Self defense - checkSpeaking only for myself here...
I have found that many , if not most of NWFA members who post regularly...
View owning firearms and shooting from a self defense viewpoint.
And not from a hunting or pure enjoyment viewpoint.
Not that either is "wrong"...or that one can have both or many different viewpoints for the why behind their shooting styles and choices.
However many times application is seen though the lens of self defense...and for self defense a very important application , so to speak , is the reliability of the cartridge to feed and fire...which may be the case with the "rim lock " discussion.
Andy
Hunting - check
Pure enjoyment - check
YEAH put me down for all three.
This is certainly an educational forum. I had never heard of the term "rim lock". I have a Desert Eagle in .44 Mag that I may just have to experiment with to see if I can cause that phenomenon intentionally. When I first got that pistol many years ago, I did have some jamming issues. I immediately regretted buying it despite the $600 sales price, including four extra magazines, extra springs, some ammo, and a locking pistol box. But later, when I was out shooting with my dad, it wasn't a jam-o-matic in his hands. Hmmm... I wasn't a member of this forum at that time, or I probably would have known what the issue was, but eventually I figured out the problem was anticipating the recoil and "limp-wristing" (another term I'd never heard of). I remember the next time I took the DE out for a run, I just sighted at a nearby stump and focused on keeping the pistol fully supported without anticipating the recoil. Emptied one magazine then another. It ran like a champ and has ever since. That reminds me, I've got plenty of loaded ammo and it's overdue for another run.