IIRC, the biggest gun they tested was a .50 caliber rifle. I do not have to fire a gun to know that any bullets it shoots cannot defy the laws of physics.
On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 11:05 AM, Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > Again...you obviously have never fired an m1911. The force the round exudes > when it hits a target is pretty intense. I dont know what weapons they > tested on Mythbusters (I would certainly like to see the episode), but they > obviously didn't test the m1911. When you fire it, it has a pretty hard > kick that causes your hands to go back and the gun to go up. That is one of > the several reasons why it is so accurate because you have to totally re-aim > for the next shot. Part of it is also because the round is so huge. It is > pretty useless at a distance, but close range, it packs a punch. Id dont > know if any of the other vets here used it as I think they are all much > younger than me and probably would have used the 9mm handgun the military > adopted. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Stroz [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2010 9:19 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Daily Kos: Why liberals should love the Second Amendment > > > Had to look it up, could not think of the reference at the time that > proves this is physically imposible, its Newton's Third Law of Motion > > On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 10:11 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: >> OK, earlier you said it it would 'knock him back a few feet'...that is >> physically impossible, without the shooter also getting knocked back a >> few feet. 'knock them on their ass' is quite a bit different than >> 'knock him back a few feet'. :D >> >> >> On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 9:45 AM, Eric Roberts >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I guess you have never fired an m1911...it's doesn't knock you back at > all. >>> The army adopted the handgun during the Philippine Insurrection when the >>> Philippine Moros, who were hopped up on drugs, would keep on charging > when >>> hit by the revolvers that were previously used. The .45 cal round that > the >>> m1911 fired hit them and knocked them on their ass so they wouldn't get > back >>> up. The handgun was used up until the late 80's/early 90's when it was >>> replaced by the much less powerful (and more accurate at greater > distances) >>> 9mm. >>> >>> Eric >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Scott Stroz [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2010 7:21 AM >>> To: cf-community >>> Subject: Re: Daily Kos: Why liberals should love the Second Amendment >>> >>> >>> Any weapon that will knock the bad guy back a few feet will also knock >>> you back a few feet. I know this because I saw it in Mythbusters. :D >>> >>> On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 12:01 AM, Eric Roberts >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> If I were to have a firearm for self defense, I'll take the m1911 any > day. >>>> Screw the little 9mm handguns...I want something that would not only > kill >>> my >>>> opponent, but knock him back a few feet ;-) Which is one of the reasons > I >>>> won't own one. I wasn't trained to injure. I was trained to shoot to > kill >>>> (one shot one kill as the saying went) and I really don't want to be put >>> in >>>> that situation. I'll give my opponent a fighting chance and stick to >>> blades >>>> ;-) >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Robert Munn [mailto:[email protected]] >>>> Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2010 1:49 AM >>>> To: cf-community >>>> Subject: Re: Daily Kos: Why liberals should love the Second Amendment >>>> >>>> >>>> I could go for either of those, or maybe the M4 shotgun. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 8:49 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I've got the Remington 870 Express. >>>> >>>>> On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 10:16 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> We have a Benelli SuperNova tactical shotgun. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:322857 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
