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Gil Martin Super Member


Joined: Jan 28, 2005 Posts: 1836 Location: Schnecksville, PA
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Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 5:36 pm Post subject: How NOT to hold a revolver |
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I borrowed this from another site and post it here as a safety warning when shooting powerful revolvers. The shooter apparently used a two-hand hold with his thumb near the cylinder gap when the gun was fired. He lost the tip of his thumb from the escaping gas. He was unaware that this practice was a potential safety hazard.
The picture is in the link below and is not for the faint of heart. All the best...
Gil
dougdavisent.com/safet...olver.html
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gelandangan Super Member


Joined: May 07, 2006 Posts: 6386 Location: Sydney Australia
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Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 7:30 pm Post subject: Re: How NOT to hold a revolver |
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Yes ghastly
Been discussed here
www.huntingnut.com/ind...pic&t=4092
Still think he is a fool!
Imagine a driver of a car says "the windscreen knock my head off", then describing that he did not know that he have to watch the road, avoid obstacles and apply brake accordingly....
BLOODY MORON!!!
THIRD rule of firearms, (and all other things that can kill you)
DO NOT TOUCH UNLESS YOU KNOW HOW IT WORK.
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wncchester Member


Joined: Apr 08, 2006 Posts: 160
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Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 2:57 pm Post subject: Re: How NOT to hold a revolver |
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Like the man said, "Stupid hurts."
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Gil Martin Super Member


Joined: Jan 28, 2005 Posts: 1836 Location: Schnecksville, PA
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Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 3:00 pm Post subject: Re: How NOT to hold a revolver |
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I did not know this had been posted here previously. Maybe it is something that bares repeating. All the best...
Gil
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wiersy111 Super Member


Joined: May 13, 2009 Posts: 2376 Location: Central Minnesota
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Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 6:47 pm Post subject: Re: How NOT to hold a revolver |
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I am pretty new to the forum so I hadn't seen that before. That has to be one of the stupidest people on the planet. I don't know what he was doing with his thumb there, I don't even know how he could hold it that way. I shoot an XVR 460 and my latest purchase was a BFR in 45-70 these big bore revolvers have enough recoil he could have sent that gun flying at an unsuspecting person. It makes me extremely mad to see people that dumb playing with something they know absolutely nothing about. Just more ammo for the gun control nuts.
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K.W. Super Member


Joined: Mar 19, 2007 Posts: 348 Location: Finland
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Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 3:27 am Post subject: Re: How NOT to hold a revolver |
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It is hold a pistol in TV-series?
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whittling Super Member


Joined: Apr 21, 2008 Posts: 586 Location: Texas (home state is Mass)
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Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 3:53 am Post subject: Re: How NOT to hold a revolver |
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OWWWWWWWW... Thats learning your lesson the hard way.
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Joe Boleo Super Member


Joined: Dec 25, 2006 Posts: 427 Location: Pennsylvania
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Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 5:35 pm Post subject: Re: How NOT to hold a revolver |
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That is a very bad situation. Take care...
Joe
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stovepipe Super Member


Joined: Sep 25, 2008 Posts: 4877 Location: Pine, Az.
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Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 10:25 am Post subject: Re: How NOT to hold a revolver |
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Who aint had knuckles wrapped, thumb nails split by the cylinder etc.... from shooting heavy loads in rollers. But this dood obviously did not read the OWNERS MANUAL. Sucks he had to learn the hard way.
A lot of folks shoot auto's nowadays.
Hardly anyone shoots rollers anymore.
It's interesting seeing 'experienced' shooters grip one of my revolvers. Right up untill I step in and correct their grip and un-stack their thumbs.
I only believe half of what I see on the interweb, and, along with the thumb I'd like to see the dent in his noggin' from the hammer.
An XVR is no joke.
Be safe with them revolvers kiddies. They'll make hammer-bite seem like a mosquito nibble.
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Mudder Rookie Member


Joined: Jun 07, 2009 Posts: 3
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Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 8:25 am Post subject: Re: How NOT to hold a revolver |
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The Mythbusters had an episode that covered this topic. Ugly things happened to thumbs and hands.
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wiersy111 Super Member


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Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 8:54 pm Post subject: Re: How NOT to hold a revolver |
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Mudder do you know the name of that Mythbusters episode?
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DKAllen Member


Joined: Jun 14, 2009 Posts: 27 Location: Southeast, NC
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Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 2:30 pm Post subject: Re: How NOT to hold a revolver |
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I am a CCW Instructor, and will never believe the way some people hold a Handgun. This seems to be a topic that you cannot overlook. People don't think, Had a lady that held her hand up under the bottom of the slide on a 9MM and had told her several times, that if she dod not change her grip, that it would get her. It did slightly, but she changed then without being told.
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wiersy111 Super Member


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Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 4:24 pm Post subject: Re: How NOT to hold a revolver |
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It's amazing the way people ignore common sense.
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Mudder Rookie Member


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Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 9:03 am Post subject: Re: How NOT to hold a revolver |
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wiersy111 wrote: |
Mudder do you know the name of that Mythbusters episode? |
You know, I don't. It was on very recently, the last two weeks or so. Those guys do a bunch of handgun myths, but they all seem to end up as common sense results.
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wiersy111 Super Member


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Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 9:58 am Post subject: Re: How NOT to hold a revolver |
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Hmmm common sense I think there are a lot of people lacking in the dept, like the guy now missing half his thumb!
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