as long as the grips retain that angle, you are correct about the nature of pointing.
On Thu, 7 Jun 2007, William Stephan wrote: > My experience was completely different regarding accuracy. The best > shooting I ever did was with a little .38 Smith with a two inch barrel. I > did sraw-point-and-shoot, and when I actually tried to aim, my results > deteriorated significantly. > > Presumably, this is because a short barrel mimics finger pointing, which is > something we all can do. And, most of the time, you're going to be within > ten feet of whoever you're shooting at, this is particularly and hopefully > true for a blind person. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of GenePoole > Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 12:08 AM > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] shotguns in the home > > > > I'm not sure if this point was made, however, a small semi automatic like, > say, a .38, is not very accurate beyond a range of around 10 feet due to the > fact that most of them have real short barrels. Your best bet is to get > something like a 9mm glock or a .44, though the latter ones are kind of hard > to get hold of. Shot guns are not good in home defense weapons. It's like > smashing a butterfly with a hammer. A good 9mm pistol is a much better > defense weapon than a shot gun, for the following reasons. One, loading > time. You have to break open the shot gun, put in the shells, put it back > together, aim, then fire. A process which takes anywhere from 15 to 30 > seconds, even a minute if you don't know what you're doing. Two, > maneuvreability. Also contrary to popular belief, it's almost impossible to > get a good shot off from the hip and hit somebody with any degree of > certainty. That kind of shot only looks good in the movies. You'll also be > doing a lot of collateral , and unnecessary, damage. Yes, shotguns are > really awesome weapons. But they don't belong in the home. Use a shot gun as > a perimeter defense, not a close range weapon. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: clifford > To: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 6:47 PM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] shotguns in the home > > Dear List members: > Shotguns are among the deadliest of weapons at close range, and make no > mistake, a twelve gage with any type of shot will take out a sheetrock wall > and do damage to a person on the other side. > I live 20 miles from the sheriff's office and I feel that it is necessary to > keep a firearm around for home defense, in case some person decides to break > in to our home at night. I am not a marksman, but with seven shots of double > ought buck shot, I can be assured of covering a rather large area. > One problem which I have found with revolvers is the noise from the blast. > With a short barreled revolver, the crack hurts my ears, and I could not > hear to tell what is taking place after the first shot. With an automatic > pistol and a similar length barrel, the noise is a good deal less and I for > that reason prefer the Simi-automatic pistols. > A Simi-automatic 22 rifle is also a fairly quiet gun, and they can achieve > rapid fire with larger clips. > I truly hope to never fire a weapon against anyone, but if the choice is to > allow someone to break in or to shoot them, then they are toast. > One of the difficulties which we face is trying to anticipate the future, > and to what extent we will all find it necessary to defend our homes. Home > intrusions are becoming more common, and the meth heads are becoming more > brazen. Hopefully, this is a spike in that type of activity, but if it > doubles or triples in the next decade, I will be glad that we acquired fire > arms in advance. > > Yours Truly, > > Clifford Wilson > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! 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