I'd never even held a gun until last year, much less fired one. However i lived in South Carolina for a few months last summer (05) and it seems like everyone down there has a firearm. I was out at my friend's house in the boondocks one day and he told me about his guns. The next thing I knew I was firing a Colt45 Magnum (?) I don't know anything about guns, but I'm assured this is the gun used in Dirty Harry. I really enjoyed firing this thing, I was almost hoping I'd have to use it on someone ... in fact I might have. Who knows what's buried out in those woods eh... : -)