Four ways to shoot your pistol 

On some revolvers the cylinder is easily removable, so you can throw it at your opponent and end him rightly.

the other guy is just constantly looking at Lindybeige thinking: *trigger discipline*

*Levels revolver* "Now see here!" *fires two shots* 10/10 British

Feeling confident? No *proceeds to fire at target with utmost precision*

"Now see here..." *fires two rounds* Remind me never to get into a debate with you, old bean.

Lindy has got to be the most British person on earth.

2:40 "Hooray, Adequacy!" Needs to be a shirt, mug, and bumper sticker, Yesterday.

I like how he says "ping" every time he unloads the revolver, like a mini m1 garand. Good show.

Lindy is like that really cool, aggressively British uncle everyone wishes they had, but only a few are lucky enough to have.

'Feeling confident?' 'No but let's do it anyway' I love this

Lindybeige: "Now see here!" *shoots you multiple times in the gut*

Europe: recoil was gentle and completely painless America: aight let me shoot this .50 standing up, let’s see what happens

"Horray, adequacy!" Oh how I love you Lindy

British Chap at range: "Hooray, Adequacy! American at range: "Nat, get the .50 cal.!"

the last thing you hear before you die "Now look here."

I'm disappointed. I want the horseback version

Frenchmen everywhere suddenly feel a strange quiver in the pit of their stomachs, but are not sure why

Loyd is doing less and less talking and more and more practicing. Can't wait for his next video where he will do a sword duel to the death with Skallagrim!

Your finger only ever touches the trigger if you have a screaming zulu charging you

Fifth way: holding it sideways Decreases accuracy but it looks cool

Lloyd should star in the next British Crime movie, he can be the old weapons expert that the protagonists go to to get all their guns. He would go on a long tirade about the specifications of every gun, talking about the various actions and history behind it.

As an American who has been punching holes in paper targets with handguns for 40 years, I find your beginner's take on handguns to be very interesting. In my experience, no one shoots from the hip. Hardly anyone takes the duelist stance (arm extended fully towards the target). The reason for that is purely functional. It is far more accurate to shoot with both hands on the pistol because it gives you greater stability. After a while, you cease to be a fantasy gun-slinger and forget the firearm's anti-personnel capabilities. When you shoot paper targets, that becomes the firearm's purpose and all you think about is improving your technique so as to concentrate your fire into the smallest grouping. Does a Brit actually have to leave the UK to get an opportunity to fire a handgun?

Aggressively British as always

"Thats clearly dooot dot dodooot doot dodoot shape" what a wonderful british guy, making me laugh my bollocks off.

From this pistol shooting Yank, I say Good Show. Your instincts are on point.

Keep Your Booger Hook Off The Bang Switch Until You're Ready To Release The Hate

It's hysterical to watch the guy's eyes keep going down to Lidy's finger on the trigger.

9:33 - 11:25 : Just 2 straight minutes of extreme anxiety watching that finger on the trigger

Lloyd is now on a British Intelligence watch list for going through dangerous self defense training.

"mmm, beige" - lol :D

If Bloke could get any more nervous, he was hiding it very well

Are you confident? No, but let's do it anyway. I bet we'd all be able to accomplish more in life we lived by that mentality

I feel like blokeontherange wasn't happy about your trigger safety at the start...

The first time our beige cloaked Brit is shooting a pistol!! Your American fan base is so proud, Lindy! *bald eagle shrieks in the distance*

Lindy, I know the revolver was unloaded during the discussion at 9:50, but please please please, never have your finger on the trigger unless you're about to intentionally fire. Loaded or not, its about forming muscle memory. If you watch the video back, you can even see your co-host's eyes dart back and forth between you and the weapon in what I assume in nervousness.

*_"...drill Fritz quickly."_* *LMAO....*

Lean into it, not away from it.

Trigger discipline induced anxiety on the other guy for the last few mins...

