I agree. I attended a Winchester ammo seminar/demonstration that was put on at our local prison shooting range which our department also used. They did a lot of shooting into gelatin block, glass, denim all kinds of stuff mostly to get agencies to switch to Winchester ammo of course.
They had a table set up and a Gal (I got severely chewed out once for calling a lady a gal but I still do it now and then) shooting 9mm and 40. I think she was a prison employee. Then a guy shooting a 45.
Anyhow most everyone there could care less and weren't even paying a lot of attention. Mostly again prison guards, probably 40 or more but I was interested and in the chair I was practically right next to the shooters.
I was chatting up the shooters in general and don't recall why it came up but I asked why she was shooting the 9 and 40 and the other guy the 45, if they were their guns or what?
She said she couldn't handle the recoil of the 45????? I asked if she'd ever shot it and she said no their instructor just told her it was too much for a "Gal".
I told her next test she was shooting the 45, she was reluctant but agreeable and the guy was ok too. She came away with a whole new point of view on 45's and wanted nothing more to do with that 40.
I have a K40 which shoots great and I like it except it has just too much muzzle flip. Not painful and I could shoot it all day but takes a day and a half to get lined up for a second shot, really not recoil but muzzle flip. That being said some people love them and want nothing else. In a full size gun 40 is fine and dandy.
I was afflicted with the same kind of deal, my dad as I grew up convinced me there was not worse punishment than shooting a 12 gauge shotgun and never to shoot one no matter what. My dad was not a gun guy and I of course learned otherwise, it was a hard lesson. Friend invited me to shoot his and I was like no way. I watched him shoot and it didn't look bad, so I gave it a try.
Nothing to it till the third or forth shot. He loaded like 7's or 9's girly man loads and then slipped in a 3'' mag Slug.
You guessed it, bang, bang, bang, crap where's my shoulder go. He always was kind of an a hole.
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Dad: Say something nice to your cousin Shirley
Dietrich: For a fat girl you sure don't sweat much.
Cue sound of Head slap.
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Originally Posted by O'Dell
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