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To: archy; All

Obviously you are CORRECT. Who would think that such a piece of crap would ever be made, no less purchased.
I have a strong feeling that those who will acquire these travesties, also enjoy Tec-9's and turn their handguns on their side and raise it over their hears in "moronic combat mode".
Go figger. :~)


173 posted on 12/11/2006 9:53:45 AM PST by Gideon Reader (" All of us know who the enemy is, and where the threat comes from, except for the politicians.")
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To: Gideon Reader
Obviously you are CORRECT. Who would think that such a piece of crap would ever be made, no less purchased. I have a strong feeling that those who will acquire these travesties, also enjoy Tec-9's and turn their handguns on their side and raise it over their hears in "moronic combat mode". Go figger. :~)

I really, REALLY hate to tell you this. But the gesture of turning a handgun on its side dates clear back to the days of horse cavalrymen with flintlock pistols, who at a gallop could have the rush of air blow the gun's priming powder from the pan. Tilting the gun 90º with the lockwork up on top helped ensure that some powder would remain around the touchhole. This is but one reason why lengthy edged weapons remained popular in those days.

With the current crop of minimally reliable pocket [and larger!] semiauto handguns, the manual of arms is reversed, and the potential weapon's ejection port should be pointed downward in hopes of helping empty brass clear the weapon in the event of an ejector or extraction malfunction. Frequently the *cool guys* do it exactly backward, pointing the ejection port upward, increasing the possibility of a *stovepipe* jam should an empty case fail to fall clear from the weapon before the feeding cycle.

Good.

174 posted on 12/11/2006 12:18:48 PM PST by archy (I am General Tso. This is my Chief of Staff, Colonel Sanders....)
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