When I was in the military I was taught that if I ever had to draw a handgun and fire at someone who is extremely close you do essentially what lindybeige was saying. draw the gun and fire the first round from the hip. But then basically continue firing the handgun as you raise it up to your line of sight. Then once you get it to your line of sight get the more accurate shots off. Modern hand guns have 16-17 round magazines so the basic theory is if he is that close to you just put as many rounds Dow range as fast as possible, the odds of hitting him are really high and you have plenty of follow up shots.

"Perhaps i shouldnt have said that" 😂😂😂😂 had me dying.

Every time you swing the gun around at 11:00 bloke nervously glances at it to make sure you don't shoot someone :P

Imagine how dissapointed i was when i realized you were going to shoot at paper targets and not your pistol.

*Is in the middle of class, chewing gum* Teacher: 11:00

"Huzzah! Adequacy!" My new motto XD

trigger discipline, trigger discipline, trigger discipline, trigger discipline, trigger discipline....

I absolutely love my Webley-Scott revolvers (one .38 Mk VI, like the one you fired, and one .455 Mk IV, from the Great War). Hands down, the most beautiful Victorian handgun ever produced, even when it’s put up against the .45 Colt SA Army. It just screams “This is a professional military sidearm.” In my own opinion, of course.

Lloyd’s finger on the trigger in the tabletop making Bloke nervous, but doesn’t want to tell him to stop. Stop it Lloyd!

You should really work on not putting your finger on the trigger unless you are actually shooting. instead lay your trigger finger along the side of the frame.

anyone else worried by Lloyd's lack of trigger discipline?

Token American here, regarding the "hair trigger" of the automatic pistol you fired: In modern shooting discipline, it's considered ideal that the shot itself is always a "surprise" - this way, you can focus entirely on the fundamentals (proper stance; adequate grip with as much contact and support as possible; correct sight alignment, focusing on the front sight; smooth, consistent trigger pull). If you master these four concepts and can ignore the "bang" (not even anticipate it), you're able to take advantage of all the technology that's gone into firearms since the advent of the first auto-loading pistols and enhance your effective accuracy. If I was teaching you how to shoot and there was one major thing I'd have you adjust, it's your stance. You want to bear down on the handgun to absorb as much recoil as possible - this allows for more rapid and accurate follow-up shots, and you do that with any firearm (doesn't matter if it's a .22 pistol or a .50cal rifle). I bet if you braced forward more, you'd be able to retain and slightly enhance the accuracy you already have, plus decrease the amount of time between shots to re-align the sights.

I have always enjoyed watching people like you fire a rifle and now a handgun for the first time. It's easy to see that you had lots of fun and you're no longer afraid of firearms.

This actually some pretty respectful shooting but make me cringe when you get your fingers in front of the muzzle.

Not bad, but you finger keeps gravitating towards the trigger. Never trust a dalek to aim well. They have plungers and lasers instead of hands.

I'm glad that other guy is also staring at Lindys utter lack of trigger discipline

"Why is it a coffin shape?" The clone troopers Ki Adi Mundi training for order 66.

Lloyd shoots gun. + 4 to Masculinity. + 6 to SMV. + 8 to Freedom

You forgot gangsta-style.

This video is also an example of superb gun saftey and trigger discipline. Well done for that, best I've seen in a long long time.

I love how shocked Lindy looks after talking about putting eight in the coffin

Three points: 1) How natural did it really feel hip/center firing the revolver? My first instinct has always been to either hold the gun with two hands to keep it steady at eye level. Maybe I was infuenced subconsciously by movies and TV, but that made the most intuitive sense to me. I have a hard time inagining how anyone would be more comfortable shooting from the hip. 2) People who are used to semi-automatic pistols know the feel of the trigger and how much pressure to apply in order to fire. A novice is HIGHLY likely to fire prematurely because of the low travel of the trigger and relatively low force needed. That's 1 point for the trigger safety people. I shudder to think how many have been injured or killed by unintentional trigger pulls. 3) A point for the trigger safety fanatics out there: When Lindy is sitting at a table with an unloaded revolver, that has been checked beforehand, and has no ammunition in its barrel, it is okay for Lindy to have his finger on the trigger! These people are not unsupervised children, and the gun must be respected, but not revered as a sacred object like when a 13-year old anime fan thinks a samurai's blade must taste blood once unsheathed. Without ammunition, a revolver is no more dangerous than any other blunt object, and if both adults present in the room are aware that the gun is safe, then by all means Wyatt Earp it up.

