This the one that you are looking for Mike??

Amen Mike, both Mikes

Now that is a "CLASSIC" LOL. Ya gotta laugh

As for this Tommy, you never new my ex, LOL

Enjoy life and don't take yourself too serious. No one is right all the time.

jsh thank God you didn't know my ex. Thank him every day.

Hello Handgun Police. I hope I don't do anything wrong if I shoot my singleshot 454 today.
Do I have permission to do so?
I wouldn't want to offend anyone by shooting it out in the open so I will hide like a criminal whilst I fire away with it so as not to bring any shame to you great guys who are the Handgun Police.

Well said mbk...I especially like that crack about the guys in the long white coats...seems to me that I've seen 'em before a time or two!

Well it is Saturday the 24th. I haven't shot my handgun, er no, rifle, er no, Ristol, Pifle or whatever. I hope the HANDGUN POLICE are happy that I haven't spoiled their day.
Maybe I will spoil their day tomorrow.

LOL!!!!!
Your a trip Me.

You handgun police quit picking on the poor guy. He is going to start looking over his shoulder all the time.

Cas, look at the stock on this thing! The damn silly armorers even made a shoulder stock for it...claimed it made it "more accurate" hah!!!



Damn historians even have the nerve to call it a handgun and a pistol!!!!!!!

For more on this fine piece of engineering:
http://mntnweb.com/hobby/gun/harper.htm

Hmm, I never got to participate in a "what is a handgun" discussion. Seems interesting to see some ideas floating around. Honestly, I was looking around for some 45/410 contender owners to tell me if the things are accurate in 45 Colt.

Now I was indoctrinated in the "handgun is a sidearm" school of thought and I carry either a 5 1/5" barrel Bisley or a SIG 220, depending on where I am going. By this strict definition, handgun hunting or any other handgun sport is an oddity because it is using a secondary arm as its primary. Handguns should be handy, and those in the photos posted by MSSmagnum certainly seem to follow that principal to the degree that a scoped single shot can. The Howdah pistols were sidearms, in the sense that they were meant to be kept loaded and handy in the for protection against dangerous animals, and they existed in the age of revolvers. I may have to lean toward a loose holster wear definition or such. I will say that a 7 1/2" contender with or without scope is much more a true handgun than a these new double-action, long-barreled, 454 Casull and up hand-cannons...but that is my own opinion. If I were to pick a name for them, I would likely call them "sporting handguns" to differentiate them from sidearms. If I were to hold to one hard rule, it may as well be: "no slings or bipods."

Single-shot handguns do interest me; but by the time it has a 15" barrel, I find myself wishing for another inch so I can put a stock on it. Scopes are nearly a non-issue for me though I feel they should be of a power-level that would allow shots to be taken without use of a rest.

[ 05-30-2003, 11:58: Message edited by: 45LCshooter ]

A pistol is a firearm that does not have a shoulder stock. Call it a pistol, a sidearm, a sporting arm, if you control it with one hand I call it a pistol.

Die you darn thread die! The horse has already expired and the hide just ain't gonna get any more tanned.

I've hunted and hit a few doves with 45/410 10" contender, is it a shotgun or a pistol, all you have to do is pick your shots and be in Mexico, but then I think you are el pistolero

Bring it on men. I love it. I am sitting here marveling. I know some are sorely vexed at me but who cares. Lets see if we can beat the Matchkings for Big Game thread.