Quote from: cigarbreath on November 23, 2015, 02:08:53 PMQuote from: Texas Redfish on November 23, 2015, 01:50:48 PMQuote from: razgueado on November 23, 2015, 01:23:09 PMQuote from: ss2 on November 23, 2015, 01:14:02 PMQuote from: Threebean on November 23, 2015, 12:59:19 PMQuote from: ss2 on November 23, 2015, 12:45:00 PMI'm confused. I'm not against handguns but I don't know much about them. seems to me though, that a 40mm pistol would be pretty cumbersome. I remember something in WW2 called a 20mm cannon they used on some aircraft. if cannon shells come in 20 mm, then we have 40mm handguns? should the 40mm Mark mentions be a .40cal vs mm? or did I just miss a gun joke?You're right, 40 mm is incorrect. It's 0.40 inches, or 40 caliber, which is closer to 10 mm. I was mixing mm and calibers. F'kn gun talk, amiright?Thanks Bean, wasn't trying to be a gun weenie, but I haven't messed with handguns much. hunted with rifles and shotguns. figured 40mm would be pretty big, but hey, i hear they make a 50 cal handgun... i shot a BAR 30 cal once and had bruises for 2 weeks afterwards. can't imagine how you can hold and accurately shoot a 50 cal handgun. wouldn't mind trying once though.The Desert Eagle 50 A/E? It's .50 cal all right, but obviously not the rifle (or machine gun) load. It's a well designed gun, well balanced, heavy, but not punishing to shoot. The weight and the design of the action absorb a lot of the recoil. I'd love to own one, just too many guns ahead of it on my priority list. I don't frequently need to stop car bombers wearing body armor.S&W 500 is not that terrible either, big heavy piece of metal and a ported barrel.Ballistics is just a bunch of numbers if you can hit what you're aiming for. Find something that is comfortable to carry and comfortable to shoot.I can fully agree with 3 out of the 4 but ballistics/bullet characteristics are very important also even if the 4th item on your list. Bullets that don't perform right are a real issue even with great accuracy which is a definite factor of the other two things you listed. Also accuracy and ballistics are heavily influenced by small carry guns.
Quote from: Texas Redfish on November 23, 2015, 01:50:48 PMQuote from: razgueado on November 23, 2015, 01:23:09 PMQuote from: ss2 on November 23, 2015, 01:14:02 PMQuote from: Threebean on November 23, 2015, 12:59:19 PMQuote from: ss2 on November 23, 2015, 12:45:00 PMI'm confused. I'm not against handguns but I don't know much about them. seems to me though, that a 40mm pistol would be pretty cumbersome. I remember something in WW2 called a 20mm cannon they used on some aircraft. if cannon shells come in 20 mm, then we have 40mm handguns? should the 40mm Mark mentions be a .40cal vs mm? or did I just miss a gun joke?You're right, 40 mm is incorrect. It's 0.40 inches, or 40 caliber, which is closer to 10 mm. I was mixing mm and calibers. F'kn gun talk, amiright?Thanks Bean, wasn't trying to be a gun weenie, but I haven't messed with handguns much. hunted with rifles and shotguns. figured 40mm would be pretty big, but hey, i hear they make a 50 cal handgun... i shot a BAR 30 cal once and had bruises for 2 weeks afterwards. can't imagine how you can hold and accurately shoot a 50 cal handgun. wouldn't mind trying once though.The Desert Eagle 50 A/E? It's .50 cal all right, but obviously not the rifle (or machine gun) load. It's a well designed gun, well balanced, heavy, but not punishing to shoot. The weight and the design of the action absorb a lot of the recoil. I'd love to own one, just too many guns ahead of it on my priority list. I don't frequently need to stop car bombers wearing body armor.S&W 500 is not that terrible either, big heavy piece of metal and a ported barrel.Ballistics is just a bunch of numbers if you can hit what you're aiming for. Find something that is comfortable to carry and comfortable to shoot.