9:33 FINGER OFF THE TRIGGER LLOYD!

Hey were you a magician or a hand model at some point? Your aesthetically pleasing loosening of grip at 1:40 is indeed aesthetic.

"They are all in a coffin... Huray..." This man :DD

Hi! A former conscript sergeant here. I've trained gun safety to recruits so here's to anyone doing this for the first time. The 5 basic steps of handling a gun safely: 1. Maintain your weapon. A clean firearm is far less likely to misfire. Cleaning your gun should happen every time you fire it. 2. Handle your weapon in a way the barrel never points to anything you don't want to shoot, particularly anyone's bodyparts. Even when you think there are no rounds in your weapon. Mistakes happen. 3. Keep the safety switch always on, only turn it off right before taking a shot. Putting it back on afterwards EVERY time should be your second nature. 4. This one doesn't apply to revolvers as it's impossible after you've loaded it. Will write it anyway. Never keep a bullet in the barrel of your weapon until you are ready to shoot. If rounds remain afterwards, unload the barrel and put the rounds back into your clip or the box of ammo. 5. The most important one. Keep your finger off the trigger until you want to shoot, and afterwards revert back to it immediately. Keep your finger straight, resting on the side of your weapon. Like you were shooting with your fingers. You are far more likely to make a mistake than it is likely for your weapon to do something unintended on its own. Human error is the most likely cause of accidents. When we were first taught about firing a weapon, they wouldn't let us load our weapons until they were sure we could control our trigger finger. There are a few more things I could say but these should get you started.

For future shooting reference, especially with shotguns and rifles, you want to lean into the shot.

I think your forgetting the dead eye technique

If you do instictive shooting for a while, it is no problem to hit a can at 20 meters from the hip. One old guy I saw, hit 25 clays in a row while trap shooting from the hip. Mister stabby from Shanghai actually filed the sights off the pistols his officers used to force them to aquire this instinctive shooting style, and it actually works very well. The Enfield has a very heavy trigger pull, but it is also the reason I have a very strong trigger finger. :)

Lloyd is suspiciously good at firing pistols… is there something we don’t know? Come to think of it, he does seem to know an awful lot about about intimidating people near the end… and he does have an odd fascination with violence… the Lindyhop Killer: Coming to a dance studio near you. He’s back. In beige.

The safety Nazi in me could not help but flinch at the end bit where he points the firearm around WITH HIS FINGER on the trigger. He violated at least three of the four basic safety procedures in that scene. Bad Lindy; no cookie for you, or your instructor!

I went to a defensive pistol class, and we drew from a holster and fired 2-6 shots at a time at a human sized target roughly 5 yards in front of us. We were taught to use both hands and aim down the sights, and I remain convinced that shooting from the hip would have led to a massive increase in inaccuracy while not being any faster whatsoever.

"now look here" is the most British thing I've ever heard before firing a pistol

the last couple minutes his finger was constantly on the trigger. I don't care whether it is loaded or unloaded, don't have your finger on the trigger if you don't plan to shoot.

Get your booger hook off the bang switch!

I'm a 65 year old American, and I've been shooting all kinds of firearms (and reloading for them, and all other things connected with firearms) since I was 5 years old. I will say: You're a natural! You did abnormally well at this. You should move to America as soon as possible.

You did a good job Lindy for a beginner, well done indeed!

I'm triggered by the trigger discipline on display here.

this next james bond for sure. make beige bond!

