ANY gun pointed in my direction would intimidate the crap out of me! I suggest most of us would feel the same way. Now if I was confronted by a drunk, or drug crazed lunatic that was not impressed with my Seecamp 32, then I guess he could just laugh himself to the ICU or morgue!
The Intimidation Factor Of a various hand guns...
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vox rationis
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gee, I think I'm gonna develop a barrel/muzzle attachment that is like a flared out bell bottom style so that when the gun is pointed at the bad guy he sees a .50 caliber barrel opening despite the gun being only a .22...and I'll call it the "intimidator barrel attachment" 
Here is a link to a local story.
http://lubbockonline.com/stories/061007/loc_061007074.shtml
Tragicaly the young man was too drunk/high to pay any attention. Even a warning shot was not enough to make him leave. The home owner was no-billed by the grand jury this week. Possibly a good example of dim light and an impaired person not thinking rationally.
http://lubbockonline.com/stories/061007/loc_061007074.shtml
Tragicaly the young man was too drunk/high to pay any attention. Even a warning shot was not enough to make him leave. The home owner was no-billed by the grand jury this week. Possibly a good example of dim light and an impaired person not thinking rationally.
Re: The appearance from the front of a revolver vs. an auto- Polish the muzzle on a 1911, and against the black bushing it looks like a 12 ga. Personally, I don't carry a gun to scare people and I wouldn't draw expecting him to be seized with terror and flee. If I have to draw it will be because I perceive an immediate threat and I'm pulling it out to shoot, not wave it around and hope the BG has enough sense to hit the road. If that's what he does, fine- but he will have to be quick because I will be shooting as soon as the sights are on target. I wouldn't even pull it out unless the threat were immediate and dire.
Playboypenguin
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This has been covered before but I feel it cannot be stressed enough so here goes.
So if someone is 30ft away and has a bat and says "I am going to bash your head in" would you wait until he is within striking distance to pull and shoot or would you draw your weapon premptively and dter the threat?
workinwifdakids
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Superman!
Neither gun bothered me. The deciding factor on fleeing like a coward with piss running down my leg was that the man with a gun had on a Superman ring.
+10 -- PlayboyPenguin scares me.
Oh, and by the way - during my dad's time in the infantry, he wore a Superman belt buckle with his BDUs. Great stuff.
Neither gun bothered me. The deciding factor on fleeing like a coward with piss running down my leg was that the man with a gun had on a Superman ring.
+10 -- PlayboyPenguin scares me.
Oh, and by the way - during my dad's time in the infantry, he wore a Superman belt buckle with his BDUs. Great stuff.
AirAssaultTHIS
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What about accessories?
So here's an add-on question for you all... caliber/bore size might not make much of a difference, but what about accessories. Does the addition of a taclight or laser make any difference? Its not why I have 'em, but it might be a consideration.
That light at the end of the tunnel? It's my TRL-2.
So here's an add-on question for you all... caliber/bore size might not make much of a difference, but what about accessories. Does the addition of a taclight or laser make any difference? Its not why I have 'em, but it might be a consideration.
That light at the end of the tunnel? It's my TRL-2.
Playboypenguin
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How can you be scared by sweet lil' old me?
I am a huge Superman fan. I am even thinking of getting my first tatoo. The Superman emblem from "Kingdom Come" surrounded by a flame or barbed wire band.
It's not so much that there are guns that intimidate me more as it is that there are guns that intimidate me less.
For example: A small, cheap-looking, SA revolver in a tiny caliber just screams: "I'm probably not going to work and the person holding me almost certainly knows absolutely nothing about firearms."
I think more than anything what would intimidate me would be how the person handled the gun. You can tell when a person knows what they're doing with a gun...
For example: A small, cheap-looking, SA revolver in a tiny caliber just screams: "I'm probably not going to work and the person holding me almost certainly knows absolutely nothing about firearms."
I think more than anything what would intimidate me would be how the person handled the gun. You can tell when a person knows what they're doing with a gun...
parrothead2581
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What would intimade you more, staring down a S&W 686 with a dirty cylinder face or staring down a S&W 629 with a clean cylinder face?
I thought of this thread when I was looking at the best looking sixgun of all time thread.
If someone suddenly produces a 3.5 inch model 27 and points it at you.
And you are not intimidated then you are most likely insane.
It has to be a large frame revolver WA.
Where you can see the loaded chambers and the large ominous muzzle.
Wait whats that you see in the blackness of the barrel?
It looks like graveyards and tombstones.
If someone suddenly produces a 3.5 inch model 27 and points it at you.
And you are not intimidated then you are most likely insane.
It has to be a large frame revolver WA.
Where you can see the loaded chambers and the large ominous muzzle.
Wait whats that you see in the blackness of the barrel?
It looks like graveyards and tombstones.
Sigma 40 Blaster
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My opinion is that any criminal is a predator, they choose a target they think will be weak and defenseless. I suppose a meth'ed up freak would be excluded from that group as well as murderous psychopaths...those guys aren't scared of resistance anyways.
If you have a "normal" crook any form of resistance will likely startle them, especially a firearm. A Desert Eagle .50 would probably scare them more than a .22 derringer but either would prompt them into action (aggressive or defensive).
