russlate
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Ever since reading Elmer Keith's Sixguns I've wanted a slipgun, but couldn't stand the thought of hacking up a Colt to do it with.
Can anyone tell me of a good clone to use to make one? Spare parts availability would be high on the list.
If you haven't heard of a slipgun before, it's an SAA with it's hammer cut and rewelded back on and recontoured so it's hammer spur just about touches the backstrap at full cock. The trigger mechanism is removed and the gun fires by the hammer "slipping" out from the web of the hand used to cock it.
Yes, it is dangerous if handled improperly. No, you won't shoot yourself if you obey the laws of safe gun handling. And yes, it can be shot accurately with practise.
Back in the old days, folks gave guys carrying slipguns a wide berth. That's because even if you got the first shot off, the guy with the slipgun would release the hammer and the gun would fire in his death throes. Plus the guy knew how to use it and practised a lot, and if he lost he planned to take you with him when he went. Or both. The guys carrying were kinda like rattlesnakes who'd been caught and their rattles cut off and released. They had attitudes.
So which clones would lend themseves to such modifications?
Can anyone tell me of a good clone to use to make one? Spare parts availability would be high on the list.
If you haven't heard of a slipgun before, it's an SAA with it's hammer cut and rewelded back on and recontoured so it's hammer spur just about touches the backstrap at full cock. The trigger mechanism is removed and the gun fires by the hammer "slipping" out from the web of the hand used to cock it.
Yes, it is dangerous if handled improperly. No, you won't shoot yourself if you obey the laws of safe gun handling. And yes, it can be shot accurately with practise.
Back in the old days, folks gave guys carrying slipguns a wide berth. That's because even if you got the first shot off, the guy with the slipgun would release the hammer and the gun would fire in his death throes. Plus the guy knew how to use it and practised a lot, and if he lost he planned to take you with him when he went. Or both. The guys carrying were kinda like rattlesnakes who'd been caught and their rattles cut off and released. They had attitudes.
So which clones would lend themseves to such modifications?