To me, the appeal of the Hamr is that lengthening the backstrap would appear to facilitate strong hand only thumb cocking control and dexterity.
I had one with the Revision grip, but it wasn't deep enough for me.
I felt that lengthening the grip added little to quick handling.
Be so careful guys! I was working pocket draws with my little .22 Short, it slipped out of my grip after I was able to cock it, landed on the counter pointed at my stomach! I broke out in a sweat, took a couple deep breaths, said a quick prayer. Packed my shit up, walked in to the counter traded it for a loss.
I have a PUG now with a larger grip. I love tinkering with the littles but that was too close. I was worink with a tiny Iver Johnson one day, I pulled slide back to load and cock it and the round went off with chamber open, lots of little shrapnel, no injury. I got rid of most my little .25s.
It sounded like he was at the range and shooting drills from a pocket draw to actual shooting on target... and one got away from him.
Funny thing, when I was trying to do the 3 shots in one second thing off a draw I was concerned enough that I put soft armor in my pants when drawing from appendix.
Yeah, was actually goin slow from a low ready, tryin to get the cocking part down. It was all JCN fault🙂
Exposed trigger derringer type guns scare me. I knew a woman who carried a .45 derringer in her purse, loose. Her husband warned her multiple times that this was a bad idea. Then one day, she tipped the purse and the gun fell out onto the kitchen floor. It was cocked, and likely had been for a long time. Husband confiscated the derringer.
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OT, but, I knew a guy who used the old school trick of suspending a dinky .22LR NAA mini off of a bore cleaning brush head sewn into back side of a necktie. Sounds retarded, but the gun stayed put. So did the tie, evidently.
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