A stunt girl near got killed on Back to the Future 2 set...where they slam through the big glass windows...except they were rushing, she was the new kid on the block and didn't want to cause hassle, the crane driver got things wrong and she hit the column first then dropped two stories to the concrete outside where the safety mats were not in place!...
Don’t believe everything you read. Controlling a .44 Magnum won’t be easy. Held incorrectly, it can break your wrist. Humans haven’t evolved since the Dirty Harry years, so a well aimed standard .38 will stop anyone, as long as they’re not wearing body armour while off their face on coke. (Distance is the thing to put between you and a mad gunman)
Don’t believe everything you read. Controlling a .44 Magnum won’t be easy. Held incorrectly, it can break your wrist. Humans haven’t evolved since the Dirty Harry years, so a well aimed standard .38 will stop anyone, as long as they’re not wearing body armour while off their face on coke. (Distance is the thing to put between you and a mad gunman)
Having explored a few websites about firearms over the past few days, one thing that has struck me is the escalation in the power of pistols. In the 1970s, when in Italy there was a kidnapping panic, a lot of well-to-do Italians had guns. From what I remember they were small revolvers or automatics, .25, .32, 6.35mm, 7.65mm. Even James Bond thought his 6.35 Beretta was all he needed. Today, it seems that "To keep your loved ones safe" the suggested bare minimum is 9mm or .38. But that is the bare minimum, better .44 magnum or bigger.
Because the overwhelming majority of people don't know what they're doing with a firearm (no offense to anyone here intended), they are FAR better served by getting out if possible and calling 911 or the appropriate emergency number.
Lol. Most Brits are quite happy with not needing to know anything about gun handling.
Tony, are you an armourer? I thought you were avoinics/airframes?So, do more fishes have a greater appreciation of the power of a 30mm chain gun that I work on occasionally?