Some gun grabbers say that anyone who shoots a gun (or drives a Corvette) is compensating for something. In fact, Sigmund Freud associated retarded sexual development with a fear of guns. Neuroses aside, a “compensator” is another word for a “muzzle brake”: an end-of-barrel device used to “redirect propellant gases with the effect of countering both recoil of the gun and unwanted rising of the barrel during rapid fire.” At the risk of returning to the original proposition, the problem with handgun compensators is bulk. Unless you’re used to a Peter North-sized pistol in your pants, a compensated handgun is about as useful for concealed carry as an SOG Tactical Tomahawk. But compensated handguns are ideal for target shooting, especially larger caliber firearms like Coonan’s $1375 .357 Magnum Automatic. The only drawback? Money. How much? So much they ain’t sayin’. Still, if you’ve got a big wad (of cash), who cares? Press release after the jump . . .
Coonan, Inc. is proud to announce the new Compensated Pistol to its .357 Magnum Automatic line.
With an extended barrel length to 5.7”, the Compensated Pistol is ideal for reduced recoil resulting in greater accuracy from a top-of-the-line performer.
“The Compensated Pistol is real pleasure to fire,” says Dave Dietz, Marketing Director for Coonan, Inc.
“There is not another pistol on the market like the Coonan .357 Magnum Automatic, and when you combine that with such amazing light-recoil, the Compensated Pistol is truly a shooter-friendly addition to the Coonan family.”
With all the standard 1911 features of the traditional Coonan, the Compensated Pistol .357 Magnum Automatic comes with dovetail front and rear sights, solid stainless steal slide and frame, 7 rounds +1 magazine, and finishes out with smooth Black Wallnut grips.
The Compensated Pistol is 48.8 oz. empty and 52.8 oz. loaded, and has a height of 5.6” and width of 1.3”. With the increased barrel length, the pistol is 10.5” in overall length.
To learn more about Coonan, Inc., call 763.786.1720 or visit www.coonaninc.com
Read more at Ammoland.com: http://www.ammoland.com/2013/02/coonan-357-mag-automatic-compensated-pistol/#ixzz2JkKrmLIp
Well let’s see…
His “birth certificate” has already been debunked…
I say BULLSHIT!
PHOTOSHOP!
This occupier in the WH has NO credibility whatsoever!
Durbin is a child in a man suit throwing a tantrum.
It’s been awhile since I checked the numbers but isn’t it true that all three branches of the federal gub’ment are composed of over 70% lawyers?
@RF – that Freud quote is incorrect. In fact your Wikipedia link prove that further. Stick with the facts bro – just the facts. 🙂
And yet, it lacks a rail attachment rifle for fitting a lightbulb to.
LOL.
Tactically unpractical.
“Unless you’re used to a Peter North-sized pistol in your pants…”
A distinctly different kind of ‘spray and pray’.
I watched this last night. He did a great job against Dustbin. He made his argument with facts and controlled the narrative when Dustbin tried to go to lala land. Dustbin just doesn’t want to accept that the SCOTUS smacked down his ideas that because one person used a 100rd drum that everyone should have a limit on magazine capacity.
What a nice lady! Be my neighbor!
Cue the apologists saying that this represents an extreme minority of police. Except, of course, we keep seeing videos emerge of police abusing people and lying in reports thanks to the proliferation of small cameras in cell phones and a few departments’ decision to compel officers to wear cameras.
What these videos show is unquestionable: (1) do not call the police unless you absolutely need to. They are no longer peace officers or public servants, they are concerned only with clearance rates. If that means they will invent a crime that you “committed” so that they can clear it, they will; (2) record all interactions with police. They will lie about what they did and how you acted; (3) under no circumstances consent to anything, any search, any questions, etc. Just be silent and try to leave; (4) Even if these actions represent what a “small minority” of police would do (hint: they don’t – most cops have huge egos and are horrifically offended whenever their power monopoly is questioned, which is why they hate open carry / people who record them), the good cops who are out there won’t intervene on your behalf to stop the abuse. If you disagree, feel free to talk to Kelly Thomas…
Hey look, I’m just like ya’ll! Except, I’m shooting a shotgun most of you only dream about, especially in this economy, while on private land that is maintained with your tax dollars! Ain’t being President wonderful?
This photo doesn’t establish solidarity with either hunters or gun owners at large. All it does is highlight the growing disparity between those at the top, and the rest of us. Even if I went skeet shooting, I currently have neither the time, nor the money to do so, and I know there are many in the same boat. Way to fiddle while Rome burns, maternal fornicator.
I don’t know what the idea for this was but this is almost as bad as when Paul Ryan did that soup kitchen stunt for one photo.
This case is small fry compared to the Kelly Thomas incident. I link here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6yaeD-E_MY
Police Assault versus Police Murder…What should be fresh in the conscious of the U.S public is driven into storage.
WELCOME, Alex! You are a classic, Jeffersonian liberal. Muy bono! It’s what I am, when I’m not nursing my anarchist leanings.
Welcome! Glad to have you.
