Hmm – mebbe it’s supposed to keep ya from resting yer thumb on the slide stop lever? Or maybe they got a rash from resting on the slide.. Otherwise, I don’t have a clue
I don’t know about race guns, but what Calimero said sounds reasonable. The thumb straight up behind the cylinder latch is how we shot .38 revolvers one-handed when dinosaurs roamed the Earth.
Markie Marxist sez: “Uh, it’s like a shoulder thing that goes up, except that it’s for your thumb? Whatever it is, we commies have to ban it, uh, because it goes up!”
July 13th, 2016 at 5:44 pm
Hmm – mebbe it’s supposed to keep ya from resting yer thumb on the slide stop lever? Or maybe they got a rash from resting on the slide.. Otherwise, I don’t have a clue
July 13th, 2016 at 6:24 pm
Comes from race guns (and has been on every IPSC Open gun for 20 years)
Helps keep the gun in line.
July 13th, 2016 at 9:49 pm
I don’t know about race guns, but what Calimero said sounds reasonable. The thumb straight up behind the cylinder latch is how we shot .38 revolvers one-handed when dinosaurs roamed the Earth.
July 14th, 2016 at 7:27 pm
Markie Marxist sez: “Uh, it’s like a shoulder thing that goes up, except that it’s for your thumb? Whatever it is, we commies have to ban it, uh, because it goes up!”