MagnumDweeb
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Before I ever saw a Dirty Harry movie I remember wathcing 'Alien Nation' with my Dad, he's a big closet Sci-fi guy. I remember the use of the .454 Casull and being in awe of its power and strength. I think I was about five or six(I'm only 25 now). I remember not being able to stop talking about it, it was favorite imaginary gun when I played 'War' with my friends. Making the loud booming sound in slow buildup.Then I later later saw the Dirty Harry movies, 'Deadpool' is my favorite for some reason when I know there is 'Sudden Impact' with its more memorable lines.
And then when I later saw Death Wish 3 (I think I saw it before any of the others) and the .475 Wieldey. Go figure that my dad was an anti, I finally converted him after my parents neighborhood started going down hill. And later when I saw my grandpa's(my mom's dad) Ruger Blackhawk .44 Magnum I think I was hooked. Yeah I like my snub nose .357s(don't own a .38 and probably never will unless i get one left or given to me), but I'll always love my Ruger Blackhawks(and Supers). I really need to get a camera to post them. I like my Ruger Redhawks in .44 Magnum, and I've been pondering a few .454 Casull projects(shortened 3.5" barrels, cut for moonclips to also be able to shoot .45 ACP) if I can find some used redhawks in rough shape.
I want to get a ATF legal short barreled double barrel shotgun with the stock removed, ten inches. A .69 caliber slug shot leaving around 1000fps would be as far as I'm willing to pus the hand cannon love, but I can't help but think it would be cool to just have one for the fun of just having one, a little useless over priced toy for grown men much corvettes or blonde girlfriends(when they become wives they are no longer toys) lol.
I'll probably never own a .500 magnum, just can't get into them, i've fondled them in the gunshops, and maybe if I fired one I'd fall for it but I think I'm too utilitarian because I like the .460 better. You can get the .460, .454, and .45LC, and after a visit to a gunsmith like pinnacle you can shoot .45 ACP.
I don't know what drives my love for hand cannons. I compare it to the other parts of my life. I don't care for sports cars, give me a four wheel drive truck with a V-8 any day of the week. I like the simplicity because most handcannons are revolvers, I don't consider 1911s hand cannons unless they have gotten the .460 Rowland conversion that allows them to perform in the .44 magnum range. The one shot, takes out anything standing performance, at least how many view it even if wrongly.
I hold an 1911 in my hands and I feel the simplicity and reliability of the model. I hold a Redhawk .44 Magnum and it's a thing to behold and be in awe of, you just have to unload it and pull the hammer back and decock it safely a few times before reloading it and putting it back.
Thoughts, opinions
And then when I later saw Death Wish 3 (I think I saw it before any of the others) and the .475 Wieldey. Go figure that my dad was an anti, I finally converted him after my parents neighborhood started going down hill. And later when I saw my grandpa's(my mom's dad) Ruger Blackhawk .44 Magnum I think I was hooked. Yeah I like my snub nose .357s(don't own a .38 and probably never will unless i get one left or given to me), but I'll always love my Ruger Blackhawks(and Supers). I really need to get a camera to post them. I like my Ruger Redhawks in .44 Magnum, and I've been pondering a few .454 Casull projects(shortened 3.5" barrels, cut for moonclips to also be able to shoot .45 ACP) if I can find some used redhawks in rough shape.
I want to get a ATF legal short barreled double barrel shotgun with the stock removed, ten inches. A .69 caliber slug shot leaving around 1000fps would be as far as I'm willing to pus the hand cannon love, but I can't help but think it would be cool to just have one for the fun of just having one, a little useless over priced toy for grown men much corvettes or blonde girlfriends(when they become wives they are no longer toys) lol.
I'll probably never own a .500 magnum, just can't get into them, i've fondled them in the gunshops, and maybe if I fired one I'd fall for it but I think I'm too utilitarian because I like the .460 better. You can get the .460, .454, and .45LC, and after a visit to a gunsmith like pinnacle you can shoot .45 ACP.
I don't know what drives my love for hand cannons. I compare it to the other parts of my life. I don't care for sports cars, give me a four wheel drive truck with a V-8 any day of the week. I like the simplicity because most handcannons are revolvers, I don't consider 1911s hand cannons unless they have gotten the .460 Rowland conversion that allows them to perform in the .44 magnum range. The one shot, takes out anything standing performance, at least how many view it even if wrongly.
I hold an 1911 in my hands and I feel the simplicity and reliability of the model. I hold a Redhawk .44 Magnum and it's a thing to behold and be in awe of, you just have to unload it and pull the hammer back and decock it safely a few times before reloading it and putting it back.
Thoughts, opinions