Originally Posted by
contender1
I too would take the $20 challenge. I have handled & shot many custom big bore handguns,, and I understand recoil. I once had a shooter who had a BFR in 450 Marlin. He challenged me to shoot a full cylinder with it. We were at an indoor range, and the longest distance was 25 yds. Not only did I meet his challenge, I exceeded it by shooting 2 cylinders full. AND my grouping was one single ragged hole of about 2". I took his money too.
And your comments;
"The more I look at them, the more I think a single action grip frame can be made to work. It's just that the ones I end up shooting have the old west style looking ones that are essentially bell shaped. You might as well make a grip out of an icicle if that's your idea of a good shooter. They don't need to be soft rubber Hogues, but just something that at the very least isn't tapered. That is a design, made to fail.'
We have discussed this in many threads etc.
The tapered design DOES work for many,, when you understand the physics of recoil, AND are NOT fighting the recoil. You have even admitted fighting the recoil,, and by your constant comments about disliking the tapered shape, and wanting a grip shape you can "control" prove that you are unwilling to try & find a proper instructor, who can & will teach you how to shoot a SA plow handle. OR,, you are unwilling to accept the physics of how a SA works, and feel it is a design failure because you can't make it work in your hands. As noted by myself, and many others, ,,, the SA design can & does work quite well, and has for decades. The tapered shape you mention seems to be your main beef, because it isn't shaped like a DA design.
Look at a DA and look at a SA. The SA has the grip frame under the main frame, while the DA has it behind the main frame.
Next, if you want to understand it even more, do this;
Take a big wad of modelling clay, say the size of a baseball. Get a grip on it, and squeeze it until you get a hand shape. Next, look at it and you will see excess at the bottom, while at the thumb area, you will have less clay.
BUT,, all this aside,, you still refuse to accept the fact that you CAN control the recoil without fighting it. A SA can & does work, in the hands of those willing to learn how. Fighting it actually causes more felt recoil, and hinders accuracy.
I stand by my offer to teach you how if you are ever in my area.