Things to NEVER DO with these classics! 

I could feel the cameraman's anxiety as he was desperately trying to get that cartridge in focus.

Watching Jerry presenting with a picture of himself on his t-shirt is the best thing I've seen all day.

Mr. Miculek is the only guy in the world who can get away with wearing a t-shirt with his own face on it.

I love this guy. He is the chillest coolest smartest grandpa out there on YT

This boils down to always feed ammo from the magazine.

As a brand new 1911 owner and someone with a lot of prior firearm knowledge, this video taught me to stop dropping rounds right into the chamber. Did it at the range just a few days ago. I would have never thought that would damage the weapon. This video may have just saved my extractor!

In talking about the primer difference between commercial and military, I had an experience with this about 23 years ago. While shooting bulk ammo I purchased for my SKS I hadn’t realized there was a few Winchester factory rounds on a few of the stripper clips. Upon loading and the bolt closing it slam fired 4 rounds like full auto. The range master was pissed until he saw the look of shock on my face as well. Thankfully, I had good control of the rifle and all rounds went down range “safely” into the backstop. Pay attention and be careful.

My favorite drinking game is to take a shot every time Jerry says "platform". I just watched four of his videos in a row and now I'm pretty sure I have dain bramage.

I know you are the king of speed but to me you are the king of safety. Bless you.

I've been around firearms all my life, well, since I was about seven years old. That gives me around sixty years experience. When I was a young Marine I always qualified expert. Jerry's channel is my favorite not only because of his knowledge of the subject, which is vast, but also because of the emphasis he puts on safety. Safety first, kids. Always.

Small point, 'cooking off' usually is caused when firing a lot of rounds rapidly, causing the bullet chamber to overheat, causing the powder in the cartridge to ignite from the heat instead of the firing pin.

Floating firing pins on military rifles are extremely common, while it may cause a slamfire it's exceedingly rare. The real reason you don't want to load directly into the chamber instead of from a magazine is causing undue wear on the extractor having to jump over the rim.

Might consider covering the "22 dry fire" thing too.

I appreciate your level of safety and explaining it as you go

It is so good that a person with Jerry's knowledge and status would demonstrate the proper and improper method of loading these very popular firearms. I received this education from a Korean War era veteran who made his life's work as an armour on military small arms. His favorite weapon was a 1911 style pistol. He never saw a bad 1911 just some better than others.

Love learning something with Jerry. These are my favorite videos. I like the shooting fast ones of course but these have a lot more weight to them. Knowledge is power.

Jerry would love to hear more on the internal vs external extractor for 1911s.

Thank you Jerry. I conceal carry a 1911 in the summertime (my holster conceals better with a t-shirt) but I've always dropped an extra round in the bore and dropped the slide forward, I had no clue it was dangerous to my firearm. This video could even potentially save my life if I've broken my extractor and got into a self defense situation. I appreciate everything you do! Thanks again.

One of the greatest things I admire about Mr. Miculek, is that he almost always focuses and stresses safety in firearms use with his videos. He is a consummate professional and a person who truly cares about shooters and the shooting sports. Thank you, Mr. Miculek

I was at the range once when a guy 2 lanes over had his SKS go "full auto" on him. The slam fire got everyone's attention. The range office made him quit shooting his SKS.

Interesting you are talking about reloading and the primers back in the 80's my dad reloaded .308 and we had a Galil that would double on non-military primers.

Love you Jerry. I accidentally received powder burns on my index finger once, from my S&W 357. At first I thought i blew my finger off. I was aiming at a target, with my stupid finger up against the cylinder. The gun had a hair trigger and, well the wind blew. Had black dots buried in my finger for months, but it quit hurting fairly quick and we continued practice with an extra dose of safety.

You will also see light primer strikes in all free floating firing pin design like the AR/M4's. Check your primer when you release the bolt on an AR15 and you will see the same thing as classics. This is one reason why we teach and tell people not to chamber the same round in an AR15. Chambering the same round multiple of times can lead to the round going off.

Thank you Jerry . This is great to know info. You just might have saved a persons life by this information. great video !

Thanks for the good tips Jerry. I'm trying to learn more about classic firearms and this is great information to have in the toolbox

These classics might end up being extremely important in the near future

Thanks for always being the consummate teacher. You always do the gun culture, and shooting world a great service. Alot of us already know some of these tidbits of wisdom, but for the new shooters, it's always good to have a great teacher.

Thank you Jerry. This is something that I never really thought about before. I feel like I learned something in school today. You are absolutely the best teacher that anybody could have.

