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Boomerang:

You rock for bringing that ad. I had heard the gun
described, but I didn't know the graphic existed.

Has anyone heard of the new Glock model, the Glock HB?

This handgun does not have the sights on the top of the gun
in the usual, boring, so-predictable place.

The sights are mounted on the right side of the gun, so that when
you use your handgun "gangsta" style, like in the movies, you now
have sights.

Oh, by the way, the full name of the Glock HB is the Glock HomeBoy!

Gotcha!! Bada boom, bada bing!!

KD5:
IMHO - Maybe Jack Ruby could only get off 1 shot because he was surrounded
by a large number of LEO's and others who jumped him right away?

I doubt Jack Ruby spent any "family" time with his .38 at the range in order to
maximize his speed shooting.

And although his crime was murder, and his technique has been criticized
here, his ultimate performance consisted of "one shot, one kill".

As with many other aspects of the JFK assassination story, perhaps the doctors
could have saved Oswald, but the "fix was in" to let him die.

Just my 1/50 of a dollar.

Below is the Wikipedia entry for "Jack Ruby". It had a picture of one of these, but I couldn't snag the pic to post here.
I don't know which barrel length Ruby's pistol was, but his was a .38.
I could not find details as to the type of cartridge he used. Was +P available in 1963?
Since Jack Ruby had to carry money for his stripper club, a Dallas police officer had suggested that he get a handgun.

"Colt Cobra .38 Special. The Colt Cobra is a small, but powerful short-barrelled revolver chambered in .38 Special, .32 Colt New Police, and .22 LR formerly made by Colt's Manufacturing Company.

This revolver is the same overall size and configuration as the famous Colt Detective Special and uses the same size "D" frame. However, the Cobra's frame is lighter weight aluminum-alloy as compared to the all-steel frame of the Detective Special. The Colt Cobra was produced in calibers .38 Special and .22 LR. The Cobra .38 Special was available in 2-inch and 3-inch barrel lengths. The Cobra in .22 LR was available only with the 3-inch barrel.

The Colt Cobra is prized by some for its light weight, smooth trigger action, hand fitting, polished blue finish, and ability to hold six rounds (as opposed to the competing Smith and Wesson Airweight model revolver that only holds five rounds). These Colt revolvers are no longer in production, adding to their allure and collectability.

The Cobra is a double-action snubnosed revolver, a class of handgun known affectionately to gun aficionados as a "snubbie". As the name "Detective Special" suggests, this class of firearm was historically popular for use as a concealed weapon by plainclothes police detectives. Despite the increasing advent of semi-automatic handguns, the snubnosed revolver remains extremely popular among law-enforcement officers and civilians alike for concealed carry, more particularly in the US, due to its small size, light weight, ease of operation and near-total reliability.

Long-term use of higher-pressure +P ammunition in older model Colt Cobra revolvers (i.e., those without a shrouded ejector rod) is not advised. Extensive use of +P ammunition may stretch the revolver's frame, which could result in timing problems or malfunctions. However, post-1972 Cobras were rated for up to 1,000 rounds of +P ammunition before inspection was recommended (as compared with the 2,000 to 3,000 round interval for the post-1972 steel-framed Detective Special revolvers). Even the latest user manual for the Cobra and Detective Special advised against the use of .38 Special +P+ ammunition, recommending purchase of a .357 Magnum caliber revolver for those wishing to shoot +P+ ammunition."