i shot my first pistol a few years ago
guns are stupid, yet it was still quite fun at the time. It was a day later when it dawned on me that IF i had accidently held the gun just 180 degrees to the right, i easily could have shot myself in the face- and suffered serious injury or death.
(augsav forgot about B3ta, Wed 25 Aug 2010, 6:43, 4 replies)

not wanting to
Disappoint you with your comedy intention of your post, but 'aimed it right 180 degrees' is not sufficient to convey the meaning that you intended. Using to the right puts a paradox into the picture of what you are trying to create in the users mind.
For example when shooting a pistol you would aim with your arm at 90 degrees to your body with it facing forward. Then to try turning it at 180 to the right is physically impossible, try it now with your arm out in front then turn it to the right, you can go to perhaps 120 degrees at the maximum rotation simply put if you are aiming at 12 o'clock you can only aim till 4 o'clock on the rotational dial. All this assuming you are holding the weapon with one hand, which is not conducive to accuracy. Even holding with two hands and having the correct stance aiming 180 degrees and turning to the right simply means you would be facing 6 o’clock with your pistol still out in from toward the target.
Putting physical limitations aside, to follow your thinking aiming 180 degrees whether turning your arm left or right would make no difference as the arm pointing forward would miss your face my several degrees due to height and angle differences thus rendering your comedy positation redundant.
You may want to rethink the premise of the original posting as the only way to aim to shoot your face would be to hold the pistol backward using the web of the thumb to operate the trigger, however accuracy is severely affected in this way but would fire toward your face with the original intention of missing and thus have the escape from danger.
(nimrodihnio making gravy for one., Wed 25 Aug 2010, 10:01, closed)

Addendum
I would like to thank the honourable gentleman for his erudite and entirely accurate contribution to this quite vexatious topic.

The main thrust of his paper is quite correct in its assertion that anatomical limitations prevent the rotation of the aforementioned pistol 180 degrees to the right. I would however like to draw his attention to a rotational methodology which appears not to have made an impression on his research.

Consider:
A predominantly vertical rotation of approximately 176 degrees* using the elbow as the primary rotational joint and the wrist as a secondary would allow the pistol to be aimed directly at the roof of the mouth and even leave the index finger on the trigger.


*(obtained from Harvard university average human proportions data)
( DukeEuphoria Comes highly reccomended, Wed 25 Aug 2010, 10:43, closed)

indeed
agreed and entirely possible, however, for 'Augsav' the original intention was to draw an entirely false premise of 'accidently shooting oneself in the face' thus the shooting through the roof of the mouth is inaccurate.
But following the excellent rotational schematic you propose it is well within the bounds of possibility to move the head to look directly down and to the right (or left dependant on being left ot right handed) and achieve the correct angle to fire toward his face.
(nimrodihnio making gravy for one., Wed 25 Aug 2010, 11:14, closed)

now lets get the test monkey out
and see if it works.....



best how2 ever
(Monkeystrumpet monkey. Monkey, MONKEY!!!, Wed 25 Aug 2010, 11:31, closed)