I weighed some handguns

[dlbleak]

I saw him yesterday. All digits and eyeballs where they should be!

 

[swampratt]

They shot just fine and I still have them and not getting rid of them.
Felt recoil was more with the lighter slides but still less recoil than store ammo shot in a 1911.

 

[HillsideDesolate]

Well, he's still alive. So there's that.

Can a @swampratt even be killed?

Swampratt can not be killed by conventional means...

 

[PanhandleGlocker]

Swampratt can not be killed by conventional means...

Death by… SNU SNU

 

[swampratt]

Lightening the slide is nothing new in the semi auto hand gun world just google it.

 

[swampratt]

Death by… SNU SNU

I had to look that up.
Had 2 cowgirls many years ago when i was 19 try and depants me not 5 minutes after my girlfriend left the house.
Scared the daylights out of me.
Pants stayed on.

 

[turkeyrun]

45 acp will pass through a deer with ease.
I have killed one at 47 paces with 1 shot 800 fps 230 gr.

I found it does not take much to kill a deer or other critter.
Shot placement is key as we know .. But there are those animals that do not know they are dead yet.

My normal loads for 45 acp are in the 700 fps area for 200 gr cast.
It is enjoyable to shoot and accurate and way down on pressure and velocity.

When I shot the 40 I felt the rounds created way too much recoil and reduced my loads and I think I checked them in the low 600 fps area 180 cast.

If it shows signs of beating up the gun I will scrap these lightened slides and use them as wall hangers.

I do not know of many people that shoot low and slow loads but I enjoy them.

Hang around some Cowboy shooters. I load .357 brass with 95 gr powder coated at 700 fps. I experimented with loading them down to the point I could SEE the purple bullets leave the barrel and follow it to the target. I BELIEVE this is around 350 fps. Fun, but squib loads are possible and I stopped loading super lite loads.

.357, .41, .44, and .45C loads are all light for caliber bullets and 650 - 750 fps.

 

[Aries]

Well, he's still alive. So there's that.

Can a @swampratt even be killed?

When the nuclear holocaust hits, the only things left alive on this planet will be swampratt and cockroaches.

 

[swampratt]

When the nuclear holocaust hits, the only things left alive on this planet will be swampratt and cockroaches.

I hope something else is there.
Only so many ways to prepare lakakaroacha.

 

[Beau]

I did mine similar to this.
Note: you can not weld a sight rail to the pot metal slide had to try it before I went machining on everything