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I've found a few of these types of sites over time, and I find them pretty handy. This one gets added to the list! There's Handgun Hero [1] for comparing ... h

I've found a few of these types of sites over time, and I find them pretty handy. This one gets added to the list! There's Handgun Hero [1] for comparing ... handgun sizes, which is super handy when window shopping for something new, to compare it to something I already have. There's Camera Size [2] which compares, you guessed it, cameras. Handy for the exact same reasons as the above. For a more technical comparison you can use DPReview's comparator [3]. [1]: https://www.handgunhero.com/ https://www.handgunhero.com/ [2]: https://camerasize.com/ https://camerasize.com/ [3]: https://www.dpreview.com/products/compare/cameras https://www.dpreview.com/products/compare/cameras

etrautmann 4y ago
How often does someone need to buy new handguns?
- sawjet 4y ago
  More often than I buy new cars
- omeid2 4y ago
  In USA, gun per capita is over 2 and majority of democrats, who approach almost 50%, do not own guns. So the answer is "often", if you consider USA.
  - sokoloff 4y ago
    The data I looked up suggested it was 1.2 guns/American (not over 2.0), but in any case, I think the majority of both parties own exactly zero (56% of Republicans and 80% of Democrats per a survey in the same article). https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/06/02/us/gun-ownership-numbers-us-cec/index.html https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/06/02/us/gun-ownership-numbers-...
    - AlgorithmicTime 4y ago
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    - User23 4y ago
      That's legal guns. Democrats own considerably more illegal guns than Republicans. Obviously self-reported data for illegal firearms is low quality.
      - kube-system 4y ago
        Yeah, there's just tons of 922r compliance going on down at everyone's local range. And everyone's "solvent trap" keeps springing a leak right at the end, some how. /s
        User23 4y ago
        922r is basically just a buy American regulation that has the added bonus of letting ATF hassle people selectively. On the other hand, "solvent traps" remind me of wine bricks[1]. Both are obviously legal. Sure you could do illegal things with them, but you could do illegal things with a coke bottle too. But what does this have to do with illegal guns as any ordinary person understands them? Maybe some Republican bubba's Benelli duck hunting gun is technically illegal because he put a mag extension on it without swapping out enough Italian made parts, but frankly you're grasping at irrelevancies. Meanwhile, plenty of Democrats in Chicago own illegal sears for their Glocks along with drum mags[2]. Now that's something that maybe we should care about, because those are real criminals hurting real people and not just criminals on paper for violating frankly ridiculous regulations. Edit: Added easily Google-able link for illegal sears in Chicago. [1] https://vinepair.com/wine-blog/how-wine-bricks-saved-the-u-s-wine-industry-during-prohibition/ https://vinepair.com/wine-blog/how-wine-bricks-saved-the-u-s... [2] https://www.npr.org/2022/10/28/1131026241/chicago-handgun-violence-auto-sear-machine-gun https://www.npr.org/2022/10/28/1131026241/chicago-handgun-vi...
        kube-system 4y ago
        There's a word for people who pick and choose which laws to follow: criminals. And I don't think there's too many duck guns subject to 922r. > Meanwhile, plenty of Democrats in Chicago own illegal sears for their Glocks along with drum mags. How do you know they're democrats?
- recuter 4y ago
  If you get into Guitars we call it GAS (Guitar Acquisition Syndrome). Some ladies even have fashion accessories, you can color match your guns and purses for every occasion. Try it before you knock it. ;)
  - wayvey 4y ago
    Synthesizer and other electronic music enthusiasts also have GAS (Gear Acquisition Syndrome)
    - davedx 4y ago
      Vinyl also used to be called "black crack" :)
    - Gordonjcp 4y ago
