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Gun Guide

Learn all about guns — from handguns and shotguns to Uzis and AK-47s — from Police Officer Keith Charley in these Howcast videos.

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How to Shoot Guns with Keith Charley

Transcript Hi, my name is Keith Charley. I have been shooting guns for most of my life. I am an active police officer right now. I’ve been a police officer for 16 years. Started out with the New York City Police Department and I have moved on to the Suffolk County Police Department where I …

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How to Oil a Gun

Transcript Today we’re going to talk about how to oil a gun. There’s several types of guns out there and most guns take apart and go back together differently, different parts. But for the most part on a gun, any main moving part inside the gun needs a little bit of oil once the gun …

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How to Clean a Gun

Transcript Today we’re going to talk about some gun cleaning basics and tips. First thing you want to do before you clean a gun is make sure the gun is safe and empty. So you want to move your ammo source. And check the gun and make sure it’s empty. Once you’ve done that you’re …

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How to Store a Gun

Transcript Today, we’re going to talk a little bit about how to store a gun at home safely. When storing guns in your home, the first thing that you have to decide is where you’re going to store them, what part of your house and what kind of guns are going to be stored. Do …

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How to Use a Gun Safety Lock

Transcript Today we’re going to talk about how to use a gun safety lock. First thing you want to do when you want to lock up a gun and make it safe is to make sure the gun is empty. So, first thing you do is remove your magazine, lock back your slide and make …

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6 Gun Safety Tips

Transcript Today, we’re going to talk about some gun safety tips. There’s lots of things you could do to be safe with a gun. The first most important thing is if you’re a beginner, you should take a licensed NRA course. They’ll teach you all the basics, shooting, safety, everything. Get you ready to shoot. …

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How to Conceal a Gun

Transcript Today, we’re going to talk about how to conceal a gun. If you’re carrying a gun concealed, that pretty much means you don’t want anyone to know you have it. So, the first thing you have to do is decide which gun you’re going to carry and where on your body you want to …

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How to Carry a Handgun

Transcript Today I’m going to talk about how to carry a handgun. There’s several different ways to carry a handgun. First of all, you have to decide whether you’re going to be carrying concealed or not concealed. Then you have to look at your purposes, are you carrying for law enforcement purposes? Are you carrying …

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What Is a .44 Magnum?

Transcript Today we’re going to talk about what is a .44 magnum. A 44 Magnum, as you can see by the .44 Magnum Desert Eagle, is a very, very powerful round. Magnum designation comes from a, originally a .44 was a regular round, and what they did was they made it a little bigger, with …

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What Is a Gun’s Caliber?

Transcript Today we’re going to talk about what is a gun’s caliber. A commonly heard word is “caliber” of a gun. You hear whether it’s a 45 caliber or you hear sometimes in metric is a 9mm. Basically a caliber is the diameter of the projectile fired or the barrel itself. It’s broken down and …

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Rimfire vs. Center Fire

Transcript Today we’re going to talk about rimfire versus center fire cartridges. Rimfire and center fire cartridges are the two cartridges used in guns today. We’ll start with rimfire. Rimfire was the first cartridge that was developed back in 1800s. Basically the back of a rimfire cartridge has no primer in the back. The entire …

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Types of Bullets

Transcript Today we’re going to talk about types of bullets and the anatomy of a bullet. What’s commonly referred to as a bullet is really called a shell or a cartridge. The bullet is actually just the end that will project out of a shell. There’s several types of bullets or shells or cartridges out …

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How to Buy Ammunition

Transcript Today we’re going to talk about how to buy ammunition. When looking to buy ammunition for any particular gun, first thing you do is decide which type of gun you’re going to buy the ammunition for. Once you know that, you have to think about what the ammunition is going to be used for, …

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Gun Shop Etiquette

Transcript Today we’re going to discuss basic gun shop etiquette. When purchasing a gun, the first thing you need to do is find a gun shop. The easiest way to do this, if you don’t know where one is already, you can look online, you can do a search, if you have the local yellow …