3:11 Lindy being extra British by starting and ending a hypothetical argument with two gentlemanly bullets. "Now look here!"

Love how he gets one arm behind like a true duelist gentleman

Shooting is fun. Ye. Also nice seing the process of someone learning this for the first time.

Hey Lindy, can you do a video on whether its viable to use a greatsword in one hand and shield in another?

No bad habits, great shooting!

You are hilarious, Lloyd. It was fun watching you learn so quickly. And, you are quite right. Let's hope to never use one of those in anger.

It's painfull to see how easily Lloyd's fingers slip to the trigger when not shooting...

Very good! Hey lindy just a reminder! Dont forget to keep the finger off the trigger when not shooting! Btw im just friendly reminding you! The reason you will hear gun people scream finger off the trigger at all times is to be done always! Only the few seconds your getting ready to shoot is it ok to to put the finger on the trigger! Its maybe annoying to be told to people who are not gun enthuthiasts but keeping finger off the trigger is a way to train your muscles so that in a high stress situtation you dont accidently squeeze your fist "which is common in adrenaline to squeeze the fist"! So yeah i love your videos and maybe you got sick of people saying this but i think reminding is not a bad thing when done in a friendly way ☺

Dalek reference!!!!! Awesome!!!!!! Instinctive shooting is still a thing but only really as a quick response ,(quick draw cowboy style.) It can be greatly improved upon if you orientate your body towards that target. ( toes, hips chest, shoulders and head at target). And only with a controlled pair or single shot, (or hammer) every subsequent shot is made with a target picture, (proper sight alignment, proper sight placement on the target). Immediate response drills incorporate all these, with the emphasis on shot placement . Great vid Keep training

I bet after this video and seeing all the comments Lindy now has excellent trigger discipline.

You forgot "gangster as fuck"

You're finding your Inner Viking!!! .....seriously. I grew up on a ranch and have always, from childhood, had guns of my own. I've never *not* taken them seriously, and the way you waved it around with your finger on the trigger, made my teeth itch!!! *However...* you'll get the hang of that too. *My* *takeaway* *here* *is,* YOU could be an extremely good shooter with some focused practice. In my long, gun-totin', experienced opinion with a whole stack of NRA badges, you're a natural...no kidding...no hyperbole...no guff. Really!!!

When he picks up the gun with his finger on the trigger the voice in my head started screaming

You definitely showed that cardboard what's what! Jolly good shooting old bean, informative and fun as always.

Lloyd pointing a gun at someone because they were chewing gum...

"Moving around like a Dalek" is the most british thing I've heard in months

Straight into the video. I love it!

Really great candid approach to shooting - I've never shot so this was very interesting.

Great clip and subject. the Fairbairn-Sykes (two men) pistol shooting method included the "double-tap" and shooting instinctively from the hip or the draw was taught to Special Operations Executive (SOE) agents, as they usually had concealed compact pistols (civilian clothing) and they may not have had time to aim, so they they could get off two quick shots ("double tap"), then escape / evade, take cover and / or do aimed shots. I don't remember if it was Fairbairn or Sykes, but one of them observed that in street fighting whoever got a shot off first dominated the fight. But nonetheless interesting to compare or the shooting positions and double action / single action methods. There's an WWII SOE Training film made in I think 1943 that the Imperial War Museum has showing the technique being taught to SOE agents: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YsDTZKbVZiw.html. Kind regards.

Another great video i only have one piece of constructive criticism, always, no matter what firearm, keep your finger out of the trigger guard until you intend to shoot. it is very important to drill that into muscle memory in order to help prevent negligent or accidental discharge of your weapon. also good work on learning how to shoot you are doing quite well.

youtube recommendations 2017: no 2018: no 2019: no 2020: yes (Great video btw)

I've never seen a video of a brit learning to shoot, but I'm glad to see it and he enjoyed it.

Oddly satisfying to see you load and eject the rounds.