      I just need to get one more patchbay until it's perfect. Maybe a different mixer, or maybe just a new ADAT converter for the one I already have. But then that's it, no more. Same time next week, then?
  - prmoustache 4y ago
    GAS may have come from guitars (I don't know really) but is now commonly referred for any hobby as Gear Acquisition Syndrome
    - recuter 4y ago
      I don't know where it started either, maybe originally it was Gun Acquisition Syndrome, ha. But I'd like to believe it all started right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7-5io1muSQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7-5io1muSQ
      - grecy 4y ago
        N+1 is the number of <things> you need. Bikes, snowboards, surfboards, guitars, etc
- alkonaut 4y ago
  I guess it's like guitars and bikes, a small group will "need" a new one/another one (guilty of both), but for most people you either need zero or you need one and never need to swap once you have one. But I agree that having a site for comparing feels quite alien to those of us outside the US (for reference, I'm 40+, made military service and still haven't even seen a handgun outside of its holster on uniformed officers).
  - Gordonjcp 4y ago
    I didn't really get handgun culture (I'm in the UK, everyone has rifles and shotguns, handguns aren't a thing any more since we had a school shooting in the 90ss) until I read an exchange on Reddit which was full of comments like "Ah yeah but what you do is you unscrew that top part, drill and tap it a size larger, and then you can bolt on <some part off a different gun> which allows you to mount <some sort of otherwise incompatible accessory> and by taking a bit off the grips it'll actually be lighter and better balanced and easier to get the sights dialled in and then..." Wait a bloody minute, I get it now - you guys are geeks! Just like the synth geeks and Landrover geeks I know, it's the same conversations with some different nouns in it.
    - bjt2n3904 4y ago
      I call them "Barbie dolls for men". You gotta accessorize!
    - gigaflop 4y ago
      There's something sexy about the CZ Shadow 2, even though I don't own nay handguns.
    - gvurrdon 4y ago
      We do still have some handguns, such as single-shot flintlocks, muzzle-loading revolvers of 1850s design, and some modern handguns which have been extended with long barrels and counterweights to make them >= 60cm in length (IIRC). I think that these aren't very common at all compared with shortguns and rifles though. From what I've heard, when modern handguns were banned some shooters switched to modern reproductions of the mid-19th century models only to find that they didn't much like the cleaning (black powder makes a lot of mess), fiddling and slow loading that goes along with these guns. https://www.henrykrank.com/guns/muzzle-loading-guns/ https://www.henrykrank.com/guns/muzzle-loading-guns/
- AlgorithmicTime 4y ago
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- jakebasile 4y ago
  Twice a day with meals, and call me in the morning.
- jgbmlg 4y ago
  Every time you throw one off a bridge.
tcmb 4y ago
Not quite the same but similar is https://geometrygeeks.bike/ https://geometrygeeks.bike/ for comparing, you guessed it, bicycle geometries. No bike photos on this one, though.
22c 4y ago
Was recently linked to EloShapes [1] for comparing computer mouse size/profiles. [1]: https://www.eloshapes.com/ https://www.eloshapes.com/
bjt2n3904 4y ago
It seems like we need a meta website. "I need to visually compare the size of XYZ.com" that helps you find sites like these.
abruzzi 4y ago
Camera size was great--I just wish they had old cameras, now that I don't shoot digital anymore. One of the most useful for me is https://cycle-ergo.com https://cycle-ergo.com . The fit and riding position of a motocycle is very personal--sport bikes lean you forward, adventure you stay upright, cruisers lean you back. But beyond that, can you reach the gound (and do you care), how much of a stretch are the pedals. The site is not perfect, but gives you an idea how you will fit before you have a chance to throw your leg over.