I think as CCW'ers we put too much thought into "the best defensive round" and "the scariest looking gun". I believe WE would be more scared of a particular handgun (1991 5" commander, Glock in .357 mag) than they would be. Look at the threads like "why would anyone buy a .40" and other comparing the ballistics of a .380, 9mm, .40, and .45. There are no BG forums like that...
I think any concealed weapon being drawn will have an equal effect on the predator, regardless of caliber, finish, or model. It's us who would be more traumatized by having a .45 pointed at us vs. a 9mm...
If you have a "normal" crook any form of resistance will likely startle them, especially a firearm. A Desert Eagle .50 would probably scare them more than a .22 derringer but either would prompt them into action (aggressive or defensive).
I think as CCW'ers we put too much thought into "the best defensive round" and "the scariest looking gun". I believe WE would be more scared of a particular handgun (1991 5" commander, Glock in .357 mag) than they would be. Look at the threads like "why would anyone buy a .40" and other comparing the ballistics of a .380, 9mm, .40, and .45. There are no BG forums like that...
I think any concealed weapon being drawn will have an equal effect on the predator, regardless of caliber, finish, or model. It's us who would be more traumatized by having a .45 pointed at us vs. a 9mm...
I only had to point a gun at someone once.
It was a Kel-Tec .380. I was not expecting trouble and my .357 was in my glove compartment.
I was afraid that the dufus who was threatening me would not understand that his life was on the line. He did and backed down. (after I called 911, the police who responded said I was justified in pulling my weapon)
I still think like a previous poster said, voice and attitude helped.
I have come to the conclusion that ANY gun has an intimidation factor. But, I am not relying on that. I am relying on placing a round COM if I have to.
It was a Kel-Tec .380. I was not expecting trouble and my .357 was in my glove compartment.
I was afraid that the dufus who was threatening me would not understand that his life was on the line. He did and backed down. (after I called 911, the police who responded said I was justified in pulling my weapon)
I still think like a previous poster said, voice and attitude helped.
I have come to the conclusion that ANY gun has an intimidation factor. But, I am not relying on that. I am relying on placing a round COM if I have to.
I read a few of the responses to the original question. My answer is always the same: it's the man, not the gun. I would be more intimidated by someone who draws on me while looking steadily in my direction, rather than someone who tries waving a gun around tring to intimidate me. If you make some folks draw on you, it won't make a bit of difference what the gun is because they won't try to hold you for the police.
I agree it is on the attacker,if he is on drugs or whatever it prob might not matter, But i'd be alot more scared looking down the bbl. of some big revolver or a 1911 than a derringer.Before i get flamed I know either will kill you,I'm just answering the question originally asked.Just my .02
Yankee Doodle
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I don't think the "average" skell is going to be looking to get into a shootout with his intended victim. I think, and this is just my opinion, it works out something like this.
GUN = Gone
Long GUN = Long gone
SHOTGUN = ****! Gone.
Again, Just my opinion.
GUN = Gone
Long GUN = Long gone
SHOTGUN = ****! Gone.
Again, Just my opinion.
hmmm...
...same rule applies to a bat as a knife...21ft...If you haven't already started shooting, he'll just walk up and pop ya' upside da' ear wit' his Louisville Slugger...again and again and again...kinda' like the rythym you shoulda' been hearing from whatever popgun you're carrying...
...and I vote for the big revolver in the eyesocket...
...same rule applies to a bat as a knife...21ft...If you haven't already started shooting, he'll just walk up and pop ya' upside da' ear wit' his Louisville Slugger...again and again and again...kinda' like the rythym you shoulda' been hearing from whatever popgun you're carrying...
...and I vote for the big revolver in the eyesocket...
Now I've never been in that situation before, to where I'd come face to face against another person with a gun.
(I open carry everywhere I go, unless wearing a jacket, then concealed)
BUT I do notice, which one of my firearms gets more attention. My XD service model all black, doesn't get too much attention. People notice it, and I know they can see it. Black gun against white shirt. Not hard to miss.
I've only been asked questions by only a few people. Just flat out, no one cares.
Now I wear my XD service duo-tone it gets more attention than I want. Everyone who seems to see it says "oh no he has a gun!" ..tho I never had the police called on me, or kicked out of the store, but people do feel that my duo-tone is a much higher threat than my all black. Unknown to why.
But asking a lot of my friends, and co workers, and other officers, they all agree with a duo-tone firearm, it does draw more serious attention than an all black firearm.
(I open carry everywhere I go, unless wearing a jacket, then concealed)
BUT I do notice, which one of my firearms gets more attention. My XD service model all black, doesn't get too much attention. People notice it, and I know they can see it. Black gun against white shirt. Not hard to miss.
I've only been asked questions by only a few people. Just flat out, no one cares.
Now I wear my XD service duo-tone it gets more attention than I want. Everyone who seems to see it says "oh no he has a gun!" ..tho I never had the police called on me, or kicked out of the store, but people do feel that my duo-tone is a much higher threat than my all black. Unknown to why.
But asking a lot of my friends, and co workers, and other officers, they all agree with a duo-tone firearm, it does draw more serious attention than an all black firearm.