Posted on 07/07/2009 10:15:22 AM PDT by sig226
LOL, I like that!
That’s very interesting, who makes it and what model is it?
NRA bttt
I like to keep it simple. Arcane facts have no place in the beginner's classroom, except maybe for illustrative purposes or for entertainment value (an explanation of all the various .30 caliber rifle cartridges out there opens a can of worms).
As far as know-it-alls, you're right. No-one can know everything. "The more you know, the less you know."
We're all students until the day we die.
Some shooter with more money than brains keeps leaving a bunch of .50AE brass at my local range. Yeah, I pick it up. Nope, nothing to shoot it out of yet.
And who would know better what nomenclature to use? Browning or Liddy?
Yet... ;-)
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The maker is Mateba and the model from what I can understand is Auto Six translated. There’s a couple of versions of this firearm. That’s the ugly one with the compensator.
It’s chambered for .357 magnum. Since it fires from the six o’clock position, there’s no muzzle flip. Shoots like a dream.
The .825 pics are of a spoof.
A weapon light such as a SureFire attached to a pistol-grip shotgun will show you where the pattern will hit. Also who you are aiming at.
Also who you are aiming at——————Will see your whereabouts ????
Jeez! Do those things take batteries?
Zackly. Sweep the gun in a smooth arc till it’s on the same track as and slightly ahead of the target. Shoot while continuing to swing on the same arc.
True, but they will be temporarily blinded, and you can switch it off if need be.
It's funny, I am embarrashingly terrible at shooting clay targets. Especially if I haven't done so for a while. But on live birds, I do OK. Hit the last two pheasants I shot at. One was a relativley easy left to right crossing shot...watch out for the blocker! The other got up behind me and to my left, flying straight away to from my left rear. (Before I'd turned).
Best shot I ever saw was when I was 15. I was hunting with my Dad and his old High School buddy (and long time hunting/fishing partner). We had driven accross the end of some stubble to the edge of a cornfield. Several birds got up, 25-30 yards away just as we stopped. Dad's buddy, Sandy, got out of the passenger side front seat. Stuffed a couple of shells into his JC Higgens (with Cutts Compensator or copy thereof). Fired twice and dropped two roosters. He was using some reloads he and Dad had made years before. They were paper shells with the old roll crimp and overshot wad.
I like to think they are hunting, fishing and trapping once again up yonder. Maybe playing some softball and getting in some bowling frames too. Renuinted with Mike, Pete, Re-Pete, Duke and Lady. (3 English Pointers and two Springer Spaniels respectively) I guess it must be were the "bad" pheasants, ducks, catfish, muskrats and beaver get sent :) ).
I sometimes get tired of gun knowledgeable people who love to correct the slightest mis-statement of firearms info.
Now I think I know firearms about as well as any but I sometimes like to call the .45 Colt, the .45 Long Colt. Of course if we are talking technical terms then it should be totally accurate. I have even called a magazine a clip before.
I did learn one thing in this article. I never knew the difference between burning and exploding was the speed of sound.
Maybe because they were not revolvers. They were generally single shot muzzle loaders, with various sorts of "locks". Wheelock, flintlock, caplock, and the earliest ones were probably matchlocks. Doom on he whose "match" goes out. :)
Wheelock
Flintlock.
Caplock
Last two are non-firing replicas.
I hope somebody comes up with a historical explanation why the .38-40 (.38 WCF) is actually a 40 cal before I shuffle off this mortal coil.
Why? What purpose does it serve to type an inaccurate label? Would you type "9MM long luger" because someone made a 9MM Kurz?
Save yourself some typing and help the newbies from making a mistake.
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