Your SA-35 Experiences?

[defjon]

One showed up at my farm store below msrp.

Very much wanting one, and a hellcat with safety!

Kind of want to hold off for a stainless sa 35. You know it's coming!

 

[Madcap_Magician]

I've seen them now at two of my three local fun stores, including the big box one. They're quite handsome. Would love a detective version.

 

[UncleEd]

Well made, shoots well, nice trigger, very good sights;
I like mine very much.

Some outside edges a bit sharp but nowhere near as much
as Colt's XSEs, "Extra Sharp Edges."

 

[Nature Boy]

Kind of want to hold off for a stainless sa 35.

Same here!

 

[UncleEd]

Kind of want to hold off for a stainless sa 35. You know it's coming!

A stainless Hi Power?

Perish the thought or you shall be hauled before the Inquisition
for Hi Power Purity.

 

[HollowDawg]

I've never been "bitten" by a hammer on an auto pistol either. Have always wondered what all the fussing was about. I think maybe some people are built "meatier" between their thumb and index finger??

 

[defjon]

A stainless Hi Power?

Perish the thought or you shall be hauled before the Inquisition
for Hi Power Purity.

Yeah, so I can slap some pearlite grips on there....joking...maybe..

 

[defjon]

I've never been "bitten" by a hammer on an auto pistol either. Have always wondered what all the fussing was about. I think maybe some people are built "meatier" between their thumb and index finger??

I don't know, I think high grip hood and hand shape probably has more to do with it. I've been bitten by a ppk slide. I've also been bitten by true gi 1911, sistema colt.

160 lbs/ 6'3 at that time. I do have xl hands and long fingers. Adjusting grip after being bitten I was fine.

 

[defjon]

A lot of the old school pistols famous for slide bite weren't made for modern holds. Old trainings show one handed shooting, often body oriented side profile.

 

[Rock185]

Yes, What defjon said. In old photos of pistol shooters, many seem to be griping whatever pistol or revolver they are shooting lower than many of us would now days. I grip handguns as high up as I can, and yes non beavertail 1911s, Hi Powers, Swiss SIG 210s, etc. do bite me. The Swiss 210s bite me the worst; think bloodshed...

 

[defjon]

If you can zoom in on those old gunfighter type shooting positions, usually the shooter has their thumb down as well.

Using the one handed hold like this, I can shoot pre beavertail ppks, gi 1911s, 40 caliber browning hp...no problem.

 

[UncleEd]

A lot of the old school pistols famous for slide bite weren't made for modern holds. Old trainings show one handed shooting, often body oriented side profile.

Yeah, but I must know, really know, know with certainty what were
those old time dudes' timer splits?

They couldn't have been deadly without a record of their splits.
Knowing your splits is the sign of a professional gunfighter.

 

[defjon]

I'm pretty sure Doc Holliday posted his times on his blog.