Blue gun, blue gun, resting on the shelf;Okay, so poetry ain't my strong point...
Shall I use you to test my draw, a race against myself?
Perhaps you'll teach a new shooter a proper grip and stance;
Or perhaps test an accessory, to give a better chance.
Revolvers, pistols, shotguns, even bayonets all have a form of you;
Bringing new meaning to the term "tangled up in blue".
Got directed to the Bluegun website by Dragon for an upcoming collaboration, and got sucked in checking out all the various and sundry options available. There's shotguns, rifles, bayonets, grenades, machetes; pretty much everything under the self-defense umbrella has a doppelganger in blue. Rifles, shotguns and carbines are most expensive; in some cases nearly the price of their real life counterparts - but it's money well-spent if you're doing a lot of training.
With a blue gun, you don't have to worry about whether it's loaded or not (although you should always treat it as such). A finger on the trigger can be corrected without anticipating a [BOOM]. Muzzle discipline can be practiced over and over and over until even the greenest new shooter understands that the barrel points downrange at all times. You can practice drawing from concealment without putting undue wear on your carry weapon or increasing the likelihood of an ND. You can even bring the blue gun to a gun shop or gun show to try out a holster without worrying about zip ties or dirty looks.
What kicked over my giggle box, though, was this:
Yes. That's a Raven .25 ACP blue gun. There really is a blue gun for everything...
That is all.
5 comments:
i think your poem is excellent!!!
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Thou still unravish'd bride of quiet draws,
Thou foster-child of plastic and gun molds,
Raging gunnie, who canst thus express
The 4 Rules more sweetly than with pictures:
What powder-fring'd legend haunt about thy shape
Of Sigs or Glocks, or of both
In M&P or the dales of 1911s?
What levers or safeties are these? What mag release?
What practice draws? What struggle to retain in combat?
What bells and whisles? What wild ecstasy?
(So sorry, Keats . . . )
I bow in humble obeissance to the master of the Ode...
LOL - Thanks Jay! (I'm totally going to recycle that for tomorrow's post . . . )
I always wondered where those over-priced (worked in the Plastic Industry for awhile, you won't believe the Mark-up!) Training Aids came from. Thanks for the info!
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