Quote from: razgueado on November 23, 2015, 01:23:09 PMQuote from: ss2 on November 23, 2015, 01:14:02 PMQuote from: Threebean on November 23, 2015, 12:59:19 PMQuote from: ss2 on November 23, 2015, 12:45:00 PMI'm confused. I'm not against handguns but I don't know much about them. seems to me though, that a 40mm pistol would be pretty cumbersome. I remember something in WW2 called a 20mm cannon they used on some aircraft. if cannon shells come in 20 mm, then we have 40mm handguns? should the 40mm Mark mentions be a .40cal vs mm? or did I just miss a gun joke?You're right, 40 mm is incorrect. It's 0.40 inches, or 40 caliber, which is closer to 10 mm. I was mixing mm and calibers. F'kn gun talk, amiright?Thanks Bean, wasn't trying to be a gun weenie, but I haven't messed with handguns much. hunted with rifles and shotguns. figured 40mm would be pretty big, but hey, i hear they make a 50 cal handgun... i shot a BAR 30 cal once and had bruises for 2 weeks afterwards. can't imagine how you can hold and accurately shoot a 50 cal handgun. wouldn't mind trying once though.The Desert Eagle 50 A/E? It's .50 cal all right, but obviously not the rifle (or machine gun) load. It's a well designed gun, well balanced, heavy, but not punishing to shoot. The weight and the design of the action absorb a lot of the recoil. I'd love to own one, just too many guns ahead of it on my priority list. I don't frequently need to stop car bombers wearing body armor.S&W 500 is not that terrible either, big heavy piece of metal and a ported barrel.
Quote from: ss2 on November 23, 2015, 01:14:02 PMQuote from: Threebean on November 23, 2015, 12:59:19 PMQuote from: ss2 on November 23, 2015, 12:45:00 PMI'm confused. I'm not against handguns but I don't know much about them. seems to me though, that a 40mm pistol would be pretty cumbersome. I remember something in WW2 called a 20mm cannon they used on some aircraft. if cannon shells come in 20 mm, then we have 40mm handguns? should the 40mm Mark mentions be a .40cal vs mm? or did I just miss a gun joke?You're right, 40 mm is incorrect. It's 0.40 inches, or 40 caliber, which is closer to 10 mm. I was mixing mm and calibers. F'kn gun talk, amiright?Thanks Bean, wasn't trying to be a gun weenie, but I haven't messed with handguns much. hunted with rifles and shotguns. figured 40mm would be pretty big, but hey, i hear they make a 50 cal handgun... i shot a BAR 30 cal once and had bruises for 2 weeks afterwards. can't imagine how you can hold and accurately shoot a 50 cal handgun. wouldn't mind trying once though.The Desert Eagle 50 A/E? It's .50 cal all right, but obviously not the rifle (or machine gun) load. It's a well designed gun, well balanced, heavy, but not punishing to shoot. The weight and the design of the action absorb a lot of the recoil. I'd love to own one, just too many guns ahead of it on my priority list. I don't frequently need to stop car bombers wearing body armor.
Quote from: Threebean on November 23, 2015, 12:59:19 PMQuote from: ss2 on November 23, 2015, 12:45:00 PMI'm confused. I'm not against handguns but I don't know much about them. seems to me though, that a 40mm pistol would be pretty cumbersome. I remember something in WW2 called a 20mm cannon they used on some aircraft. if cannon shells come in 20 mm, then we have 40mm handguns? should the 40mm Mark mentions be a .40cal vs mm? or did I just miss a gun joke?You're right, 40 mm is incorrect. It's 0.40 inches, or 40 caliber, which is closer to 10 mm. I was mixing mm and calibers. F'kn gun talk, amiright?Thanks Bean, wasn't trying to be a gun weenie, but I haven't messed with handguns much. hunted with rifles and shotguns. figured 40mm would be pretty big, but hey, i hear they make a 50 cal handgun... i shot a BAR 30 cal once and had bruises for 2 weeks afterwards. can't imagine how you can hold and accurately shoot a 50 cal handgun. wouldn't mind trying once though.
Quote from: ss2 on November 23, 2015, 12:45:00 PMI'm confused. I'm not against handguns but I don't know much about them. seems to me though, that a 40mm pistol would be pretty cumbersome. I remember something in WW2 called a 20mm cannon they used on some aircraft. if cannon shells come in 20 mm, then we have 40mm handguns? should the 40mm Mark mentions be a .40cal vs mm? or did I just miss a gun joke?You're right, 40 mm is incorrect. It's 0.40 inches, or 40 caliber, which is closer to 10 mm. I was mixing mm and calibers. F'kn gun talk, amiright?
I'm confused. I'm not against handguns but I don't know much about them. seems to me though, that a 40mm pistol would be pretty cumbersome. I remember something in WW2 called a 20mm cannon they used on some aircraft. if cannon shells come in 20 mm, then we have 40mm handguns? should the 40mm Mark mentions be a .40cal vs mm? or did I just miss a gun joke?
