i can`t stand it any longer!!!!!

[GP100man]

does anybody frequent the firing line forum?????
there was a thread on people loosing there left thumb shooting S&W 460s
what a mess it made of the ends of there thumbs!!!!!!!!
it seems they let there thumb go past the end of the cyl while concentrating on aiming& escaping gases cut em off!!!!!!!
maybe they were bottom feeder shooters or just forgot basic revolver handlin requirments???????
how much does a scoped 460 weigh?????? enuff that they needed to put there hand under the frame & lay there thumb in the (gap)?????


GP100man

 

[Virginian]

Just Darwin's principles at work.

 

[Hastings]

A friend of mine bought a S&W 460 a two years ago. We went thru a weeks pay in ammo in roughly a half-hour. I've shot 45-70 derringers, and a custom 1" barreled S&W M29 with hand loads that caused the primer to flow back around the firing pin, so I didn't find the recoil, or blast unpleasant. That being said, I didn't like the 460. When I go hunting, I'd prefer to carry a Marlin 1894 or 1895 over my shoulder on a sling than a 10" revolver (that weights just as much as the rifles) on my chest in one of those nylon papoose-pouch bra-type holsters. Besides, I can get a 18" lever-gun into action faster than I can pull the 460 from a chest holster and level out the unsupported barrel weight into a steady, accurate hold. And when I pull the trigger on the levergun, I don't get the ear-shattering concussion that the 460 produces. I have a hard enough time hearing after all the Ted Nugent concerts and power tool usage. I don't need to hunt with a weapon that produces the same sensation as ramming a knitting needle into both ears from one side. Obviously I wear hearing protection while practicing, but not while hunting. I like hunting with a revolver, but give me a 5-1/2" Ruger Redhawk in a hip holster and I feel fine for a nice morning of heavy brush hunting. Perhaps if I were hunting oncoming Buicks while trapped between the Jersey barriers on I-91 I might want the 460. For deer, bear, and anything else I come across in Vermont, I find a 357 or 44 to be just fine, and a nice 44 or 45 caliber lever-gun to be even better.

By the way, I don't drive a hemi, arm-wrestle, or hunt moose with a fork and knife, either. I must be getting soft.

By the by the way, Ted is coming to VT in two weeks, and I got third-row seats. Now, where'd I put my knitting needles?

Still waiting for the Great White Buffalo.

 

[.38 Special]

As an old Bianchi style competitor, I have completely lost my fear of the barrel-cylinder gap, so I can understand how this trouble could happen to other people.

The flash gap is not necessarily dangerous in all revolvers, and even the higher pressure guns will usually just pepper you, not cut things off. The .460 is obviously a special case, and S&W needs to make a point of that, if they do not already.

 

[FLORIDA KEVIN]

I have a friend hurt his thumb like that while shoting my SRH in .454 casull! I was shooting next to him and didnt see him slip his hand forward before he shot ! He moved his hand forward after about the 3rd shot in an effort to get a more stabil hold !

 

[The Bushmaster]

The trick is to keep your fingers behind the cylinder/barrel gap...

 

[.38 Special]

After looking around a bit, I note that S&W does make a big deal about keeping your bits away from the flash gap, and that the people losing digits have some peculiar ideas about how to hold a gun.

Silly humans...

 

[Pat-inCO]

Just Darwin's principles at work.

Mmmmmm, not really. They are alive.

I think Forest Gump said it properly - "Stupid is as stupid does".

As long as it's THEIR finger (and no one else is hurt), I don't care.

 

[buck460XVR]

still got all my fingers. First thing I tell everyone new that shoots my .460 is to hold it with both hands on the grips. None of them has lost any fingers either. Unfortunately with the PC models the grooved underlug looks like a place to put your hand..........

That said, everyone I have ever let shoot my .460 has walked away with a big smile on their face and they all say the same thing....."awesome!". No, it's not a handgun for the meek, nor is it a handgun for the unexperienced. I have yet to let anyone shoot it until they have shot my .357 with stout loads, nor have I let anyone shoot it that I didn't think they could handle it. But my youngest has shot it since he was 13 and he shoots it well.


I carry my .460 on a sling over my shoulder when I hunt and find it's much more comfortable than a holster of any type. I use the same electronic earplugs that I wear when I target shoot, hunt with other firearms, ride the bike or go to concerts....I need to save the little bit of hearing I have left.

BTW, the flash from the cylinder gap is hard on shooting bags......I'm on my third one.

 

[Guntalk]

Nice little demo for impressing folks who are about to shoot your revolver.

Just take a piece of paper (typing paper size) and fold it in half. Lay the paper over the revolver, with the fold making an inverted "V".

The paper is now folded down around the cylinder and cylinder gap.

Shoot one round.

Pick up the paper (or what's left of it) and show the hole in the paper.

It's impressive enough that no one seeing it will let a finger or thumb slip forward.

 

[greener]

Guntalk, that demo or fire one at night. Also gives you a good reason to wear eye protection when you are near someone who is firing a revolver. No. 2 daughter didn't and ended up with minor eye surgery.

 

[CajunBass]

A buddy was shooting my Ruger Old Army (B/P revolver) one day. I didn't think much of it when he put his off hand on top of a fence post, then rested his strong hand on it.

Until he screamed like a banshee. I thought the gun had chain fired and maybe blown his hand off. Nope. Just the hot gas, bore butter grease, and unburned powder out of the B/C gap had tattoed a straight line across his hand. The skin wasn't broken but it took a long time for that mark to go away.

 

[Loomis]

I dont' understand. How do you get any of your fingers that far forward? Especially a thumb? Your thumb is the shortest finger of all. How does it reach past the cylinder?

 

[CajunBass]

My guess would be using the front of the revolver frame like the hooked trigger guard on a lot of semi's.

 

[dispatch]

I took a semi-auto guy to the range because he wanted to try a revolver. Guess what- he used a two handed grip that placed his thumb right at the cylinder gap. I stopped him before he fired, but the scenario of damaging a thumb is real for a novice revolver shooter. I know for sure that is ignorance (not being educated in the subject) and I also feel there is a lack of common sense involved (that would be stupidity).