Oh, man. These guys letting a 12 YO boy shoot a 45? That is a big gun. I remember being out in East Texas and one of Dad's friends had a .45 and they let me shoot it. I was in my 20's and that thing had a kick to it alright. They told me it would and I saw them shooting it before I got my chance, so I kinda knew it would kick like that. Even at my age and seeing them shoot it first, I was surprised how much it recoiled. Poor kid. I bet he pleaded with them to shoot it. They shouldn't have given in to him.Seeing some of my old bud's names on FR is freaky.
I know what you mean. You remember Darlie Routier? She and her husband worked at the same company I did a few years before she murdered her two kids here in Rowlett. I never got to know her very well because she was just so stuck on herself and her little clique of friends, but I knew Darin pretty well. Talk about a shock when I found out about what she did. She murdered her little boys on my 12th anniversary with the company in 1996.
I was on the Texas Army National Guard pistol team for several years and all we shot was the M1911. Shooting 50 - 75 rounds 3 or 4 times a week was brutal on my hands. We didn't have the hammer guards and the hammer took several chunks of skin and muscle out my right hand.