etrautmann 4y ago

How often does someone need to buy new handguns?

sawjet 4y ago
More often than I buy new cars
omeid2 4y ago
In USA, gun per capita is over 2 and majority of democrats, who approach almost 50%, do not own guns. So the answer is "often", if you consider USA.
- sokoloff 4y ago
  The data I looked up suggested it was 1.2 guns/American (not over 2.0), but in any case, I think the majority of both parties own exactly zero (56% of Republicans and 80% of Democrats per a survey in the same article). https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/06/02/us/gun-ownership-numbers-us-cec/index.html https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/06/02/us/gun-ownership-numbers-...
  - AlgorithmicTime 4y ago
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  - User23 4y ago
    That's legal guns. Democrats own considerably more illegal guns than Republicans. Obviously self-reported data for illegal firearms is low quality.
    - kube-system 4y ago
      Yeah, there's just tons of 922r compliance going on down at everyone's local range. And everyone's "solvent trap" keeps springing a leak right at the end, some how. /s
      - User23 4y ago
        922r is basically just a buy American regulation that has the added bonus of letting ATF hassle people selectively. On the other hand, "solvent traps" remind me of wine bricks[1]. Both are obviously legal. Sure you could do illegal things with them, but you could do illegal things with a coke bottle too. But what does this have to do with illegal guns as any ordinary person understands them? Maybe some Republican bubba's Benelli duck hunting gun is technically illegal because he put a mag extension on it without swapping out enough Italian made parts, but frankly you're grasping at irrelevancies. Meanwhile, plenty of Democrats in Chicago own illegal sears for their Glocks along with drum mags[2]. Now that's something that maybe we should care about, because those are real criminals hurting real people and not just criminals on paper for violating frankly ridiculous regulations. Edit: Added easily Google-able link for illegal sears in Chicago. [1] https://vinepair.com/wine-blog/how-wine-bricks-saved-the-u-s-wine-industry-during-prohibition/ https://vinepair.com/wine-blog/how-wine-bricks-saved-the-u-s... [2] https://www.npr.org/2022/10/28/1131026241/chicago-handgun-violence-auto-sear-machine-gun https://www.npr.org/2022/10/28/1131026241/chicago-handgun-vi...
        kube-system 4y ago
        There's a word for people who pick and choose which laws to follow: criminals. And I don't think there's too many duck guns subject to 922r. > Meanwhile, plenty of Democrats in Chicago own illegal sears for their Glocks along with drum mags. How do you know they're democrats?
recuter 4y ago
If you get into Guitars we call it GAS (Guitar Acquisition Syndrome). Some ladies even have fashion accessories, you can color match your guns and purses for every occasion. Try it before you knock it. ;)
- wayvey 4y ago
  Synthesizer and other electronic music enthusiasts also have GAS (Gear Acquisition Syndrome)
  - davedx 4y ago
    Vinyl also used to be called "black crack" :)
  - Gordonjcp 4y ago
    I just need to get one more patchbay until it's perfect. Maybe a different mixer, or maybe just a new ADAT converter for the one I already have. But then that's it, no more. Same time next week, then?
- prmoustache 4y ago
  GAS may have come from guitars (I don't know really) but is now commonly referred for any hobby as Gear Acquisition Syndrome
  - recuter 4y ago
    I don't know where it started either, maybe originally it was Gun Acquisition Syndrome, ha. But I'd like to believe it all started right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7-5io1muSQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7-5io1muSQ
    - grecy 4y ago
      N+1 is the number of <things> you need. Bikes, snowboards, surfboards, guitars, etc
alkonaut 4y ago
I guess it's like guitars and bikes, a small group will "need" a new one/another one (guilty of both), but for most people you either need zero or you need one and never need to swap once you have one. But I agree that having a site for comparing feels quite alien to those of us outside the US (for reference, I'm 40+, made military service and still haven't even seen a handgun outside of its holster on uniformed officers).
- Gordonjcp 4y ago
  I didn't really get handgun culture (I'm in the UK, everyone has rifles and shotguns, handguns aren't a thing any more since we had a school shooting in the 90ss) until I read an exchange on Reddit which was full of comments like "Ah yeah but what you do is you unscrew that top part, drill and tap it a size larger, and then you can bolt on <some part off a different gun> which allows you to mount <some sort of otherwise incompatible accessory> and by taking a bit off the grips it'll actually be lighter and better balanced and easier to get the sights dialled in and then..." Wait a bloody minute, I get it now - you guys are geeks! Just like the synth geeks and Landrover geeks I know, it's the same conversations with some different nouns in it.
  - bjt2n3904 4y ago
    I call them "Barbie dolls for men". You gotta accessorize!
  - gigaflop 4y ago
    There's something sexy about the CZ Shadow 2, even though I don't own nay handguns.
  - gvurrdon 4y ago
    We do still have some handguns, such as single-shot flintlocks, muzzle-loading revolvers of 1850s design, and some modern handguns which have been extended with long barrels and counterweights to make them >= 60cm in length (IIRC). I think that these aren't very common at all compared with shortguns and rifles though. From what I've heard, when modern handguns were banned some shooters switched to modern reproductions of the mid-19th century models only to find that they didn't much like the cleaning (black powder makes a lot of mess), fiddling and slow loading that goes along with these guns. https://www.henrykrank.com/guns/muzzle-loading-guns/ https://www.henrykrank.com/guns/muzzle-loading-guns/
AlgorithmicTime 4y ago
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jakebasile 4y ago
Twice a day with meals, and call me in the morning.
jgbmlg 4y ago
Every time you throw one off a bridge.

tcmb 4y ago

Not quite the same but similar is https://geometrygeeks.bike/ https://geometrygeeks.bike/ for comparing, you guessed it, bicycle geometries. No bike photos on this one, though.

22c 4y ago

Was recently linked to EloShapes [1] for comparing computer mouse size/profiles. [1]: https://www.eloshapes.com/ https://www.eloshapes.com/

bjt2n3904 4y ago

It seems like we need a meta website. "I need to visually compare the size of XYZ.com" that helps you find sites like these.

abruzzi 4y ago

Camera size was great--I just wish they had old cameras, now that I don't shoot digital anymore. One of the most useful for me is https://cycle-ergo.com https://cycle-ergo.com . The fit and riding position of a motocycle is very personal--sport bikes lean you forward, adventure you stay upright, cruisers lean you back. But beyond that, can you reach the gound (and do you care), how much of a stretch are the pedals. The site is not perfect, but gives you an idea how you will fit before you have a chance to throw your leg over.