I've used a nasty, multiple-dirty version of the classic "is it loaded?" ruse to show whether a shooter flinches:
� I let 'em
see me load a full magazine in my .458 Winchester Magnum.
� I chamber and fire Round One and eject the spent case.
� I hold the next round down and close the bolt on an empty chamber.
� I put the safety on.
(I do both these last two dirty tricks surreptitiously, of course.)
Then I hand the rifle to the unsuspecting friend and let him "shoot." If he flinches (as they almost always do with my .458 after they've seen it rock me backward), it's obvious to everybody.
"Oh!" I say, "The safety's on."
I take the rifle, put the safety OFF, and hand it back.
--- and yes, even after his flinch has been dramatically revealed to everyone present, he flinches just as badly the second time, when he drops the striker on an empty chamber.
It's a dirty technique, but no one continues to insist that he never flinches.
(But it's not nearly as nasty, guys, as your snotty replies ridiculing a typo in friend Larry's original lead post -- if I'd made a big deal of your typos, you'd be like the ant that chose the wrong time to run around the near rim of the urinal.) <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