Quote from: Texas Redfish on November 23, 2015, 02:20:59 PMQuote from: cigarbreath on November 23, 2015, 02:08:53 PMQuote from: Texas Redfish on November 23, 2015, 01:50:48 PMQuote from: razgueado on November 23, 2015, 01:23:09 PMQuote from: ss2 on November 23, 2015, 01:14:02 PMQuote from: Threebean on November 23, 2015, 12:59:19 PMQuote from: ss2 on November 23, 2015, 12:45:00 PMI'm confused. I'm not against handguns but I don't know much about them. seems to me though, that a 40mm pistol would be pretty cumbersome. I remember something in WW2 called a 20mm cannon they used on some aircraft. if cannon shells come in 20 mm, then we have 40mm handguns? should the 40mm Mark mentions be a .40cal vs mm? or did I just miss a gun joke?You're right, 40 mm is incorrect. It's 0.40 inches, or 40 caliber, which is closer to 10 mm. I was mixing mm and calibers. F'kn gun talk, amiright?Thanks Bean, wasn't trying to be a gun weenie, but I haven't messed with handguns much. hunted with rifles and shotguns. figured 40mm would be pretty big, but hey, i hear they make a 50 cal handgun... i shot a BAR 30 cal once and had bruises for 2 weeks afterwards. can't imagine how you can hold and accurately shoot a 50 cal handgun. wouldn't mind trying once though.The Desert Eagle 50 A/E? It's .50 cal all right, but obviously not the rifle (or machine gun) load. It's a well designed gun, well balanced, heavy, but not punishing to shoot. The weight and the design of the action absorb a lot of the recoil. I'd love to own one, just too many guns ahead of it on my priority list. I don't frequently need to stop car bombers wearing body armor.S&W 500 is not that terrible either, big heavy piece of metal and a ported barrel.Ballistics is just a bunch of numbers if you can hit what you're aiming for. Find something that is comfortable to carry and comfortable to shoot.I can fully agree with 3 out of the 4 but ballistics/bullet characteristics are very important also even if the 4th item on your list. Bullets that don't perform right are a real issue even with great accuracy which is a definite factor of the other two things you listed. Also accuracy and ballistics are heavily influenced by small carry guns.Plus they gotta look cool too!
Quote from: cigarbreath on November 23, 2015, 02:28:43 PMQuote from: Texas Redfish on November 23, 2015, 02:20:59 PMQuote from: cigarbreath on November 23, 2015, 02:08:53 PMQuote from: Texas Redfish on November 23, 2015, 01:50:48 PMQuote from: razgueado on November 23, 2015, 01:23:09 PMQuote from: ss2 on November 23, 2015, 01:14:02 PMQuote from: Threebean on November 23, 2015, 12:59:19 PMQuote from: ss2 on November 23, 2015, 12:45:00 PMI'm confused. I'm not against handguns but I don't know much about them. seems to me though, that a 40mm pistol would be pretty cumbersome. I remember something in WW2 called a 20mm cannon they used on some aircraft. if cannon shells come in 20 mm, then we have 40mm handguns? should the 40mm Mark mentions be a .40cal vs mm? or did I just miss a gun joke?You're right, 40 mm is incorrect. It's 0.40 inches, or 40 caliber, which is closer to 10 mm. I was mixing mm and calibers. F'kn gun talk, amiright?Thanks Bean, wasn't trying to be a gun weenie, but I haven't messed with handguns much. hunted with rifles and shotguns. figured 40mm would be pretty big, but hey, i hear they make a 50 cal handgun... i shot a BAR 30 cal once and had bruises for 2 weeks afterwards. can't imagine how you can hold and accurately shoot a 50 cal handgun. wouldn't mind trying once though.The Desert Eagle 50 A/E? It's .50 cal all right, but obviously not the rifle (or machine gun) load. It's a well designed gun, well balanced, heavy, but not punishing to shoot. The weight and the design of the action absorb a lot of the recoil. I'd love to own one, just too many guns ahead of it on my priority list. I don't frequently need to stop car bombers wearing body armor.S&W 500 is not that terrible either, big heavy piece of metal and a ported barrel.Ballistics is just a bunch of numbers if you can hit what you're aiming for. Find something that is comfortable to carry and comfortable to shoot.I can fully agree with 3 out of the 4 but ballistics/bullet characteristics are very important also even if the 4th item on your list. Bullets that don't perform right are a real issue even with great accuracy which is a definite factor of the other two things you listed. Also accuracy and ballistics are heavily influenced by small carry guns.Plus they gotta look cool too!Sure don't agree with that, a Glock is about as plain ugly as they get and personally I luv um for their ultra reliable functionality.
40 millimeters = 1.575 inches
Quote from: cigarbreath on November 23, 2015, 03:05:41 PM40 millimeters = 1.575 inches
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Quote from: Texas Redfish on November 23, 2015, 03:09:25 PMQuote from: cigarbreath on November 23, 2015, 03:05:41 PM40 millimeters = 1.575 inches I think he was figuring for Beans 40mm, but who really knows for sure.
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