Comments on: Gun Suit Lost

By: Tam

Tam — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:21:17 +0000

I should have sued Suzuki for building a motorcycle that would fall over when hit by a Camry.

By: Joshua

Joshua — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:56:07 +0000

“index finger between the cylinder and the back of the barrel.”

Obviously that fellow didn’t watch the MythBusters treatment of this (confirmed) danger. It was quite dramatic seeing the chicken ‘fingers’ get torn off by the gasses.

By: Mikee

Mikee — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:27:29 +0000

As a novice shooter plinking at the range with my Ruger 22LR pistol I watched the guy in the next station blast away with his massive Remington black powder cap & ball revolver. It was the very definition of a “hogleg” and made a mighty percussion with jets of fire and smoke. Of course it took many minutes to reload after each cylinder.

He noted my admiration and offered me a shot or two. As I tried a one handed grip, the revolver pointed at the floor about 5 feet from where I stood. He suggested two hands, not unkindly.

I tried to grip the revolver barrel, like a carbine without a buttstock, and he laughed and stopped me before I blew my hand off, with the cylinder to barrel gap right about at my wrist. He showed me a proper two handed hold (which I was close to, pretty instinctively, with my weenie 22LR pistol).

I shot twice. The first time was magnificent. The second I learned that one can instinctively flinch waiting for a black powder firearm to finish after the trigger is pulled.

Good memories of a very friendly shooter, but I am left with the certainty that I’d have hurt myself without his expert supervision of my novice effort.

When I bought a centerfire revolver, I actually read the manual. It helped.

By: Davidwhitewolf

Davidwhitewolf — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:06:20 +0000

Replace “Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act” with “Castle Doctrine Statute” and “gun makers” with “defensive shooter” and you’ve got my argument for CCW insurance in a nutshell. The law may be on your side, but you may very well need an expensive lawyer to prove it before you’re all done. CCW insurance makes that (relatively) painless.