prop gun
03-29-2004, 10:59 AM
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Gypsum KS USA
Posts: 1,289
RE: prop gun
Probably as effective as anything would be either wooden cut outs--what we got when going through hunter safety and one other school-forget which---OR you could go to a toy store and buy cheap toy guns (if you can find them)-Cabela's has a gun, called the Silverado I think, it's a SxS shotgun made so you can actually load it, it's kinda pricey though...as far as teaching muzzle control and safe gun handling, a simple painted up wood cut out would do as well as anything, and be a lot cheaper than buying a "prop gun".
03-29-2004, 02:22 PM
#5
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Posts: 1,051
RE: prop gun
little-d,
How old are the students? Toy guns might be okay for younger ones, but if they are teens, it would be more of a joke than anything.
At the risk of sounding like an old fuddy duddy, I do hope you are a certified instructor. If not you are opening yourself up to all kinds of liability issues.
How old are the students? Toy guns might be okay for younger ones, but if they are teens, it would be more of a joke than anything.
At the risk of sounding like an old fuddy duddy, I do hope you are a certified instructor. If not you are opening yourself up to all kinds of liability issues.
03-29-2004, 05:37 PM
#6
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 300
RE: prop gun
believe it or not the game&fish department is using a toy gun for this purpose,the reason for this is the state will not allow a real firearm to be brought onto school property and their budget will not allow the purchase of the type gun needed(at this time).I even offered to donate a old pumpgun that could be made not to fire by replacing the action with a blank action and welding the chamber end on the barrel up so a round could not even be chambered.I think the kidds are 5th grade.In my home my son is now 5 years old and knows more about firearm saftey than most kidds twice his age.The reason i would like to see a instructor(not me) with a life-like gun is to make the kidds think they are learning with the real thing i would think that by doing this it would bring the danger level up to pare more than showing them a toy.In my home town 4 years ago two kidds 12 years of age were at a dove shoot one of the boys had a 410 across his shoulders and his buddy right beside him a accident happened and a family lost a son.I WOULD BUY A GUN OF THE TYPE NEEDED AN DONATE IT TO SATISFIED THE STATE IF IT WOULD SAVE ANOTHER FAMILY FROM THIS TRAGEDY.
