Worse the one I fired was built in like 2006. I guess the market is for history buffs and cowboy movie fans. But I can definitely see why that technology was abandoned, even with fancy modern accouterments its just about impossible to hit anything with the damn thing. Weighs a ton, all up front, you get slapped with debris and a noticeable shock wave when it goes off, and all those weird split second delays just cause you to wander off target. Hell it seemed like the bullet left the barrel after your hand explodes.
But its made of stainless steel so you can apparently clean it in the dishwasher. Or so my uncle claims.
As it turns out, the old-fashioned house ware has become a hot commodity in the desert. The Columbus Washboard Company, the Ohio factory which is the last remaining manufacturer of washboards in the U.S., has sent nearly 1,500 to the troops.
The boards are accompanied by boxes of laundry soap, clothes pins, clothes lines and small tubs. The company specially designed some boards to read āProud to be an American.ā
[T]odayās washboards are still used for hand scrubbing just like your Grandmother did. They are also used as decorative pieces for laundry rooms and kitchens, as furniture accents, and as good old-fashioned American Bluegrass musical instruments.
The thought of cleaning a gun in the dishwasher makes me cringe. The detergents used in it are abrasive and canāt be good for the gun or so iād imagineā¦ just clean the damn gun like a normal person
I donāt think he actually does it. He does clean it in the sink with mild fragrance and conditioner free dish soap. But thatās apparently entirely appropriate. The thing is dead simple, has like 3 or 4 moving parts. And is entirely made from the sort of stainless steel that can keep up with that (save the grips). Noone seems to particularly like shooting the damn thing, but the uncle loves it for easy clean up alone. I think he converted it over to cartridge, so now its basically an indestructible easy to clean .44 magnum.
ETA: and of course he dismantles it first. Springs and grips stay away from water. But he claims you can toss the whole thing in the dishwasher assembled, grips on. And it will do no damage to the gun. Curiously he hasnāt tried it.
I donāt know about the accuracy of that specific hog leg, but I have seen a guy shoot the flame off a candle with a .50 caliber muzzle-loading black powder percussion cap pistol from something like 60 feet.
Isnāt there a thread for all this gun talk? Or you want me to head over there and live-blog Season1 of Lucha Underground? Cause I can talk a LOT of crap about wrestling.
