Posted on 02/20/2010 5:03:18 AM PST by marktwain
Just don’t let the kiddies take one of those to scrool, they will get EXPELLED!!
I thought guys [and women] always knew bigger is better.
I thought it was how you use it...;-)
The same with a rifle. As I recall, the biggest man carried the BAR. Everytime I pick out a rifle or shotgun I notice its weight, how it comes up to my shoulder, and how it carries in my hand. I try it with my hunting coat on and draw a bead.
Some rifles/shotguns have a good balance for carrying in one hand, some don’t. Any sporting rifle or shotgun that weighs more than 9 pounds is too heavy to carry all day.
There’s just some things you can’t do with a smaller gun.
I owned a little .32 once, couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn with it.
Bought the wife a .38. She had a Colt .25, but it was so inaccurate, you literally had to be within 8’ to hit the target. The .38 is small enough for her hands, and it makes a very good CC weapon (slips into a jeans pocket and disappears). However, I’m also very comfortable with a Springfield XD in .357, but it’s too big for her hands.
So, the answer is, it all depends.
Amen. I have worked with numerous 'new' shooters who are having trouble achieving a proper grip with their new tupperware guns. I will let them grab my 1911 and the look on their face is really amusing. Even more so when I tell them the design dates back 100 years. Most of them now have one of Mr. Browning's gems. Ergonomics before there was such a thing.
I mis spoke in my reply, I did own a .32 but I was remembering the .25 I had.
Couldn't hit anything with either of them.
My Winchester Model 94, .32 Win Special is a great brush gun.
My wife and my mom are quite happy with the 2 guns I gave them, however.
http://www.guncrafterindustries.com/model1_50gi.shtml
looks like a 45 feels like a 45 but WOW
WOW! is right! Nice looking and I’d sure like to fire a couple of boxes of rounds.
Speaking of rounds, I’ve been waiting for months on a backorder of .45ACP; what are the odds of being able to pick up .50 caliber rounds in volume any time soon? And ammo prices are getting more stupid by the day.
***I am still stunned by the fact that the Genius of Browning designed a gun that EXACTLY fits my hands almost fifty years before I was born.***
The Browning Hi-Power! Fits my hands perfectly!
Then comes the Browning 1911 with a flat mainspring housing.
Czech 75 looks great but is too big for my hands!
As for revolvers, N-frame with small Pachmayer grips works perfectly! Way too many N-frames at home!
The one that bites in a Iver Johnson TP-22. Looks like a Walther but the slide will slice my hand each time I fire it.
I can even handle the N-frame.44 Mag S&W with small Pachmayer grips!
Same for Ruger DA revolvers.
My personal favorite is a Dan Wesson .357 with 4” barrel and small Pachmayer grips.
New York Injury Cases Blog
Posted at 5:55 AM on October 1, 2009 by John Hochfelder
Update on $4,500,000 Jury Verdict for Cop Who Shot Himself in Knee
We wrote about Detective Anderson Alexander back in December, here. He’s the former former New York City policeman who accidentally shot himself in the knee when a defective chair broke at his precinct house.
Don’t sit in a chair like this:
And definitely don’t sit in that chair with a gun like this in your belt:
Detective Alexander sued the city claiming that it was responsible for the broken chair (and that he was not responsible for the gun’s discharge). Alexander won and the jury awarded him $4,500,000.
We predicted that the city would appeal and that’s in the works now. The trial judge issued a short decision a few months after the verdict in which he stated that the damages award was reasonable. Just this week, the appellate court issued a brief order extending the city’s time to file its appellate briefs until November 13, 2009.
In the meantime, here is how the $4,500,000 damages verdict broke down:
* $1,500,000 for pain and suffering ($500,000 past - 7 years, $1,000,000 future - 30 years)
* $1,700,000 for future loss of earnings
* $1,060,000 for future loss of pension
* $250,000 for future medical expenses
* $38,00 for loss of annuity
Mr. Alexander took his verdict, was given a line of duty retirement by the police department and then he got out of town. He moved to South Carolina to work as a deputy sheriff supervising a courthouse metal detector. While we focus on these pages on pain and suffering damages analysis, one wonders whether it’s appropriate under the facts of this case for Alexander to recover $1,700,000 for future lost earnings (plus more than $1,000,000 for lost pension and annuity) in view of his claim that he was in constant pain and so disabled he could not resume work.
As to pain and suffering, if the liability verdict is upheld on appeal, the judges will address the reasonableness of the damages verdict for Alexander’s knee injury. Here are the cases that the court will likely look to for guidance in determining if $1,500,000 was a reasonable sum for Alexander’s pain and suffering:
* Urbina v. 26 Court Street Associates LLC : $2,200,000 ($700,000 past - 7 years, $1,500,000 future - 41 years) for a 31 year old man who fell and sustained an intra-articular patella fracture and a torn meniscus requiring three surgeries leaving him with a permanent limp [Urbina case discussed here]
* Smith v. Manhattan & Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority : $900,000 ($100,000 past - 6 years, $800,000 future) for a 43 year old woman who was injured boarding a bus and sustained torn menisci, a torn ligament and cartilage and a permanent osteochondral defect, requiring arthroscopic surgery with another to follow and a knee replacement possible [Smith case discussed here]
* Nassour v. City of New York : $1,500,000 ($500,000 past - 8 years, $1,000,000 future - 27 years) for a 42 year old man who fell and sustained torn meniscal cartilage, underwent arthroscopic surgery and a high tibial osteotomy and was left with permanent reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD)
We will report when the Alexander case is resolved and, if the liability verdict is upheld, we will see how the appellate court assesses pain and suffering damages and whether and to what extent the judges consider the cases discussed here.
I like my EAA 10mm. Then again, the Desert Eagle platform seems designed fro my over-sized paws. Too much to conceal though, and I'm not ready yet to scare the sheeple around here by attemptingto carry open (even if it is legal).
Still searching for a set of grips for my Mod 19 S&W that gives just a bit more palm swell for a Lefty. Currently using a set of Pachmyrs on that one.
To each their own I guess.
I did find a compact that fits and has excellent point. A little short on trigger distance, but I'd love to shoot one to see what I can do with it. Taurus PT-145 Millenium Pro. Not the 24/7 version.
Twice in my life I have had blk bears come in on me front quarters down like a cat on a rabbit, ears going like crazy. Both times they were young males. First time, I was able to yell & wave bear off when it was less than 8 feet from me; second time, I shot the bear as he was angling in on me. Funny thing, I've never had to shoot a grizz, they have always moved on. Bottomline, the 460 has so much more knockdown than my 44's or 480; what I want to be shooting if my life possibly depends on it. I also just purchased a 5 inch 460 s&w; for the pull away.
The 44 hardly dented the pipe in, the 460 put quarter size holes in the steel.
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