term but I did take a look. (So glad i did because there's a link also to just about the coolest SW lamps I've ever laid eyes on so thanks TD :lol

What Is a Bump Stock - How Slide Fire Works - Bump Fire Legal

 

a heard a sales pitch for one a few years ago-the salesman said the stock is sort of like a pogo stick stock. btw there are spring loaded stocks for competition shotgun shooters designed to absorb recoil that leads to flinching and a form of the YIPS for high volume trap shooters. long before those bump fire stocks came about I knew you could get quick doubles if your finger was held a certain way on a spring loaded stock.

btw the 800 RPM is double BS.

1) none of them shoot that fast

2) you can only sustain the 400PRM rate briefly. nothing like a real auto

aiming those things accurately is pretty tough which is why i have no interest in owning one. in the situation in vegas with thousands in a crowded area, the modification proved deadly. engaging another armed adversary who is moving and has room to move-that device will most likely get its user wasted
 
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Yeah, s'why I've always considered them just an expensive ammo-wasting toy and never been very interested.


I wouldn't mind playing with one on the range for a few minutes.... especially if someone else was supplying the ammo.

Not gonna buy one though, I have this odd thing about wanting to hit what I aim at and nothing else.
 

exactly, I shoot to win, that means hitting, at 58 I don't have the pure speed as the three other top speed shooters this part of the country-and the oldest is still under 40 but I usually win the stages that have lots of smaller targets because I am more accurate. with big plates at close range, I usually finish 2-4 because pure speed wins on those.

I can still crank out 25 rounds from a czechmate race gun in under 6 seconds and put every round on 5 IPSC targets at 20 yards
 
Good to know someone is profiting off of a mass murder.
 
Kobie said:
Good to know someone is profiting off of a mass murder.
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do you understand what is causing those things to sell is NOT that some nutcase used them in his crime spree but rather idiots in the press and in political office screaming for bans?
 
TurtleDude said:
do you understand what is causing those things to sell is NOT that some nutcase used them in his crime spree but rather idiots in the press and in political office screaming for bans?
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Gotta get that toy before some meanieface Democrat decides it's too dangerous!
 
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