Talk:Bump fire

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[edit] Do people really do this?

I see there's now a couple sources.. but do people really do this? I can't imagine how it could possibly be useful. Is it just some guy with a website who talks about this? From google, it looks like most mentions of "bump fire" are talking about nail guns. Friday (talk) 21:45, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Its a slang term
I can provide plenty of links to discussion boards but very few links to reputable websites because it is a slang term. Yes, people really do it just like people shake up champagne bottles and spray them everywhere rather than drinking the champagne: there is no real benefit to rapidly shooting off an entire magazine from the hip, but it is fun to do it. You are trading accuracy and safety for rapid fire of a semi-automatic rifle (usually to show off to your friends). Go to Yahoo.com and type in "bump fire" -nail

It's the only term for the practice that I know of. I guess it's formally called "simulating automatic fire by rapidly firing a semiautomatic firearm". I found this letter from the US gov, which also calls it "bump-fire" (but notes that bump fire is a "vernacular [term] used in firearms culture". [1] —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jumping cheese (talk • contribs) 07:00, 13 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Rifles only?

I once saw a video of a guy bump-firing a TEC-22 pistol. I thik the wording should be changed to:

Bump firing is the simulated automatic firing of a semi-automatic weapon, usually a rifle. CeeWhy2 23:24, 16 March 2007 (UTC)