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SPEAK OUT Continued from page 19 one. I took the liberty of adding Ray’s last note and my answer to him to share with all of you. Ray, your nephew should indeed have taken your advice. He would now be able to enjoy shooting mildmannered .38 Specials in his .357 Magnum revolver and learning how to better manage the sights and trigger squeeze. I fear the substantial recoil of the .44 Magnum will cause a flinch difficult to overcome. At this point, I wouldn’t bother with adjusting the sights since I doubt he’s actually shooting well enough to be able to target the gun adequately to find out exactly where the loads are hitting. He has several choices. First, sell the .44 and buy a good quality .38 or .357 double action revolver. If he’s not inclined to do that, and if finances allow, buy a used, clean .38 revolver or .22 revolver and learn sight picture and trigger squeeze. Another option is to simply borrow a .38 or .22 and practice with it, hopefully under the guidance of someone who can shoot — and teach. There is always the opportunity to learn to reload. While the .44 Special would indeed have lower recoil than a fully loaded .44 Magnum, they are nonetheless still a bit pricy to shoot. Investing in a Lee Precision basic reloading kit (about $100), a pound of appropriate powder, some primers and lead bullets would not only be much cheaper in the short/long run, but allow him to tailor the loads so the recoil isn’t so punishing. Plus … it’s fun to reload! While the .44 Magnum Redhawk is indeed a highly accurate revolver, it takes an experienced hand to make it work well. I recommend he start to shoot with a smaller caliber (.22 might be best) and work his way up. If he has any questions, please tell him he can e-mail me at Editor@americanhandgunner.com. I can’t always find the time to answer everyone lately (you guys are writing like crazy) but if it’s important or someone really needs an answer, I’ll find the time. If you want to contact a writer, I always forward your note to them. And I do read everyone’s letters personally. RH Squibbish I’ve had “failures to fire” due to light primer strikes, hard primers, or whatever, but I had never had a “squib” round until yesterday. Scary part is, the symptoms of the two experiences were identical — both were silent! Practicing at the range with a 1911 I was surprised (in the middle of a magazine) to see the hammer fall and hear absolutely nothing. My immediate reaction was I had a bad primer since I didn’t think the round had fired. After holding the pistol pointed at the target for a full 60 seconds in case of a hangfire, I dropped the magazine and tried to eject the bad round, but it was stuck and very difficult to eject, confusing me. When I did get it ejected it was an empty case. But I didn’t hear anything? Obviously the case was difficult to eject because the case expanded during the primer firing. I quickly broke the 1911 down and, you guessed it, a round was stuck in the barrel, but still, I didn’t even hear the primer go off let alone any powder. Of course there were other shooters on the line shooting, I had good quality electronic hearing protection on, and I can’t hear worth a darn anymore anyway. One or all of these factors caused me to not hear the primer go off and immediately realize the seriousness of the situation. Fortunately I didn’t just chamber a new round without checking the barrel for an obstruction. I suppose the round did not have any powder in it, but that’s not my point, my point here is to never assume you had a bad primer when you don’t hear anything when the hammer falls — you might have had a “squib-round” and the barrel could be obstructed. A confession here, and this gives me chills. I’ve had some bad experiences with a .38 Special revolver of mine. Whether my problems were caused by hard primers, or my pistol, isn’t important here. I admit I got used to one out of 20 or 30 rounds not firing. I would then wait to be sure it wasn’t a hang-fire then just rotate to the next chamber and continue shooting. I’ll never do that again. Any time a round fails to fire I will follow hang-fire procedure, eject the round, then check the barrel for an obstruction, even if I didn’t hear a thing. Fortunately I was shooting my 1911 and not a revolver when that bad round was chambered. If it was my .45 ACP revolver I wouldn’t have had the benefit of ejecting an empty cartridge to alert me. I would have thought “bad primer” because of my .38 Special experiences and rotated right to the next round with a bullet in the barrel. I had always thought that a squib round would “sound different or funny” and I had never dreamed I would not hear it at all. I feel very lucky to have learned this major lesson without any harm done. Dick Lundholm Via e-mail Dad And Shooting School Thank you for featuring Clint Smith’s Thunder Ranch DVDs in your magazines. After viewing them I knew I had to take a course. My father and I just returned from our first course in August. We had a wonderful time and learned a boatload from Clint and Heidi. They have a great teaching style that helps students focus on the most important aspects of gun craft. I had an amazing time, but what made it even more fun was getting to be there with my dad. He introduced me to shooting when I was 6-years old and we have continued to shoot together ever since. So thank you for introducing me to Thunder Ranch; thank you Clint and Heidi for the outstanding course — and thank you Dad for introducing me to a shooting! John D. Look Minneapolis MN American Handgunner ® welcomes letters to the editor. We reserve the right to edit all published letters for clarity and length. Due to the volume of mail, we are unable to individually answer your letters or e-mail. In sending a letter to Handgunner, you agree to provide Publishers Development Corp. such copyright as is required for publishing and redistributing the contents of your letter in any format. Send your letters to Speak Out, American Handgunner, 12345 World Trade Dr., San Diego, CA 92128; www.americanhandgunner. com; e-mail: ed@americanhandgunner.com. LINVILLE KNIFE AND TOOL CO. G10 1911 Grips Innovative Designs for the Serious Shooter www.linvilleknifeandtool.com 336-923-2062 PO Box 71, Bethania, NC 27010 WWW.AMERICANHANDGUNNER.COM 109
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