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How to Buy a Gun

Transcript Today we’re going to talk about how to buy a gun. When you are looking to buy a gun, the first thing you need to do is take a training course and learn the basics of shooting and gun safety. Once you’ve done that, you need to check with your local municipality, whether you’re …

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How to Pick the Right Gun for You

Transcript A lot of factors come into play when you’re trying to decide which is the right gun for you. First thing you gotta think about: What do I want the gun for? You want it for home defense, personal protection to carry, are you going to the shooting range just to do target shooting, …

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Types of Guns

Transcript Today we’re going to talk about different types of guns on the market today. What I like to do is we like to categorize guns. There are two different kinds. Basically, you have handguns and long guns. Once you have that, you can categorize them into different subcategories. With handguns, for example, you have …

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Understanding the Parts of a Gun

Transcript Today we’re going to talk about understanding the different parts of a gun. There’s several types of guns out there and they’re all different but most of them have a lot of similarities. We’ll start with an automatic pistol such as this right here. The basic parts of this gun. You have the frame …

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How Does a Gun Work?

Transcript Today we’re going to talk about how a gun works. Now, there are several types of guns out there in lockers today and they all work differently, but they all share a lot of common similarities. So, basically a gun, the first thing it needs is ammunition such as this. This is a 44 …

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Jam-Clearing Drills for an Automatic Gun

Transcript Today, we’re going to talk about some common jams in semi-automatic pistols and how to clear them. The first jam clearing drill we want to talk about is you pull your weapon out, you go to fire and nothing happens. Okay, the first thing you do, tap the bottom of the magazine to make …

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How to Load a Magazine

Transcript Today we’re going to discuss how to load the magazine for a semi-automatic pistol. First thing you do is you take the magazine. I like to use my left hand. Get a nice firm grip on it. Take your rounds in your right hand. What I do is for the first round, I’m going …

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5 Shooting Tips

Transcript Today we’re going to talk about some basic shooting fundamentals. First thing, when shooting, you want to think about is your position. With your position is your stance. You either have your isosceles stance like this or you’re taking your weaver stance like such. From there you want to talk about aiming. Aiming is …

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2 Shooting Stances

Transcript Today we’re going to talk about different shooting stances. There are two basic shooting stances that are used mostly today. They are the weaver stance and the isosceles stance. The weaver stance is the typical stance for most target shooting. A lot of law enforcement academies used to teach this way. You’re going to …

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11 Shooting Range Safety Tips

Transcript Today we’re going to discuss some shooting range safety tips. The first thing you want to think about when you’re going to the shooting range is to make sure that you’re not drinking any alcohol or under the influence of any type of prescription or recreational drugs. It’s very important. You want to have …

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How to Shoot a Shotgun

Transcript Today we’re going to talk about how to shoot a Mossberg 500 Pump Action 12-gauge shotgun. This is the Mossberg 500. This is a pistol-grip shotgun. I have a folding stock put on it so you can fire this gun like a pistol-grip shotgun or if you depress this button right here, you can …

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How to Disassemble an Uzi

Transcript Today we’re going to talk about how to disassemble the 9mm Uzi. The first thing you want to do before disassembling the Uzi is to make sure the gun is safe and empty. So you remove the magazine, pull the action back, do a quick visual inspection and make sure there’s no bullets left …

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How to Assemble an Uzi

Transcript Today we’re going to talk about how to assemble the 9mm Uzi. The first thing you want to do if your bolt is apart is put the firing pin back on the bolt. So what you do is you grab your bolt here and slide the firing pin on. The firing pin will slide …

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How to Shoot an Uzi

Transcript Today we’re going to talk about how to shoot the 9mm Uzi submachine gun. This is the Uzi submachine gun. It can be fired 2 ways, in pistol mode like this or if you want to extend the stock, push it down, pull it out, lock it into place. It gives you a little …

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How to Shoot a Walther G22

Transcript Today we’re going to talk about how to shoot the Walter G22 rifle. This is the Walter G22. It’s a 22 caliber bullpup rifle. The first thing you do is load the weapon. This particular gun holds a spare magazine in the stock here. So you’re going to remove the magazine which is already …

