OT RE: BLAM, BLAM, BLAM! ;]

From: Jim <jim_at_calico.litterbox.com>
Date: Wed Aug 26 16:48:17 1998

*snip*

> How did he 'invent' a gun without
> owning the necessary tools (at least I doubt a magazine writer would

*snip*

I think he invented the ammunition. From what I've read, if you come up with
a really impressive round in a one-off custom gun and it generates interest,
often a manufacturer will manufacture a gun to shoot it. From what I've read
on web searches on Mr. Keith (curiosity got the better of me) the .44
magnum started life as the .44 special. Since the round always seems to be
associated with Smith and Wesson (courtesy of Dirty Harry, no doubt) I'd
hazard a guess and say maybe they were the first ones to build a gun to
shoot it?

Not all "wildcat" or user developed rounds survive, obviously. Some make
it to one company's production, don't sell well, and vanish. Others
do better. An example of a less popular type would be the .50 action express.
Introduced for the Desert Eagle handgun, I think one other manufacturer has
since picked it up. One hesitates to think how much a box of those must cost.

I should mention that my interest in firearms comes from studying them for
role playing games, rather than actually owning and shooting regularly. I
reserve the right to be completely and totally full of poo on my facts.
As far as owning a gun, I don't feel the need personally, but if others do I
don't have a problem with that.

(and I have to say the saturday afternoon recently spent blasting at bowling
pins with a semi-auto AK47 was LOTS of fun. :)

-- 
Jim Strickland
jim_at_calico.litterbox.com
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