How do I get one of those shirts? On second thought, with my beer belly it would make you look like Jay Lenno with a mustache.

My old browning auto 5 does something similar. Noticed that one day when i unloaded after deer hunting. The primer on the slug i had in the chamber was slightly dented. That would have been a quick wake up. Load the chamber and have a slug fire off into the dirt at my feet.

Thanks, Jerry. Always good to see a pro sharing information, especially on safety.

Jerry, Sir, you bring info to my attention that I may have truly never considered. Thank You very much. You are a mentor to all firearm enthusiasts, young and old, beginner and pro.

This was a great video. I use a 30 carbine for HD and this gave me some good insight. Thank you much sir!

“We have no live rounds out here today” Proceeds to put in ear pro.

Great as usual! Learning from you Jerry is a pleasure. Your teaching style reminds me of a retired military/LE weapons instructor I had once. Calm smooth confident.

Excellent demonstration and safety recommendations, thank you Jerry!

"but that's just me" that's a strong statement from this man ..

Appreciate y’all from Texas ^^

I love your safety routine. Inserting the orange plug even when you know their empty and unloaded. Good education. KUDOS TO YOU.

This is an excellent video to show people for safety. Thank you Jerry. Delayed roller guns can do the exact same thing.

Single loading directly into the chamber of an M1 is a totally acceptable manner of loading them in Highpower. Especially for your prone slow fire. ARs will also dimple the primer, and directly loading the chamber is also acceptable in Highpower. Some of your long range 5.56 loads will have bullets so long (because their heavy), that they cannot be loaded from the magazine.

I love how when he put his ear protection on he looked up to make sure the camera operator had his on. 👌

Hello Mr.Miculek i believe what you call slingshotting is termed "slam firing" on the paperwork provided by springfield armory on their M1A rifles. Happens when we dont use mil-spec primers. I would also like to thank you for the info on the 1911 platform. I just recently got into this hobby and it is one of my favorite firearms!

Thank you for the safety tips, I think these tips are useful tips for all fire arms, not just the older ones. As again , thank you for the tips, enjoy your time at the range.

Great info thank you! I believe I get the science of it. It would be nice to see the difference between and internal and I assume an external extractor. I’m thinking an external is as on a Glock. I have a newer 1911 so now I’ll have to look into the mechanics of it. I have herd it said that you should load the chamber from the mag then extract the mag to top it off. Now I know why. This could account for people who say there gun jams with certain ammo. Ammo I’ve never had a problem with. Perhaps they have damaged their extractor. TY Jerry for all you and your family do.

I was about 6 when my pa taught this to me... still remember

Great video as always Jerry. I learned about the extractor thing when I got my first pistol because I examined it slowly feeding the round. It would be good to note the ar15 and ar10 platforms can hit the primer as well when the bolt is slammed closed.

That’s really good advice. I’ve seen people do that however I’ve never seen one detonate but I now know it could. Thanks Jerry

Thanks for tips Jerry... I feel bad for my 1911 now... I was messing up my extractor.

Didn't know my 1911 extractor worked like that I have an internal extractor

Thanks Jerry, Learn something new everyday from guys like you. Keep up the good work!

Another tip with the SKS. Make sure you disassemble your bolt and get ALL the cosmoline out of there. Because of the floating firing pin, cosmoline can cause the firing pin to get stuck in the forward position, thus even when loading correctly you can get slam fires if you aren't careful.

You never want to accidentally slam fire a semiauto. Dropping a round directly into the chamber and then closing the bolt is never really a good practice, especially on older platforms with no mechanism built in to prevent slam firing. If you want to carry it with a full mag plus one in the pipe, load one round in the mag, chamber it, then pull the mag and load it.

Corrosive rounds with an SKS can be bad news if you don't clean it thoroughly after a day of shooting.

Very helpful instruction. Thanks Jerry!

Learned something new today. Thanks Jerry!

Jerry- "Don't do these things." Also Jerry: does these things.

Come on camera man, teach Jerry how to help the auto focus on your close ups.

This man is the best, I appreciate you sharing your time and experience with us mr. miculek. Thank you

Thank you sir.... It's always good to have someone as knowledgeable as yourself...

My brother in law had an sks that had a frozen firing pin in the forward position. He pulled the trigger and it slam fired the entire 10 rounds. Scary stuff.

I do this occasionally when I forget clips or I'm testing a new load for my garand, however when I do it I ride the bolt about halfway for this sort of reason

Thank you, Jerry for a very informative video. I will say that your level of professionalism is refreshing. Excellent gun and range safety.

