Kind of lost track of this thread veer.
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No, the first .44 Mag I shot believe it of not was actually a Freedom Arms, lifting that thing was far worse than the recoil. Next was a Desert Eagle which with my short fingers was a real stretch. Most frequent around here is a S&W 629s. really should not be used with hot loads, but a few won't hurt. My favorite story about . 44 Mag is at our range (I'm one of the range officers) we have a general policy of discouraging full mag loads, sound consideration in multi-activity building. One of our members took this to heart and loaded up some light loads. They were really light, first shot I heard was ping OW, second shot ping OW. So I went over to his station, they were bouncing off the backstop, instead of flattening, and bouncing back hitting him :lol: There was no damage done, protective eyeglasses and all that. We agreed he should take them home, and pull the bullets and recalibrate his powder load.
Never had problems with the hammer hitting me in the forehead, have a pretty weak grip so I think my hand just twists away. I also learned to shoot one handed so most of my shooting is done that way. Two handed I shoot triangle not Weaver, which would put it smack in the middle of my head, but the gun winds up way over it. Always believed in revolvers over semiautos, even though I have an insanely tight, accurized 1911 (originally made about the time I was born, modified in the '70s), and an East German Makarov which digests any form of 9X18 MAK. About a year ago a fellow instructor sold me a Kahr PM9. Kahr recommends a 200 round break in period. At 150 rounds had a failure to eject, another at about 250. I decided what the heck and kept shooting without cleaning, went over 1000 rounds, that one at 250 rounds was the last. Cleaned it and shot a another 100, no failures. it has become my favorite gun. Handles everything, I prefer hot Corbons as my defensive loads in everything except the Judge (special Federal .410 shells for the Judge) where Corbon +P .45 Colt is my last ditch round.
What were we talking about, oh yeah books. i like McMurtry also, am reading the third book of the Berrybender Chronicles " By Sorrow's River". really quirky tragicomic adventures of an English lord and entourage in the west in the 1830s. usual mix of fictional and real characters. I also like his son's (James) music a lot, plays a GAD JF30 a lot. How about that a music veer :roll:
Harmony H-173 bought in 1960 (retired), Alvarez AC60S 2008, Eastman AC320ce 2008 "Hybrid", Guild GAD-JF30E(blonde) 2008, Guild JF55 1997, Guild D25M 1974, Martin Grand J35E 2009, Martin D12-20 1970
makes it a tad easier to hit what your shooting at long range. Looks pretty obscene if you try to conceal it though. :wink:
