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Saturday, August 17, 2013

I Hope!

I hope there is a special level of hell for people that sell used .357 Magnum snubbys to little old ladies. Had one today in Basic Pistol class of each. NOT the first gun to learn on! Sigh... Off tomorrow to see what awaits on the CCH class.

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  1. Yeah, my oldest girl's first pistol was a .38+P snubbie (a 442, no less) that the salesman assured her was "best for her little hands." Grrr.

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    1. Indeed. My safe could be full of "shot once" Airweights.

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  2. About the only thing you can do is shoot low-power 38's in them.

    One my range friends has an itty-bitty S&W "Airweight" 357 with the shortest barrel I've ever seen. It's his back-up gun in an ankle holster.

    He let me shoot it once.

    Once was all it took. It thought I'd broken my wrist shooting full-power 357 loads!

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    1. drjim, I do have a young lady that runs a Airweight but she has padded gloves on at the range. I have one, but it is not my "Hey, lets go shoot 100 rounds through this today" revolver.

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  3. OH joy... That had to not be fun! Reminds me, I need to get a .22 revolver...

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    1. I assure you it was not! I did not name the manufacturer but lets say it is not one I would recommend regardless of model. It's a POS out of the box!

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    2. That just truly sucks, and I'm pretty sure I can guess...

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  4. I don't know, though. I think that depends on the little old lady.

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    1. No, I place full blame on a salesman selling her a snubby from a less than stellar manufacturer and the fact she cannot operate the trigger in DA. She can barly cock to get to SA and the recoil really upset her. Sure, for some no problem, but this was a "sell a gun" deal, not taking in to account what might be the best for her.

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  5. If there is such a hell, the rip-off guys at the local gun shop in Inwood, WV will be going there too, as they did just that to someone I know a few years ago...and then bought them back at a ridiculously low price when she could not shoot them.

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    1. Yep! See that all the time! Sorta puts me in a hard place at times if I tell someone: "this my not be the Handgun for you"!

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  6. That's a broken wrist about to happen. Reminds me of an amusing story though.

    My Better Two-Thirds works with COPD patients helping them to use exercise to better control their breathing. To get to the point of that, she deals mostly with people in the, well, mature stage of life.

    She came home from work one day and it was clear to me she was just itching for the "How was you day?" question so I asked. She could barely contain herself and began to tell me about Little Ol' Mrs. Whatsername who was relatively new to the program.

    Little Ol' Mrs was walking on the treadmill and had increased her pace a bit. Maybe 2MPH or so now, a lot if you are well into your 80s with COPD. LOM motioned My Bride over... closer... closer... carefully whispered, "There are a lot of men in here and I'm concerned. Are my breasts bouncing?"

    Well, to My Bride and I that is entertaining enough but what followed is what might be entertaining to your audience here, Mr. Keads. My wife and LOM started chatting and learned they both enjoyed walking on the boardwalk, but went to different towns. At that LOM motioned My Bride closer... closer... again and whispered, "Do you carry?"

    My Bride, especially back then, does not think much of firearms (she's born and raised a Swede, enough said) and replied, "Carry what, Mrs. Whatsername?" She was wondering if she meant does she bring an umbrella or dare to carry her purse or... what?

    "A pistol, of course!" said LOM.

    She claimed to always carry her .32 in her little hand bag. When My Bride mentioned that such things are frowned upon in our state and asked if she wasn't afraid the police might discover this and arrest her, LOM replied, "Oh, they all know I've got it. I told them."

    I probably dragged that out to long but it was amusing as heck at the time.

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  7. Yeah...that little .38 airlite went to live elsewhere when I got tired of it making my hand hurt because it couldn't absorb recoil.

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