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Walther G22 Review

Transcript Today we’re going to go over the Walker G22 Bullpup Rifle. The Walker G22 is a great little rifle. It’s a 22 caliber so it’s very inexpensive to shoot. It doesn’t kick. It’s a good beginner gun for children or anyone who’s just learning to shoot. It’s a lot of fun and has a …

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How to Assemble & Disassemble a Remington 700

Transcript Today we’re going to talk about how to disassemble and then reassemble the Remington 700 sniper rifle. First thing you want to do before disassembling the weapon is to make sure the weapon is empty. With this gun you want to bring the bolt up and back. Visually inspect it to make sure there’s …

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How to Disassemble an AK-47

Transcript Today we’re going to talk about how to disassemble the AK-47 Assault Rifle. The first thing you want to do before disassembling the rifle is to make sure the rifle is safe and empty. So you want to remove the magazine from the weapon. Place that down. Then you’re going to bring the action …

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How to Assemble an AK-47

Transcript Today we’re going to talk about how to assemble the AK-47 Assault Rifle. The first thing you do to put this gun back together is you’re going to take your bolt, you put the firing pin back in and then you’re going to line it up so the curve is on the top like …

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AK-47 Review

Transcript Today we’re going do a basic overview of the AK47 Assault Rifle. The AK47 Assault Rifle is a 762mm rifle. It’s probably the most widely used assault rifle in the world. Vast, vast portion of the world’s armies use this as their standard infantry assault rifle. It’s very powerful. It’s very, very dependable. It’s …

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Accessories for an M4

Transcript Today we’re going to talk about some common accessories for the M4 Assault Rifle. I have this rifle set up here. The first thing I did was put a quad rail system on here. This is one, two, three, four rails on this gun where you can add most of your accessories right to …

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How to Disassemble an M4 .223

Transcript Today we’re going to talk about how to disassemble the M-4 Assault Rifle. This is the M-4 Assault Rifle. It’s going to be the same dis-assembly as any AR-15. They’re all going to be the same. The first thing you want to do is you want to make sure this gun is safe and …

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How to Assemble an M4 .223

Transcript Today we’re going to talk about how to assemble the M4 Assault Rifle. As you can see, we have the Assault Rifle disassembled. The first thing you need to do is put the bolt back into the upper receiver. So what you want to do is you have your bolt carrier here and your …

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How to Disassemble a Walther PPK .380

Transcript Today we’re going to talk about how to disassemble the Walter PPK 380 caliber pistol. The first thing you want to do before disassembling a gun is to make sure the gun is safe and empty. Start by removing the magazine. Pulling the slide back and checking to make sure there’s no round in …

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How to Assemble a Walther PPK .380

Transcript Today we’re going to talk about how to assemble the Walter PPK 380 pistol. The first thing you need to do is you take your pistol and you want to put the spring back onto the barrel. Just slides right over into place. From there you need to put the slide back on. You’re …

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How to Shoot a Walther PPK .380

Transcript Today we’re going to talk about how to shoot the Walter PPK 380 caliber semi-automatic pistol. This is the Walter PPK. First step, you take your fully loaded magazine and you’re going to insert it into the magazine well and makes sure its seeded well. The second thing you’re going to do is rack …

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How to Disassemble a Walther P99

Transcript Today we’re going to talk about how to disassemble a Walther P99, nine millimeter pistol. Before you disassemble the gun the first thing you want to do is make sure the gun is safe and empty. First you remove the magazine from the gun and rack the slide back and lock it into place. …

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How to Assemble a Walther P99

Transcript Today we’re going to talk about how to assemble the Walther P99 9mm pistol. The first thing you do, you have your gun disassembled and cleaned. Take your slide, you want to put the barrel back into the slide. You do this by putting the end of the barrel in first and slide it …

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How to Shoot a Walther P99

Transcript Today we’re going to discuss how to shoot the Walter P99 semi-automatic pistol. This is the Walter P99 pistol. You notice the slide is locked back. The gun is empty. First step, take your loaded magazine, insert it into the magazine well, snap it into place so you know it’s seeded properly. From there …

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How to Shoot a Smith & Wesson .357 Magnum

Transcript Today we’re going to talk about how to shoot the Smith & Wesson 357 Magnum. This is the Smith & Wesson 357 Magnum 4 inch barrel revolver. The first thing you need to do is open the cylinder. Slide the cylinder lock forward here and push the cylinder out. Once the cylinder’s out you’re …

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Smith & Wesson .357 Magnum Review

Transcript Today we’re going to discuss the Smith & Wesson 357 Magnum. The Smith & Wesson 357 Magnum is an excellent gun. It’s a 6 shot revolver that shoots 357 rounds and will also shoot 38 rounds if you feel so inclined. They have the same diameter so it will shoot from both guns. This …

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How to Disassemble a Smith & Wesson .45

Transcript Today we’re going to talk about how to disassemble the Smith & Wesson 45 caliber Model 4516 pistol. First thing you want to do before disassembling the gun is to make sure the gun is safe and empty. So you want to remove the magazine from the gun and rack the slide back. There …

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How to Assemble a Smith & Wesson .45

Transcript Today we’re going to talk about how to assemble the Smith & Wesson 45 caliber pistol Model 4516. First step you need to do is you take your slide, you’re going to put the barrel back on the slide. This is done by sliding the front of the barrel in, just letting it seed …

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How to Shoot a Smith & Wesson .45

Transcript Today we’re going to talk about how to shoot the Smith & Wesson Model 4516 semi-automatic pistol. This is the Smith & Wesson 45 caliber Model 4516 semi-automatic pistol. As you can see, you start with the weapon is unloaded. The slide is locked back. Take your loaded magazine. You can insert it into …

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How to Disassemble a Desert Eagle .44

Transcript Today we’re going to talk about how to disassemble the Desert Eagle 44. The first thing you want to do before disassembling the gun is to make sure the gun is safe and empty. First thing you want to release the magazine and remove it from the gun. From there you want to draw …

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How to Assemble a Desert Eagle .44

Transcript Today we’re going to talk about how to reassemble the Desert Eagle 44. First step in reassembling is putting the springs back into the slide. It’s going to get a little tricky so with a little practice you’ll be able to get it. On the springs there’s a little notch right at the edge …

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How to Shoot a Desert Eagle .44

Transcript Today we’re going to discuss how to shoot the Desert Eagle 44 Magnum. This is the Desert Eagle 44 Magnum. Notice the slide is locked back. You’re going to take your loaded magazine and insert it into the magazine well like such, and slap it in. On this particular gun, it’s going to feel …

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Desert Eagle .44 Review

Transcript Today we’re going to talk about the Desert Eagle 44 magnum. The Desert Eagle 44 magnum is one of the most powerful pistols you can get. It’s also one of the coolest. The gun is made by IMI, made in Israel. That’s a 44 magnum gas operated pistol. It’s a very powerful gun. Lots …

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How to Disassemble a Glock 23

Transcript Today we’re going to go over how to disassemble the Glock 23. This is the Glock 23. It’s a 40 caliber Glock hand gun. When you’re going to disassemble it the first thing you want to do is make sure the gun is safe and empty. The first thing you do is you remove …

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How to Assemble a Glock 23

Transcript [music in background] Today we’re going to talk about how to assemble a Glock 23. Here in front of me I have a disassembled Glock 23. First thing you want to do is make sure you have all of your components and they’re all nice and clean. OK. The first thing I do is …

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How to Shoot a Glock 23

Transcript Today’s we’re going to learn how to shoot the Glock 23 semi-automatic pistol. This is the Glock 23. Notice it’s unloaded. The slide’s locked and back. Take your fully loaded magazine and you’re going to insert it in the magazine well. Make sure you slap it in so that it’s seeded properly. And you’re …

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Glock 23 Review

Transcript Today we’re going to discuss an overview of the Glock 23 40 caliber pistol. This is the Glock 23. It’s a 40 caliber pistol. It’s one of the most popular pistols out there for law enforcement use. It’s an automatic. The gun will hold 13 rounds in the magazine plus an additional one in …

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