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Moonduck · 09-12-2003, 08:06 PM

I should've mentioned the magnum Champagne idea, but was more interesting, gun geek that I am, in relating the fact that no one has been able to pin down who it was that added the term magnum, or when, in the design process, it occurred.

(At least that is accurrate as of the last time I dug into it. More data may have surfaced.)

As an aside, if you get used to shooting .357 magnum accurately, you can then change to .38 special to pull of cute tricks. I used to print a smiley face onto the head of an FBI "Q" target to win bets with my friends. Always did it with .38 special wadcutters as they leave such nicely precise holes in the paper.

09-12-2003, 08:06 PM	#12 (permalink)
Moonduck Junkie Location: SE USA	I should've mentioned the magnum Champagne idea, but was more interesting, gun geek that I am, in relating the fact that no one has been able to pin down who it was that added the term magnum, or when, in the design process, it occurred. (At least that is accurrate as of the last time I dug into it. More data may have surfaced.) As an aside, if you get used to shooting .357 magnum accurately, you can then change to .38 special to pull of cute tricks. I used to print a smiley face onto the head of an FBI "Q" target to win bets with my friends. Always did it with .38 special wadcutters as they leave such nicely precise holes in the paper.