Wayne37: That revolver makes a heck of a club if you're out of ammo. Darned thing weighs over four pounds. A person with small hands can't shoot them without pain, just too much stress on wrists and elbows. I'm a big guy, six-one, 215, with big hands and really large arms. Even so, my innter voice, which I've learned to heed, tells me after about 15 rounds "hey, stupid, it's time to lay this down to cool while you shoot somelthing else---like a 44 mag popgun." I can shoot 44 mags by the hundreds in a session and do, but the 45-70s have to be shot at intervals. My "trick" for all powerful revolvers? Bring your hand around and press the thumb of your shooting hand firmly against the cylinder shroud. Therefore the strongest part of your hand, the thumb, takes up the recoil and the piece doesn't twist in your grip.
Now, for knives, which is what this forum is really about. I had a very skilled Korean instructer in Taekwondo years back. We were seated on the dojo floor after a two hour workout session and receiving some oral wisdom. Someone asked the master about countering a knife attack. The master, a ninth degree or some such, replied that "he feared no man with a knife."
Well, shoot, as you know from this thread, I'm a loudmouth. I raised my hand and respectfully stated I had a knife and knew techniques which the master could not overcome. He challenged me to bring my knife to the next class so I did---and I brought the big Gerber.
After the session, the master invited me to come onto the mat with my knife. I did so and it was not in the sheath. My initial knife fighting stance is usually a semi crouch facing the opponent. The knife is in my right hand and horizontal about my lower chest with the cutting edge forward. My left arm is above and somewhat horizontal as my blocker. Bare-handed, the unarmed opponent has NO way to get to you without being slashed, stabbed, or cut! A roundhouse kick will result in a slashed leg, same with any arm/hand blows. The master took one look at that and said "you've been trained in knife fighting, haven't you?" I answered "yes" and he then admitted with my size and the size of that knife his only option was flight or a weapon of his own.
I have nothing against smaller knives and carry and have carried many different types. However, when the brown stuff hits the fan, I'd prefer to have the Gerber or something like it. Regards
