Unintended Consequences

[Twigg]

Just finished reading all 861 pages of it. Well worth it. I highly recommend it, if you haven't read it already.

Then I "Googled" John Ross to find his website and lookie what I found.

From the S&W Performance Center:

John Ross, author of Unintended Consequences and .500 S&W Magnum specialist, has developed a .500 with features previously unavailable, and worked with the Performance Center to offer it to serious shooters who want the most from a working .500:

5” half-lug barrel for GREAT balance and ballistics—you’ll love the way it looks, feels, carries, and shoots

Faster 1:10” twist button-rifled barrel—stabilizes bullets up to 725 grains at long range or at lower velocities, and gives deepest penetration. Gun is shipped sighted in for the powerful 500 grain Hornady long-nose factory load.

Tensioned barrel with muzzle nut—allows a tight .0035” cylinder gap for greater velocity

Interchangeable Millet front sight blade--be on target with ANY load

No unsightly markings—just my initials for the serial number prefix to let you know you’ve got the real thing, built with Performance Center dedication to detail. Elmer Keith (and Henry Bowman) would have loved it…

Serial numbers: 250 guns in Satin Stainless finish (shown), serial numbers JRA0001 to JRA0250, and 250 guns in Black finish with Satin Stainless cylinder, serial numbers JRC0001 to JRC0250.

Buyer will be given the lowest serial number that has not already been sold, unless he has a specific request for a certain number and that number is available.

Buyers of these 5” guns will have right of first refusal on matching serial number guns in future variants. Several other X-frame variants are planned.

Mr. Ross tells the story of deveolping this .500.

There is a review too !

 

[depicts]

Mr Twigg, thanks for passing that along. Although I've never fired the .500 in any form, I suddenly NEED one of these performance Center Ross 500s. I may never fire it, but I gotta have one. I think this mini-history and story by Ross has convinced me that the Ross 500 PC is in fact the greatest handgun since Elmer built his #5.

 

[calsdad]

Unintended Consequences is a great book. Maybe a little far-fetched - but who knows. If you liked that you ought to also read "Enemies Foreign and Domestic" :

http://www.amazon.com/Enemies-Foreign-Domestic-Matthew-Bracken/dp/0972831010

 

[Pilgrim]

Unintended Consequences is a great book. Maybe a little far-fetched - but who knows. If you liked that you ought to also read "Enemies Foreign and Domestic" :

http://www.amazon.com/Enemies-Foreign-Domestic-Matthew-Bracken/dp/0972831010

+10 Both excellent and they really get you thinking.

 

[Chipperman]

I finally got around to ordering "Domestic Enemies" yesterday. It's part two of EFAD. I had been waiting to find a copy locally without success.

Both authors (John Ross and Matthew Bracken) post over at The High Road occasionally.
John posts under his own name, Matt posts under "Travis McGee"

 

[Twigg]

If you liked that you ought to also read "Enemies Foreign and Domestic" :

Next on the list !

 

[USMC109]

I have the 8 1/2" model but that is awesome...might have to trade it in.

 

[hikerlt]

Another great book is "Patriots" by John Rawles

and also

"Molon Labe" by the Boston T. Party

 

[ronbok]

It's indeed a great book. The NCL posted a book review in a past newsletter about this. A must read.

http://www.nclsportsmen.org/Files/2007_05_NCLoSC_Newsletter.pdf

We've been trying hard to do a book review a month. Perhaps a book section on Northeastshooters would be a nice addition broken down into different categories.

Political, Historical, Law, Fiction, etc.

 

[Kar98 Sniper]

It's indeed a great book. The NCL posted a book review in a past newsletter about this. A must read.

http://www.nclsportsmen.org/Files/2007_05_NCLoSC_Newsletter.pdf

We've been trying hard to do a book review a month. Perhaps a book section on Northeastshooters would be a nice addition broken down into different categories.

Political, Historical, Law, Fiction, etc.

+1

 

[Migmojo]

+1

+2

 

[Emoto]

I'm only seeing an expensive hardcover of UC on Amazon. No paperbacks available?

 

[TimJ]

I'm only seeing an expensive hardcover of UC on Amazon. No paperbacks available?

Nope. Small press prints it, only hardcover. Great read, though.

 

[Coyote33]

I'd love to see the "little" brothers to that in .44 and .357!

 

[bolt]

Unintended Consequences is a great book. Maybe a little far-fetched - but who knows. If you liked that you ought to also read "Enemies Foreign and Domestic" :

http://www.amazon.com/Enemies-Foreign-Domestic-Matthew-Bracken/dp/0972831010

I second this both are great reads!

 

[calsdad]

Unintended Consequences is a great book. Maybe a little far-fetched - but who knows. If you liked that you ought to also read "Enemies Foreign and Domestic" :

http://www.amazon.com/Enemies-Foreign-Domestic-Matthew-Bracken/dp/0972831010

Bumping an old thread by quoting my own post - since it seems like we know now. The book wasn't that far fetched.

 

[KBCraig]

Bumping an old thread by quoting my own post - since it seems like we know now. The book wasn't that far fetched.

I cite EF&D frequently to those who think we can cure everything by having a constitutional convention.

It's a work of fiction, but they have no idea how true it would be.

 

[DispositionMatrix]

Bumping an old thread by quoting my own post - since it seems like we know now. The book wasn't that far fetched.

The author lost me by describing a semi-automatic rifle as an _assault rifle_. People who know nothing about firearms should not write about firearms.

 

[calsdad]

The author lost me by describing a semi-automatic rifle as an _assault rifle_. People who know nothing about firearms should not write about firearms.

 

[headednorth]

Great book that makes me wish I was born earlier. Plinking rats at the town dump, plinking with the anti-tank rifle out on the farm, enlisting Mom the help you make a bunch of suppressors...

 

[Cabinetman]

Another great book is "Patriots" by John Rawles

and also

"Molon Labe" by the Boston T. Party

++++1 on both. Molon Labe is one book that has such a realistic feel to it that I almost feel like I could wake up to seeing it happen.

As for the .50......I've shot a couple. I really think that it's a monster that requires a lot of taming. Short barrel version must have a huge plume of fire out of that muzzle. I found it uncomfortable with a larger barrel and can only imagine a short one. I've got a vintage Model 29 S&W .44 magnum that is as large a round as I would want in my hands. But to each his own.

 

[KBCraig]

The author lost me by describing a semi-automatic rifle as an _assault rifle_. People who know nothing about firearms should not write about firearms.

You mean this guy?

https://www.enemiesforeignanddomestic.com/about.html

 

[Fixxah]

I miss Dennis.

 

[JayMcB]

if you want to read unintended consequences https://www.dropbox.com/s/y8zlts9g3wnc1qs/Unintended_Consequences.pdf?dl=0