I promise you, if you want a .45 that will fit in your pocket...you ain't gonna wanna shoot it!
"I promise you, if you want a .45 that will fit in your pocket...you ain't gonna wanna shoot it!"
I fired a pocket .45 once - never again. :)
I promise you, if you want a .45 that will fit in your pocket...you ain't gonna wanna shoot it! True. I have fired lightweight .45s. They HURT. The recoil is harsh.
Even so, I could put up with occasional practice with a very small, very light, .45.
For revolver fans (there is nothing like a good revolver) the .44 special would be a good starting point.
The problem I have with modern firearms is that they are all over-engineered, and thus they are too big for their cartridges and too heavy and too big to fit in a pocket.
This is, in my thinking, probably because of too many lawyers.
How many firearms are now produced with a "liability trigger" of 15 or 20 foot-pounds or more?
To get back to the 'ThunderZap', well, I hope that the engineers will get it done.
I promise you, if you want a .45 that will fit in your pocket...you ain't gonna wanna shoot it! I have a couple of AMT Backups in .45 ACP.
They are te size and weight of a Walther PPK.
They are not the most enjoyable things to shoot, but not really painful or uncontrolable either.
If you get one, send it to Teddy Jacobson, "Actions by T" . He is the only one I know of who can slick the action/trigger pull up while keeping reliability on this little bomb.
He can do any weapon and seems to understand new designs instantly. Most gunsmiths do only a limited range of standard designs.
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