{"id":3975,"date":"2008-06-19T10:16:16","date_gmt":"2008-06-19T14:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/?p=47"},"modified":"2008-06-19T10:16:16","modified_gmt":"2008-06-19T14:16:16","slug":"i-shoulda-saidi-shoulda-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/i-shoulda-saidi-shoulda-done\/","title":{"rendered":"I SHOULDA SAID\u2026I SHOULDA DONE\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/span><\/span>So here I am in Barry, Illinois, just finishing up filming my segments for the third season of Tom Gresham\u2019s television program, Personal Defense TV, <\/em>which has just switched from The Outdoor Channel to The Sportsman\u2019s Channel. <\/span>And I\u2019m reminded again of how the world of the gun is so much like every other aspect of our world.<\/p>\n

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<\/span>You know how a few minutes after an argument or a debate, we find ourselves thinking, \u201cWhat I should <\/em>have said was\u2026\u201d? <\/span>And all those times where instead of \u201cI should have said,\u201d it\u2019s \u201cI should have done?\u201d<\/p>\n

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<\/span>Had a couple of those moments\u2026<\/p>\n

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<\/span>In eleven of the thirteen episodes, I was happy with the way things turned out. Several were done in only one take. There are a couple, though, that I wouldn\u2019t mind doing over again\u2026<\/p>\n

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<\/span>One was a segment on why it\u2019s a good idea to use a firm grip when shooting, particularly with powerful guns. <\/span>We were filming at PASA Park, the outstanding shooting facility which hosts the Smith & Wesson Masters and the Single Stack pistol championships. <\/span>PASA head Dick Metcalf, who also writes for Shooting Times <\/em>and Guns & Ammo, <\/em>lent me a Smith & Wesson Model 629 slicked up by our mutual friend, the late, great Fred Sadowski of 300 Gunsmithing Services in Denver. The ammo was powerful Hornady XTP .44 Magnum, using a 180 grain bullet that hits nearly 1600 feet per second muzzle velocity.<\/p>\n

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<\/span>To illustrate that the gun can move in your hand upon recoil if you hold it too loosely, I let off one shot downrange with the camera in close-up on gun and hand. I pointed out that the revolver had started to roll back in my relaxed grasp, and that another round or two would have found the hammer blocked by the web of the hand. Then, with a proper hard hold, I ripped five more downrange rapid-fire. That\u2019s a take! Cut, wrap, print\u2026<\/p>\n

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<\/span>Not until after the camera turned off did I notice that the light grasp had allowed the sharp edge of the cylinder latch to slice my thumb open, drawing blood. <\/span>The gear was already being broken down to move to the next filming location, and an after-the-fact splice would have looked hokey. Damn\u2026I had missed a perfect opportunity to show even better why you shouldn\u2019t fire powerful guns with a wimpy grasp.<\/p>\n

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<\/span>Another segment involved gun concealment options. With a light nylon windbreaker over my usual garb of cargo pants, shirt, and photographer\u2019s vest, I proceeded in front of the camera to divest myself of two .45 automatics, two full size .357 Magnums, a couple of compact .22s and .32s, a trio of .380s, and so many snub-nose .38s that I lost count. <\/span>When the camera stopped rolling, 25 pistols and revolvers had made it from concealment on my person to the table beside me. As they unhooked the body mike, I realized, \u201cDammit\u2026I forgot a couple.\u201d I had missed two short barrel Smith & Wessons, an all-steel .38 Chief Special and an AirLite .357. <\/span>Well, there was no need for a second take \u2013 25 makes the point about as well as 27 \u2013 but you know, I don\u2019t think I\u2019ll be as judgmental as I might have been the next time I read of some honest gun carrier getting arrested because he forgot he had a gun on when he went through a metal detector into a \u201cgun-free zone.\u201d<\/p>\n

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<\/span>Woulda\u2026coulda\u2026shoulda\u2026sigh.<\/p>\n

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Mas has just removed these 25 concealed handguns from the clothes he\u2019s wearing. Vest is concealed by nylon windbreaker\u2026and still hides two more revolvers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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All steel S&W Model 36 .38 Special and super-light S&W Model 340 .357 were literally forgotten in the inside breast pockets of concealment vest.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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