Shotgun CTB without going to the range

[Boardinboy101]

I am soon going to purchase a shotgun but I won't be able to go to a gun range to practice shooting it and I have nowhere to practice in the woods or anything. I have never shot a gun before. Is it really necessary to practice beforehand? I heard you can just dry fire it. Would this be good enough?

 

[OnMyLast Legs]

Seems like it would be easy to figure out what makes the gun shoot.

 

[pthnrdnojvsc]

practice is best. imo practice makes perfect and one can't get enough practice . dry firing is good but also live firing is necessary imo.

when i first shot a 9mm handgun i was shocked . it seemed like a bomb blew up in front of my face. it's not like the movies or videos. i mean we heard fireworks live right it's like a bomb same with a gun. needless to say a shotgun or rifle is much more powerful than a handgun and the explosion worse

just think of hearing that loud firework outside .imagine it a few inches from your face.

 

[Boardinboy101]

practice is best. imo practice makes perfect and one can't get enough practice . dry firing is good but also live firing is necessary imo.

when i first shot a 9mm handgun i was shocked . it seemed like a bomb blew up in front of my face. it's not like the movies or videos. i mean we heard fireworks live right it's like a bomb same with a gun. needless to say a shotgun or rifle is much more powerful than a handgun and the explosion worse

just think of hearing that loud firework outside .imagine it a few inches from your face.

Won't I be dead before I ever hear it?

 

[omni]

Won't I be dead before I ever hear it?

Granted the shot hits the brain the way it's supposed to (aka not just blowing the face wide open) the person should not feel or hear anything as the shot would travel faster than your senses can get that information to your brain.

 

[pthnrdnojvsc]

Won't I be dead before I ever hear it?

yes you can't hear it . bullet is too fast for brain to register anything. it will be over the instant you pull the trigger no sound no pain just instant Non-Existence forever. it will just go to black forever . pull trigger then blackness blackout like being knocked out sucker punched nothing forever and you will never surface again ever you won't even know anything happened or that you are dead or that you even ever existed... as will happen to all of us when we die .. but imo practice is needed to be able to shoot and aim etc. imo the failure is not in the gun but the aim and flinching before shot human error. but only practice can make it perfect. an expert shooter is not going to miss a shot a milimeter away when they can hit a kilometer away. an amatuer might blow their face off and remain alive . that's the difference . imo it's similar to trying to do a platform dive on the first try . no they practice hours every dayf for years to get that dive perfect the professional divers. only practice and the correct kind of practice will do it . but it's up to whoever to do what they want or think is best . i just post to defeat my own si and to tell my lazy brain to train to practice

 

[capi]

practice is best. imo practice makes perfect and one can't get enough practice . dry firing is good but also live firing is necessary imo.

when i first shot a 9mm handgun i was shocked . it seemed like a bomb blew up in front of my face. it's not like the movies or videos. i mean we heard fireworks live right it's like a bomb same with a gun. needless to say a shotgun or rifle is much more powerful than a handgun and the explosion worse

just think of hearing that loud firework outside .imagine it a few inches from your face.

For shotgun slugs, isn't essentially the whole head exploded? The concept of needing to live fire seems too much imo.. You dont need to aim *that* accurately.
I only understand to reduce flinching, i guess. Whats the line of "practicing" before it just becomes wasting time?
Edit: assuming no under chin or odd aims.

 

[Deepdense]

Depending on the gun you get, you may need very faint experience on how to work it.

 

[Gruzum]

i am 100 precent hanging myself, if i had a shotgun id would already have my head missing. its not that hard shoot yourself in the cranium and its done.

 

[Daphne]

Why not a handgun? It would be easier to handle with less of a kick.

 

[Boardinboy101]

Why not a handgun? It would be easier to handle with

Unfortunately I can only buy a shotgun because handguns require a ffl transfer and I can't pass a background check.

 

[socrates]

I've only got 2-3 weeks to CTB. And I don't have a lot of money. I'm going to purchase a 12G shot gun. that's 18.5 inches long. I want to shoot myself in a car. I don't have a lot of money. If I practiced with out live ammo do you think I'll be able to do it.

 

[idontknowwhatiam]

Why not a handgun? It would be easier to handle with less of a kick.

From what I've researched, shotguns will have a higher success rate

I've only got 2-3 weeks to CTB. And I don't have a lot of money. I'm going to purchase a 12G shot gun. that's 18.5 inches long. I want to shoot myself in a car. I don't have a lot of money. If I practiced with out live ammo do you think I'll be able to do it.

As long as you know how to use the gun

 

[aRose]

I'm totally chicken shit when it comes to guns and have only shot with a hunting rifle in the past and the recoil and sound terrified me. So I got a 9mm and (because I wanted to be sure it was actually functional) I shot it into my mattress. It was loud, yeah, but the recoil was weak af compared to a shotgun or rifle. The bullet stopped in the floor, I can see its ass clear as day. Clean and clear pathway. That's all I needed to know. My 9mm even has a handy instruction manual that's short and sweet. Very simple machines really.

If all you have access to is a shotgun, I have no real advice except fire it at least once so you know it works and you can handle it at all.

 

[dragon.//]

I'm totally chicken shit when it comes to guns and have only shot with a hunting rifle in the past and the recoil and sound terrified me. So I got a 9mm and (because I wanted to be sure it was actually functional) I shot it into my mattress. It was loud, yeah, but the recoil was weak af compared to a shotgun or rifle. The bullet stopped in the floor, I can see its ass clear as day. Clean and clear pathway. That's all I needed to know. My 9mm even has a handy instruction manual that's short and sweet. Very simple machines really.

If all you have access to is a shotgun, I have no real advice except fire it at least once so you know it works and you can handle it at all.

But why go for a weaker weapon? shotguns have almost a 0% survival rate

 

[locked*n*loaded]

Unfortunately I can only buy a shotgun because handguns require a ffl transfer and I can't pass a background check.

ALL guns, including shotguns and other long guns, not just handguns, require a background check when purchasing through an ffl dealer. You'd have to find a private seller willing to sell you a shotgun to avoid the check.