What is the silliest thing you've heard in a gun discussion?

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Actually, what most likely happened is that Ayood loaded the 1911 with a .22 conversion kit. Those have almost no recoil at all- thus explaining why the girl was able to fire it. However, a .45 is a different story. Especially when it comes to cycling- The big amount of gas that exits makes the recoil about ten times as a big, and if you do not align the gun properly, you may even break your wrist from the gun.

As for the magnums- the rifling of the barrel is different! The extra grooves in the rifling of the barrel will actually spin the bullet at sub-sonic speeds- You should purchase subsonic ammunition to take full effect of the magnum enabled rifling capability.




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By a you woman, on the subject of self defense "Couldn't you just shoot them in the thigh?"
Emphatically, no.
By a person I didn't like butting into a conversation "If you want power, why not just get a .357 and be done with it?"
1.) Don't butt into conversations, especially when the participants don't like you.
2.) Make sure your input fits the conversation. We weren't talking about getting the most powerful handguns.
3.) Make sure what you say fits the criteria you set down. I like .357 Magnums, but it is simply not the most powerful (even controllable powerful) out there.
4.) Understand the pause that occurs after you talk isn't everybody being awestruck by your insights.
Did I mention I didn't (and don't) like this person?
 
another, by a 20 y.o holding my, thankfully, empty P-32,

"WOW!! You mean I can KILL somebody with this?!?"

My response,

"Not with out the bullets you can't, and you ain't gettin' those!"
("Now gimme that!!")

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19th century buffalo rifles! Reliable 1000-1500 yard kills, accuracy sufficient for head shots (OK, buffalos' heads) at those ranges. Quigley was a wannabe!

The most recent wonder I encountered is a fellow whose rolling block .45-70, shooting "authentic black powder loads," is sighted in for 1000 yards but routinely allows him to ring the gong at 1500 yards just by holding high. My ballistics program says he must be consistantly holding about 128 feet high "just by eyeballing it." (Couldn't talk him out of the location of that 1500 yard range.)
 
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.44 Mag

Then there is always the general plethora of .44 Mag "knocked me on my butt" stories (usually to include being hit between the eyes by the recoiling gun). Then they call ME a liar when I tell them my kid brother was shooting a Super Blackhawk when he was 12 and suffering nothing more than a sore trigger finger. :D

Brad
 
Suprised that no one has mentioned the stories about shooting someone with the knock down 45 ACP, hit anywhere on the body, even the pinkie and they will spin around before they are knocked flat on their back.
 
any movie where the guy getting shot with a 9mm or whatever goes flying through air as if hit with a wrecking ball and lands 25 feet away with gallons of blood spurting out of the 6 inch wide gaping hole in his chest.

Bobby
 
Lone_Gunman:

I don't know why she had just a round in her purse... surprised the heck out of me... and some people give me funny looks for bringing magazines to work about guns...
 
A discussion some time back by an idiot anti type .... talking about how revolvers need to have, or have safety catches!!:rolleyes: (There is in fact one I know of and had .. a Webley MkIV in 38 S&W .... but it was the only one I ever came across.)

Also ... The big deal of a revolver with silencer!!! Remember Lee Marvin in (I think) ''Point Blank'' ....... a 70's movie IIRC ... wonderful ''plop - plop'' when he fired :D ...... always wondered how they got the good seal on the cyl/forcing cone gap!:rolleyes:
 
Couple of shots from an M-44 knocked down a 6" diameter tree....
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Actually, that is quite possible, especially if shots are fired using P+ ammo. As a matter of fact, Winchester designed a ammo especially designed to cut down trees- It's called SXT- (Special Xterminant for Trees). The tip of the gun is designed with a hollow point curve- which spins around, acting as a saw. You can get this in P+ ammo and it'll cut down trees- AND people.


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Heres an old favorite,

If you get hit on the tip of your little finger with a .357,it will blow you off your feet! Maybe true if you have your hand over your heart!

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Actually, the .357 was designed for high velocity. Also known as cop killer bullets, the .357's have no real practical use except for penetrating through police armor. Now- this type of ammo uses sub-sonic pressures to punch through the armor, and when it strikes the skin portion of your finger tips- it'll send a pressure wave through your blood veins. Such a compressed amount of pressure- especially when from a P+ ammo, can be enough- at times, more than enough to blow apart your veins. Anything over 250grain will be deadly to anyone on the receiving end.

-DF
 
"Getting a CCW permit in California is EASY!"

:barf:

(And yes, I've actually heard that. A lot. From various cronies :rolleyes:. Yes, I'm aware that there are rural shall-issue counties, I'm not talking about those, I'm talking about urban areas.)

As to Federal carry permits:

There IS such a thing. I have a number of reports and details linked here:

http://www.ninehundred.com/~equalccw/expose.html#feds

Not that I know how to score one, but they do exist in some form.
 
From a guy looking at an Auto-Ordnance Thompson...
"These are classified as Curio & Relics, because they didn't stop making them since they started back in 1927."
If that were the case, I would be able to buy an AK-47 through the mail too.

I also seem to remember a reporter during that whole MD sniper fiasco...
"The barrel of this two-two-three caliber rifle has grooves cut into it that make the bullet spin, and give it extra killing power."
She said that like it was a big deal.

I guess no one told her that they have been doing that with rifles since about 1700, and that the definition of a rifle is a shoulder weapon with spiral grooves cut in the barrel.:rolleyes:

The next day they had this "former special forces" guy on shooting his AR-15 at the range.
I couldn't help but wonder, "why would any gun-owner want to help the press make us look like a bunch of bloodthirsty huns?"

I guess the guy was just an idiot.
No matter what, they are just gonna edit the tape to show you firing your rifle madly into the air as you curse at elderly people, so why would you even waste your time?
But, I am pulling us off topic.
I apologize.
 
These are all pretty comical.

The dumbest thing I have heard is that Glocks are the most accurate gun.

I've heard it a couple of times... So it must be true? :rolleyes:
 
"Honest, I didn't know it was loaded"
But then that's not silly, just stupid.
 
As explained to me by a clerk at a cybercafe...

The FN Five-seveN is illegal in the US because of it's "exploding ammo"...
 
Glocks have no safeties (period, internal or external)

Evil, cop killing, super duper armor piercing ammo that can penetrate any kevlar vest on the planet.

.45 ACP is a one shop stopper; 9mm is a high velocity round that will go through the target instead of stopping it. If you shoot someone with a .45, they'll fly back about 5 feet.

I'll think of some more later ;)
 
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