russlate
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The NYC revolver thread reminded me of some article dredged up from a story in a gunzine a decade or longer back. IIRC, the incident happened about midway during the shift from revolvers to autos.
The story goes that a patrolman had arrested an armed street punk without incident, and was kind of intrigued why the arrest had gone so smoothly. So he asked the guy after he'd put him in the cuffs and back seat what gave that he'd come very meekly?
( You have to realize backthen you could get marvelous wooden custom grips in those days. )
Do when asked, the punk pointed at the officers revolver and said, "Your'e a stone killer"! Turned out the custom grips and the fact the cop didn't feel a need to carry a wondernine but was confident in his ability to handle a situation with only a 6 shot 38 or 357 made the punk afraid the one shot the cop would fire would be fatal.
That was then, this is now. Would an officer carrying a Python, M27, 6" M19
etc., with a set of Herret's, wooden Hogues, Badger or Secret Service custom grips ( or a set of my oversized factory target grips reworked to fit my hands ) scare the average punk more than a rookie with a Glock?
What do you think?
The story goes that a patrolman had arrested an armed street punk without incident, and was kind of intrigued why the arrest had gone so smoothly. So he asked the guy after he'd put him in the cuffs and back seat what gave that he'd come very meekly?
( You have to realize backthen you could get marvelous wooden custom grips in those days. )
Do when asked, the punk pointed at the officers revolver and said, "Your'e a stone killer"! Turned out the custom grips and the fact the cop didn't feel a need to carry a wondernine but was confident in his ability to handle a situation with only a 6 shot 38 or 357 made the punk afraid the one shot the cop would fire would be fatal.
That was then, this is now. Would an officer carrying a Python, M27, 6" M19
etc., with a set of Herret's, wooden Hogues, Badger or Secret Service custom grips ( or a set of my oversized factory target grips reworked to fit my hands ) scare the average punk more than a rookie with a Glock?
What do you think?