Want to lose a finger?
- Thread starter billybob
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Couple years ago we tried holding double corrugated cardboard up alongside the cylinder gap when firing a 500 S&W and a 460. The 500 cut through 2 pieces like butter, while the 460 actually rip the cardboard into 1/2 dozen pieces and sent it flying.
Barnes_270
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I normally don't play grammar police, but what is it these days with "loose" being written when "lose" is the intended word? This error wasn't at all common five years ago, it seems, but it's everywhere today.
"loose" rhymes with "moose"; "lose" rhymes with "snooze." I've even seen this error in newspapers - so much for having an editor.
Ok, minor rant off.
Nice picture, and yes, a good warning to keep those fingers safe.
"loose" rhymes with "moose"; "lose" rhymes with "snooze." I've even seen this error in newspapers - so much for having an editor.
Ok, minor rant off.
Nice picture, and yes, a good warning to keep those fingers safe.
, OP !....NOT arguing the fact that you don't want your fingers beside the barrel/cylinder gap, but I would be interested in seeing the above video without the paper sticking past the end of the barrel. I am not sure how much of the shredded paper is from the barrel/cylinder gap and how much is plain old muzzle blast!
Had my Dad shoot my 454 casul Freedom Arms ONCE using heavy loads. Tried to coach him on how to hold, shoot etc, he told me to get lost kid. Well the swearing and bleeding from his palm put a vindicating smile on my face
Had my Dad shoot my 454 casul Freedom Arms ONCE using heavy loads. Tried to coach him on how to hold, shoot etc, he told me to get lost kid. Well the swearing and bleeding from his palm put a vindicating smile on my face
Ha! Well I bet that's how he taught you not to touch the hot stove. You touched it, he laughed, now payback was a b!tch.
Great pic in the OP.
Watch the video again. The folded up target is cut quite convincingly along the angle it was held at and even with the front face of the cylinder. In the slo-mo at the end you can see the forward portion flutter away relatively intact while the band of paper where the gap is simply turns into confetti.
Some day I'll have to try this same trick with my 44Mag using a chicken wing tied to a stick.
Colt revolving rifles
Longknife
The period ads show a Colt 'Militiaman' shooting a revolving rifle in the appropriate manner - left had under the trigger guard, assuming a right handed shooter.
In one of the John Wayne dusters, a good ol' boy Deputy is armed with a Colt revolving rifle and there is a scene where he is shooting it with his left hand ahead of the cylinder gap.
I was hoping he'd flinch in the flick. Even though he was shooting blanks, there would be a flash.
Longknife
The period ads show a Colt 'Militiaman' shooting a revolving rifle in the appropriate manner - left had under the trigger guard, assuming a right handed shooter.
In one of the John Wayne dusters, a good ol' boy Deputy is armed with a Colt revolving rifle and there is a scene where he is shooting it with his left hand ahead of the cylinder gap.
I was hoping he'd flinch in the flick. Even though he was shooting blanks, there would be a flash.
There was a thread a couple of years back with a picture to prove it happened.
A shooter at a club , a women I think , basically severed her thumb from the base of the nail to the tip. Nasty image.....
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A shooter at a club , a women I think , basically severed her thumb from the base of the nail to the tip. Nasty image.....
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I once owned a replica .44 Remington cap and ball revolving rifle. I learned quickly not to put a hand in front of the cylinder!
You couldn't even hold your cheek down on the stock to aim, as you would on a normal rifle. Bits of exploded cap would rip into your cheek! I was glad I wore shooting glasses.
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, engineering at its... "finest"?
