NCJ Number
60163
Date Published
1977
Length
0 pages
Annotation
THIS LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING FILM COVERS ALL ASPECTS OF REVOLVER USE FROM BASIC SAFETY, NOMENCLATURE, AND CARE TO OPERATION, DRY-FIRE PRACTICE, AND CORRECTIVE PROCEDURES, USING THE SMITH AND WESSON .38 AND COLT .38.
Abstract
SEQUENCES TAKE THE OFFICER STEP BY STEP THROUGH EACH ASPECT. SAFETY, FOR EXAMPLE, IS EMPHASIZED THROUGH ADVICE ON STORAGE, POINTERS ON ASSURING ACCURACY OF TARGET AREA AND BACKSTOP, WARNINGS ABOUT MIXING GUN USE WITH ALCOHOL AND NARCOTICS USE, AND SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO RENDER GUNS SAFE WHEN NOT IN USE (SUCH AS LOCKING TRIGGERS AND REMOVING AMMUNITION). SEQUENCES ON NOMENCLATURE AND CLEANING DEFINE AND DEMONSTRATE WITH CLOSE-UP PHOTOGRAPHY, AND CAUTION THAT WEAPONS SHOULD BE DISMANTLED ONLY BY EXPERTS. THE FILM EXPLAINS HOW THE FIRING RANGE WORKS, HOW IT IS STRUCTURED, HOW TO FOLLOW RANGEMASTER COMMANDS, AND THE PROPER STANCE, GRIP, SIGHTING, AND BREATH CONTROL. IN ADDITION, THE FILM SHOWS HOW TO LOAD AND UNLOAD, WHAT TO DO ABOUT MISFIRES, AND HOW TO CORRECT RECOIL BY SKIP LOADING; GIVES SAFETY TIPS ON EJECTED SHELLS; UNDERLINES THE IMPORTANCE OF QUALITY AMMUNITION AND MODERN WEAPONS THAT CAN HANDLE THE MORE POWERFUL AMMUNITION; AND PROVIDES MANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO SAFE AND EFFICIENT GUN HANDLING. (MHP)