Keep it simple... We all love pics
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Eh, the Steyr TMP and variants qualify as a handgun for my definitions...
Is that a P30L in the second photo or just a standard P30?
CWO4,
I don't believe that I ever stated that a gun could go off by itself. If all of you who keep implying I did had actually read my posts, you would know that.
ALL I WAS TRYING TO SAY IS: IT IS NOT A GOOD IDEA TO POINT A LOADED WEAPON AT YOURSELF!!!
You people have very selective reading as afar as my posts go...
I hope I never read a headline that proves you all wrong, but sadly, I have and I probably will again...
What's to gain from pointing a loaded weapon at yourself?
If you can give me just one reason why it would be beneficial to point a loaded weapon at yourself, I will retract my argument. Give me one situation where there is much to be gained from it and I will withdraw completely...
However I suspect you cannot...
I don't believe that I ever stated that a gun could go off by itself. If all of you who keep implying I did had actually read my posts, you would know that.
ALL I WAS TRYING TO SAY IS: IT IS NOT A GOOD IDEA TO POINT A LOADED WEAPON AT YOURSELF!!!
You people have very selective reading as afar as my posts go...
I hope I never read a headline that proves you all wrong, but sadly, I have and I probably will again...
What's to gain from pointing a loaded weapon at yourself?
If you can give me just one reason why it would be beneficial to point a loaded weapon at yourself, I will retract my argument. Give me one situation where there is much to be gained from it and I will withdraw completely...
However I suspect you cannot...
Again, we all know what ammo looks like, not a positive benefit. Try again.
Forgive my apparent ignorance, but could you enlighten me as to how you may safely point a loaded weapon at yourself? I know of no such way to safely point a loaded weapon at myself. Not that I would even try, it serves no positive benefit!!!
Taking a picture of the muzzle end of a gun that no one is touching is not pointing a gun at yourself. Pointing a gun at a timed or remote operated camera is not pointing a gun at yourself. There is, then, nothing inherently unsafe about it.
HOWEVER!
Here is a principle on which I think we can agree: whether or not a photograph depicting someone physically pointing a gun at the camera with their finger on the trigger constitutes evidence of unsafe handling, it is certainly evocative of unsafe handling. In the current political climate, and with perception serving as reality, it does not do the gun community any favors.
Back to the pictures!
HOWEVER!
Here is a principle on which I think we can agree: whether or not a photograph depicting someone physically pointing a gun at the camera with their finger on the trigger constitutes evidence of unsafe handling, it is certainly evocative of unsafe handling. In the current political climate, and with perception serving as reality, it does not do the gun community any favors.
Back to the pictures!
This old S&W I-Frame in .32 cal belonged to my Grandmother. When I was young I thought it was the most beautiful gun in the world and pretty much still do simply because it was her's. Instead of cartridges she said "catridges" like John Wayne's character Ethan in The Searchers. She was born in 1898 and was 98 1/2 when she died. It's been 12 years and I still miss her dearly.
dude, seriously, this kind of photography can be performed without pointing a loaded gun at yourself or anybody. Its called using a tripod, a remote camera switch and loading the gun after you get all of it set up. Just because you see a photo of a bullet in the chamber, doesn't mean the gun is pointing at somebody.
Or, the photographer can load the gun with a round handloade with just the bullet, no powder or primer, just for the photo, and to be extra extra specially cautious, the photographer can utilize the technological wonders of modern day like the tripod and camera remote switch and not load the fake cartridge until he or she is set up for the shot.
Pretty friggin simple and safe. Remember, part of photography is the art of illusion and what you see is probably not how it really was, so drop the preaching already.
Here are some more of my pics. Just picked this up, an AWA .45 colt Peacemaker, unfired.
Ruger Vaquero. 45colt 7.5" barrel.
My single actions up to date.
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CWO4USCGRET
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PSP every time I open my safe....
I see this:
Sig P230 7.65 mm lanyard ring, slide lock safety, heh heh heh.
I found mine at the local Gander Mountain; as new in the box; the second magazine was still in the plastic bag; and all the papers were in the box; the owners manual was a P232 - with the P230 insert. Someone on the Sig Forum insinuated that it was a Hong Kong Police gun - but those are marked on the back strap. To dispel rumors, I contacted Sig and asked about it. The reply I got (customer rep contacted one of the older gunsmiths) indicated that it was probably a Japanese Police Contract overrun. What's interesting about the gun is the slide lock safety and the made in Germany and European markings plus the Sig Arms/Exeter, NH markings.
I see this:
Sig P230 7.65 mm lanyard ring, slide lock safety, heh heh heh.
I found mine at the local Gander Mountain; as new in the box; the second magazine was still in the plastic bag; and all the papers were in the box; the owners manual was a P232 - with the P230 insert. Someone on the Sig Forum insinuated that it was a Hong Kong Police gun - but those are marked on the back strap. To dispel rumors, I contacted Sig and asked about it. The reply I got (customer rep contacted one of the older gunsmiths) indicated that it was probably a Japanese Police Contract overrun. What's interesting about the gun is the slide lock safety and the made in Germany and European markings plus the Sig Arms/Exeter, NH markings.
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