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April 13, 2011
Strange Guns: Palm Pistol - 4
by John B. Snow
 No, Gary Cooper didn’t carry one of these on his hip in High Noon and if he had bad guy Frank Miller (played by Ian MacDonald) and his gang would have laughed themselves silly before gunning down Cooper’s character, Will Kane. It looks more like an asthma inhaler than a pistol, but this thing apparently holds a single .38 Spl. round, is held in your fist like a hand exerciser for increasing grip strength and fires with a push of the thumb. Is it a serious gun? By definition, anything that can shoot a .38, even a single shot, is a serious gun, but by the same token I seriously don’t think I would depend on this to save my life in a time of crisis. The makers of this pistol, Constitution Arms claim that it is ergonomic, accurate and able to be fired by people who lack the grip strength to pull the trigger on a regular handgun—though I find this last point a bit hard to swallow when I think about the sweet single-action triggers on my favorite 1911s or even the smooth DAO trigger pull on my Sig P250. Who is it meant for? This is what the company says: The company goes on to mention the number of people who are joining the ranks of the elderly in coming years, all of whom they see as potential customers for the Palm Pistol. Why on earth you’d trust your life to a single-shot is beyond me. There’s also the problem that if you pulled this out and pointed it at a bad guy, he wouldn’t even know enough to be scared. |
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Comments (4)
pat_barrett_rn,
you obviously have never been a soldier on a trek into a hot zone. You don't want to carry anything that is not essential in your ruck. That thing probably weighs as much as one magazine of .45 ammo. Why would any soldier turn down seven rounds for a weapon that only carries one and takes up space that could be used for essential items.
Most soldiers have no need for a secret hideaway weapon that shoots bullets. If you are that close to the bad guys, you will wish that you had the seven rounds that the .45 mag holds to keep them from getting that close.
You know nothing of what you speak and have demonstrated that freely and clearly.
This concept is nuthin' new, here is a link to an earlier weapon originating in 1882:
http://www.genitron.com/unique20.html
A version of this weapon can be seen in the Spaghetti Western Sabata with Lee Van Cleef
It looks like the weapon of an assassin, maybe this article should be in the NRA magazine or Solider of Fortune.
It looks like the weapon of an assassin, maybe this article should be in the NRA magazine or Solider of Fortune.
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This concept is nuthin' new, here is a link to an earlier weapon originating in 1882:
http://www.genitron.com/unique20.html
A version of this weapon can be seen in the Spaghetti Western Sabata with Lee Van Cleef
pat_barrett_rn,
you obviously have never been a soldier on a trek into a hot zone. You don't want to carry anything that is not essential in your ruck. That thing probably weighs as much as one magazine of .45 ammo. Why would any soldier turn down seven rounds for a weapon that only carries one and takes up space that could be used for essential items.
Most soldiers have no need for a secret hideaway weapon that shoots bullets. If you are that close to the bad guys, you will wish that you had the seven rounds that the .45 mag holds to keep them from getting that close.
You know nothing of what you speak and have demonstrated that freely and clearly.
It looks like the weapon of an assassin, maybe this article should be in the NRA magazine or Solider of Fortune.
It looks like the weapon of an assassin, maybe this article should be in the NRA magazine or Solider of Fortune.
Post a Comment (200 characters or less)