Pen/Pencil in front of trigger

[Duane Allman]

Why do you do that?

I know how to make sure virtually any firearm is unloaded (while still assuming its loaded, according to the safety RULES) , but I haven't owned a lot of guns in my life and I'd like to learn.

Why do you put a Pen/Pencil inside the trigger guard?

 

[crak]

To make it stand up for display.

 

[Scrivener]

Why do you do that?

Why do you put a Pen/Pencil inside the trigger guard?

Why, indeed? And WHO does that?

If anything, the pencil goes BEHIND the trigger to prevent it from being pulled back.

 

[RKG]

What you may be referring to is a technique used (more with revolvers than autos) to keep a handgun from lying flat on the surface of whatever it is lying on, when photographing it.

 

[Duane Allman]

Why, indeed? And WHO does that?

If anything, the pencil goes BEHIND the trigger to prevent it from being pulled back.

Umm, check out the March acquisitions thread and tell me nobody does that.

 

[Duane Allman]

Taken from the March acquisitions thread.

Looks like it's in front to me, huh Scrivener?

 

[drgrant]

It's to prop up the gun for display/picturetaking. The few times I've taken
pictures of handguns, I usually just resorted to propping it up by putting something
underneath it on the non-visible side.

-Mike

 

[Supermoto]

I usually use a big eraser or a cut pencil with eraser to hold up the gun. I try to place it so that you can't see it in the pic

 

[Scrivener]

It's to prop up the gun for display/picturetaking. The few times I've taken
pictures of handguns, I usually just resorted to propping it up by putting something
underneath it on the non-visible side.

Mystery revealed.

Except why it's not behind the trigger, for a tighter fit.

 

[LoginName]

Some people will use a shotgun shell instead of a pen/pencil.

It might seem trivial, but IMO, using a shotgun shell seems more fitting when taking a picture.

 

[Weerd Beard]

I usually use a big eraser or a cut pencil with eraser to hold up the gun. I try to place it so that you can't see it in the pic

Man that little bit of gun-porn is makin me hot and bothered

 

[Duane Allman]

 

[dreppucci007]

Man that little bit of gun-porn is makin me hot and bothered

Perhaps this will help:

 

[Weerd Beard]

Perhaps this will help:

Nah I just shot livinginwatertown's Mossberg 590. That made me feel better.

 

[dreppucci007]

Nah I just shot livinginwatertown's Mossberg 590. That made me feel better.

I guess that would work, too

 

[Weerd Beard]

I guess that would work, too

Would have been perfect if he had had a bayonet for the lug