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05-18-2012, 01:18 PM
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Must see Hickok45 video...
"How not to shoot a revolver" is the title of the vid. I have to say I was surprised by the results of his test. I was thinking black burn marks and not much else. Boy was I wrong.
How NOT To Shoot a Revolver - YouTube
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05-18-2012, 01:29 PM
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So you don't know about this?
Fellow, about 4 years back, got his finger out in front of the cylinder with a 460 Smith. Blew his finger off. Put the pix up on the web, as a warning to others Really ugly gross pictures.
This guy here did the same test, right after that, except he used hot dogs, to represent fingers.
First, his actual second video, using a 22 LR.
22lr revolver hotdog test. Cylinder blast effects - YouTube
Then his first video, using a 44 magnum.
Keep your fingers away from the cylinder edge... - YouTube
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05-18-2012, 01:29 PM
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Instructor at CHL class showed pictures of a thumb cut clean off by one...
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05-19-2012, 04:44 AM
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I often show my students this photo I took of a 357 load being fired with a piece of paper next to the forcing cone........if the flame doesn't get their attention, what happened to the paper does. It was found on the ground about 12 feet away, burned and pretty chewed up.
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05-19-2012, 07:07 AM
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I met Hickok45 at a gun show in Nashville. He is as nice in person as he seems to be on his videos. Don
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05-19-2012, 07:29 PM
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I can't hear any of his videos. The sound's turned up and my speakers aren't' on mute?
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05-19-2012, 08:08 PM
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I can't hear any of his videos. The sound's turned up and my speakers aren't' on mute?
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The youtube video window also has a volume ajustment in addition to your computer's volume ajustment.
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05-19-2012, 09:58 PM
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I had both up to the max...can't hear a thing and nothing's wrong with my speaker connections. Oh, well....
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05-20-2012, 12:24 AM
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I met Hickok45 at a gun show in Nashville. He is as nice in person as he seems to be on his videos. Don
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I did, too, a couple months ago. He's a TALL dude........
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05-20-2012, 12:59 AM
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Idiot confession time:
I saw an OLD movie/TV show where the cowboy rested the single action revolver on his forearm to shoot at the injuns, could have been anyone from Hop Along to Marshall Dillon, I can't remember.
ANYWAY...
At 16 years old I had just bought my first handgun, a Ruger Single Six, and tried the same thing while wearing a T Shirt, *** that hurt!
Lucky I didn't try it with something bigger, and I learned my lesson after the first *POP*.
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05-20-2012, 01:14 AM
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I have fired my Ruger Super Blackhawk .44 mag in a modified Creedmoor position, and defiantly feel the blast against my calf if not careful.
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05-20-2012, 07:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Gunslinger808
Idiot confession time:
I saw an OLD movie/TV show where the cowboy rested the single action revolver on his forearm to shoot at the injuns, could have been anyone from Hop Along to Marshall Dillon, I can't remember.
ANYWAY...
At 16 years old I had just bought my first handgun, a Ruger Single Six, and tried the same thing while wearing a T Shirt, *** that hurt!
Lucky I didn't try it with something bigger, and I learned my lesson after the first *POP*.
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Elmer, I believe, mentions that hold. Called it the "rock the baby hold". But I believe you are supposed to put the butt of the gun on the top of your elbow, instead of the trigger guard IN the elbow crease.
Some old gun writer, may have been Elmer, told of a cowboy that made a bet on a long-distance shot with his 45. Used the "rock the baby" hold, and planted the front sight in his forehead. Everbody was laughing at the blood running down his face, and he just stood there with his hand out. "Gimme my money". 'Cause he'd made the shot.
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