Great lesson. Thank you Jerry

I haven't seen camera work like this since the Zapruder film.

I’ve had light primer marks from my ar 15 from my wife “slingshotting” the charging handle. Glad to have learned that lesson with no injuries. I guess it doesn’t really matter if it’s an old gun or not.

Thanx for the safety training Sir.

Thanks Jerry for another great demostation of how ,why & never You Sir are a blessing for all

Back in the early 90's my friends and I got SKS's as they were just being imported, cosmoline and all for about 100 apiece. One of us had a slamfire at the range and it soured me on the sks. Otherwise it shot well but I was always very wary of them

Actually, it's called, a slam fire. Cooking off, is an over heating issue. OMG, did I just correct my idol?!

This was great I love learning new things And Jerry is full of knowledge so I love when he shares it so thanks Jerry

Really great info Jerry~! Thank you. I learned something today.

When you are watching a Jerry Miculek video and its interrupted by an ad featuring Jerry Miculek.

So was that the unicorn I hear about? A 30 caliber magazine clip?

Thank you for making this video. I have an M1A and I have done that exact thing several times I won't be anymore though.

Good video Jerry thanks for your time I have an SKS myself I've had one for years. I have put single rounds in the chamber before but I've always eased the bolt closed then fired it

I would like to know if Mr. Miculek has ever had an accident such as an accidental discharge in his years of handling firearms, and how it changed the way he handles them now.

At 5:07 jerry actually sounds like an old man for a moment

Thanks for sharing Jerry!

Thanks for sharing this knowledge. Reading about it is one thing, seeing it demonstrated is even better!

Jerry is literally the safest Firearm youtuber i have seen he takes no chances with safety

The hornady light magnum ammo the primers where so sensitive that every round sould slam fire in my M1 Garand. if the primer in the 30-06 went off it might push the bullet into the beginning of the barrel, might want to also drill a hole lengthwise through the bullet to allow gas to exit out the front.

master class for free. can't beat that. thank you Jerry!!

Mr. Miculek brings so much expertise to the table that you just sit silent and listen.

Amazing tshirt

Bold of you to assume I have the money to buy another firearm

Thanks for the knowledge , Mr.Miculek !!!!!!!!!!

Wow! Potentially life-saving advise. Thanks, Jerry!

“Clip” the only time gangsters get it right

I was at our range and another member was at the same one with me, he pulls out his SKS loads the magazine and then rips the bolt, he never really cleaned so it went from 5 round semi to automatic sashing every round cause the firing pin was gumed up, he packed up and went home pretty quick to change the underwear luckly me or him wasn't hurt and he learned a lesson that day

I've always hated the sound of just dropping a bolt hard either way but one time i noticed my SKS started making those little dents on the primer exactly from that. This video taught me something!

I love Jerry he takes saftey seriously and his instruction and message is clear and precise no Rabbit holes all consice and professional and well done research

Firearms that have magazines are meant to be used with magazines.

Stay safe everyone during the riots.

Thanks for the information Jerry!

Enlightening!! Something that never crossed my mind. My go to home self defense rifle is a SKS.

first rule with firearms: every firearm is handle like a loadet one!

I was getting ready to go hunting one night, in the house, I was preping. Gear, laying out, over the KING SIZE BED. ..ETC Loaded up a bolt action Savage 30-30. Decided to load one in the chamber, to be sure everything was working fine. Boom... the gun went off. The bullet traveling through the wall, of the house. ---- For all the critics about the model, I could care less. I have ... lets see, ex- wife, two son's, a former mother -N-law, as witnesses. And a frigging Mobile home, still with the hole through the wall. --- Lets see, sometime around 1988, Daytona Beach Ocean Center, (GUN SHOW) saw a Savage over/under 30-30~ 20 gauge I wanted to buy. --- Also, I regret selling my Smith and Wesson .22 cal AIR RIFLE, that I bought in Orlando, Fl. When I worked at Walt Disney world, as a Boat Mechanic. ... 1978-1979 --- By the way.... try to find my Sears Pump action .22 on RU-vid. Go for it, find it? Even on Gunbroker ?? SEARS... ONLY -- Oh yeah. . Let me also add, I worked at Walt Disney world, as an arcade mechanic. Servicing the air rifles, in the shooting gallery, next to the Country Bear Jamboree.

Excellent video Jerry, thank you

Thanks Jerry, you are the man. I have heard about slam-fires with shotguns and figured they could happen on the M1 garand as well, because I have noticed the divot in the primer before. I am happy to hear this from authority. stay safe out there.