Gun Spinning

Inx

Hey guys,

So I've become rather interested in stuff like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPx6cw-lrKM

Like, interested in learning how to do it. It's not a useful or particularly marketable skill, but it's cool and hey, why not.

However, I'm not sure how to get started, and the only tutorial I can find is in The Book of Cool. Does anyone know of any other (and hopefully less expensive) tutorials? Anyone here have any personal experience? Also, I have a S&W Schofield Replica, but its super heavy and doesnt want to balance right - would a non-firing replica be super different from a working gun?

Esh

If it's anything like flair bartending everything is specially weighted or designed just for that purpose.

2868

That is almost painful to watch. Everything I've ever learned or taught regarding gun safety rebels at the thought of learning this. I have a stomachache, so ingrained is gunhandling.

All I can say is do not use a working weapon to practice, or perform. You'll shoot your dick off. Get some triggerless special replicas, or something.

Dhalphir

Yep, pretty much any kind of skill that involves throwing everyday objects has special items made that are balanced.

Shogun

When I was young I did stuff like this with one of those nintendo duckhunt blasters that I had cut the cord off of. I don't know if its weight distribution was such that it was able to perform these techniques due to said distribution, but I could easily spin the gun forwards and backwards. I could also spin the gun so it would go horizontally and this was without a trigger guard. Nothing but centripetal force.

However I never tried tossing it over my shoulder and I've never tried to repeat those maneuvers with a real gun.

Casual

2868 wrote: »

That is almost painful to watch. Everything I've ever learned or taught regarding gun safety rebels at the thought of learning this. I have a stomachache, so ingrained is gunhandling.

All I can say is do not use a working weapon to practice, or perform. You'll shoot your dick off. Get some triggerless special replicas, or something.

Yes this is very, very good advice. Doing this with a real working gun is retarded even if theres a 1% chance it might be loaded accidentally. Plus balance, real guns are balanced to tame recoil not spinning. I would look into getting guns made for this, or at the very least replicas.

Organichu

you can

a.) do this with a real (obviously unloaded and preferably totally inert) weapon

b.) do this with an off the counter weapon that isn't made for gun spinning

many people (especially when first learning) use either close replicas or outright toys. you may want to go this route, as well. however, if you'd like to use a live weapon- colt saa, 4 3/4" is a popular choice

Tavataar

One way to get started is simply to practice juggling skills. Doing throws from behind your back to your front requires a lot of practice, regardless of what sort of object it is. This is especially true if you have very inflexible shoulders like I do, which makes it a lot harder to get those angles correct.

Atheraal

Why not just learn to juggle clubs/balls? More fun, more entertaining to watch, less likely to shoot yourself in the nuts. (or more realistically, painfully jam your finger between a trigger guard and trigger) And I suppose, as Tavataar said, the skills would translate to some degree.

CangoFett

Also note, if by some chance, you ever did see someone gunspin, and then fire the gun they were spinning, keep in mind these life saving facts

1)That person was retarded
2)That was a single action only weapon, that had an empty chamber, but when the hammer was cocked, it would rotate the cylinder so that a bullet would line up

And that is why an oldschool shooter would carry 5 rounds in their pistol instead of 6.

tutankhamun

2868 wrote: »

You'll shoot your dick off.

LOL!

I think you can buy some old cowboy movies and put them on slo-mo (if your DVD player supports this). Just watch them do it. There's nothing like an old good western flick!

joshofalltrades

I agree with everyone who said don't do this with real guns, or if you do, make sure they are not in working condition so there's no chance of blowing off your balls. You are not Revolver Ocelot and you do not need to use this impressive skill to strike fear into the hearts of your enemies.

Metalbourne

If val kilmer has taught me anything, it's that this is more impressive with a tiny cup, anyway.

Inx

I most certainly wasn't planning on doing this with a live gun, nosiree bob - I'm quite fond of my dick.

Nothing I can find indicates specially weighted guns.

I might pick up a plastic gun to start practicing with, because I'm thinking maybe this heavy fucking replica I have isn't the best place to start - yanno, learn basic techniques with an easier one, and then move up the ladder like with many skills.

Fats

CangoFett wrote: »

Also note, if by some chance, you ever did see someone gunspin, and then fire the gun they were spinning, keep in mind these life saving facts

1)That person was retarded
2)That was a single action only weapon, that had an empty chamber, but when the hammer was cocked, it would rotate the cylinder so that a bullet would line up

And that is why an oldschool shooter would carry 5 rounds in their pistol instead of 6.

With the advent of transfer bars, it's no longer a problem to lower the hammer on a loaded chamber. Not that you should play with one, of course.

That said, I had a Super Blackhawk that would spin for hours if you spun it backwards, but it was too long and heavy for anything else. I don't imagine a plastic replica is going to handle very well at all.

GungHo

You'd need to have a shorter-barreled (5 1/2" or less) gun to do it, because something with a long barrel is going to be weighted too far toward the barrel to be any good.

You're going to want to practice this with a single-action revolver you 1) don't like, 2) isn't loaded, 3) while wearing thick shoes. Because you're going to a) drop it, b) put enough pressure on the trigger just being a spaz to drop the hammer on a DA, c) drop it some more on your big toe. If you can buy something that's been de-activated (i.e. barrel plugged, trigger/hammer assembly disabled), that's probably for the best.

I wouldn't suggest using a Ruger, because they're pretty damn heavy.

Personally, I practiced quick-draw for cowboy action shooting with a plugged (the trigger and hammer work, though) Colt SAA replica: a Bianchi Dry Fire.

Daemonion

You might want to look up "Cowboy Action Shooting" and see if you can get access to some forums and post your question there.

Inx

Awesome, thanks