I’ve read through their “scary ass agenda” and absolutely nothing on it would have prevented the tragedy in CT. Come on people, if you’re going to do something, do something that will make a difference!
Simple. Stop talking about gun RIGHTS and start talking about the steps that need to be taken to reduce gun VIOLENCE.
Immediately denounce every murder, especially any where a firearm is involved. Beg and plead for all gun owners to be more responsible about locking up their weapons so they cannot be stolen and used in crimes (600,000 guns stolen in 2011). STOLEN guns were used at Sandy Hook and the Clackamas Mall, and that’s just two examples. If you can, get the word out that NO responsible gun owner condones gun violence.
And, get involved politically. I know many gun owners who are afraid to. That’s what the politicians want. Do NOT be the gun owners that come back after bad gun laws are passed and wish you had said something beforehand. Gun owners in NY State are sick right now because most of them said nothing as the SAFE Act got rammed through.
We as a nation are not demanding nearly enough from our elected officials. We should be DEMANDING better prosecutions for gun crimes, DEMANDING better law enforcement for existing gun laws, DEMANDING better protection for everyones children. And, DEMANDING that the elected officials fight FOR everyones Constitutional rights instead of passing bad laws.
Too many gun owners are still sitting this one out. And trust me, that’s just what the politicians are counting on.
Apologies for being extremely picky, but it should be “toe the line,” Robert.
TLDR
Just from the picture I already know I want to punch that self obsessed hipster in the nose till he’s a bloody mess. He couldn’t fight back because that would be oppositional to his utopian vision. Or he would, pointing out how citizen disarmament is oppositional to both feminism and, in general, “equality”.
Alright, I went ahead and read about 3/4 of it and had to quit. Once again, TTAG loves nothing more than feeding trolls like mikey numbers.
If you want to successfully run a new media project, the way you go about it is to publish articles that don’t look like they were in any way inspired by trolls, but counter every point those trolls make, in a way that is also likely to get picked up by Google.
Mentioning those trolls should only be done when the aforementioned troll gets huge numbers of hits on their liberal failblogs, and people are explicitly searching for the troll and his/her article title, and you want to be on those same search results in Google as an item you are refuting.
This website often loves to self select itself into the minor leagues. Quit doing that. Start acting like the big leagues and suddenly you’ll find yourself there.
Great, less thugs I gotta worry about when I move down next month, Good thing he was in law enforcment otherwise he would be going to jail for carry in a school zone. CCW in MI has a gun free zone exemption for law enforcment retirees, and current.
Are reserve police officers the ones who drive around in the ‘police volunteer’ marked cars with the orange lights on top who issue parking tickets but don’t do much else? Is this just a Southern California thing? Cuz I always thought those people were just a pain in the ass. In all seriousness, good on him for being prepared.
Thanks for taking the time to refute that lying liberal, Bruce. Someone should post a link to this in the comments section of that article.
Excellent. Thanks for speaking out, James!
Just in case anyone wants to see some proof that not all lawyers are bad, look at the response we’ve been giving the ABA President on their page announcing this policy support. Hundreds of attorney comments, overwhelmingly denouncing the move.
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/feinstein_touts_assault_weapons_bill_at_press_conference_aba_supports_the_l/
Don’t know where you got your Coonan,but mine is just as tight as my Colt Gold Cup and is just as accurate and trigger breaks great.
After months of thinking about it and a month of studies on the gun it made perfect sense to me to add it to my collection .I read review after review and listened to open minded lyrics to what everyone had to say and I think that this .357 coonan will be my 10 hand gun there are good reviews bad reviews but you only live once and to own such a piece of powerful wepondry would be an honor to all our armoire rs out the creating thing of beauty!
I’m late to this post, obviously, but regarding the pistol fit and finish, it is not comparable to Dan Wesson, Les Baer, Ed Brown, etc… It’s also obvious that the cost difference between the stainless model and the ones with an alternate finish is fairly extreme. That cost difference is explained by Coonan themselves as the additional polishing that must be carried out to apply the non-stainless finishes. That being said, the pistol, as a novelty, is perfectly acceptable within the cost range. I cringe when I see the fawning comments about the fit and finish being “high quality”, but I have other 1911-style guns with exceptional fit and finish. I bought this gun to have a 1911-style .357 Magnum, not as a primary defensive firearm with coquettish good looks. The Coonan seems to be consistent in it’s accuracy, regardless of the complaints of sloppy frame-to-slide fit and a likely 220 grit finish. The looser slide/frame fit has been explained by a former Coonan engineer on the forums, so go have a look for yourself if that concerns you. I have small hands and find the feel of the grip is different, but very comfortable, and it points naturally, as a 1911 should. I don’t want anyone to buy one for the wrong reasons, but some of the complaints about it skirt the primary reason almost anyone would buy such a gun. The S&W 627 has 8 shots on tap in a smaller package. I’m more likely to carry the 627, but I’m going to enjoy the hell out of the Coonan, as well.
P.S. Yes the standard broom-handle grips weren’t appealing to me, but I have some outstanding grips from “Sarge’s Grips” that made that a non-issue.