You must watch this video. It is amazing! Michael was born without arms, yet he has managed to learn how to load and shoot a Tanfoglio Witness pistol. He is a very inspiring guy!
[ Many thanks to Heath for emailing me the video. ]
I was going to say that what he is doing is incredibly stupid, then I seen he had no arms. It just amazing what a person can do when you put your mind to it.
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0It could be a whole new market. 1911 makers could brag about who has the best ambidextrous toe safety!
0 0Wow!! Now all he needs after he gets his CCW license is a good ankle holster!!! 
0 0I was impressed until he started reloading the magazine. Then I was amazed.
0 0I should really stop complaining about bad things that happen to me.
0 0Wow, that is amazing, noy only that he can shoot it, but also load the magazines. One question though, can he field strip and clean it? 
0 0He is not the only one:
http://nrablog.com/post/2010/08/04/NRA-member-Jim-Templeman.aspx
Yeah that should be an inspiration for all of us.
0 0He has a video up now where he loads a magazine on his own using his feet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdUx5b5rpL8&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL
0 0I would like to start out by thanking you all for the nice comments. They were toe-tally aw some. lol
My name is Michael Strong, aka: Big Toe. I was running through some of the many web-sites that are posting my video when I saw the Firearm Blog., read the comments and thought I’d say hi.
First, I have bad news, it’s not a 1911. It’s a Witness, made by Tanfoglio. I tried a 1911. I couldn’t get it to set in between my big and second toe far enough to press the grip safety in all the way.
I tried a Glock. The wide grip was my first problem. Was very hard to get a good, solid grip. Second problem was that when a Glock ejects a spent round, it tends to come straight out, instead of that little arch that a 1911 gives you. So each brass bounced off the top of my right big toe.
When I tried the Tanfoglio, it fit between my toes great, very smooth action, and no brass hitting my toe.
To answer a couple of the questions. I have shot a .22, a .38, a .357, a 30 cal. carbine pistol, the .45 (my baby), a .410, a 20 gauge bolt action, 12 gauge, and I deer hunt with a Pardner 10 gauge. Yes, I can field strip and clean the pistol. I’m working on putting that on video too.
Lol, the safety is a pain, but I think it can be worked a bit to where it won’t hit my toe anymore, but where I can still put it on with no problem.
Well all, thank you very much for listening to me ramble, lol. I hope I have answered a couple of questions, and had some fun. Good luck, keep shooting, and Happy Thanksgiving!
0 0This just shows you don’t need arms to bear arms. 
But for real this is an amazing guy. When it started I was thinking “Ok, he can shoot it, but theres no way he can reload the mag….” and bam, he starting reloading.
0 0We need to throw in a few bucks to get a gunsmith to pin that thumb safety.
0 0Stuff like this makes me feel like a chump when I complain about something.
0 0Where are all the firearm safety nazis?
0 0That is toe-tally awesome and an amazing feet (sorry for the puns), but seriously, that is very inspiring and incredible to see.
0 0WOW. I am humbled & impressed!
That’s just awesome, and inpsiring!
I have friends that are lightly handicapped, and for some reason they believe that they simply could NOT shoot a firearm due to their disability. I think this video might help inspire them.
Thanks for posting this!
0 0That is absolutely insane.
0 0it is a victory of the human soul.
0 0Some men will go to great lengths to keep and bear arms.
0 0Wow….that’s truly an inspiring video!
0 0Very awesome! I wonder what other guns he’s shooting.
0 0And yet many states would deny him the right to Keep and Bear arms due to his disability.
0 0Wow. I think that goes to show that you are really only as limited as you believe you are.
0 0I am absolutely floored by this.
0 0Wow that guy is hoss.
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He has a video up now where he loads a magazine on his own using his feet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdUx5b5rpL8&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL
I would like to start out by thanking you all for the nice comments. They were toe-tally aw some. lol
My name is Michael Strong, aka: Big Toe. I was running through some of the many web-sites that are posting my video when I saw the Firearm Blog., read the comments and thought I’d say hi.
First, I have bad news, it’s not a 1911. It’s a Witness, made by Tanfoglio. I tried a 1911. I couldn’t get it to set in between my big and second toe far enough to press the grip safety in all the way.
I tried a Glock. The wide grip was my first problem. Was very hard to get a good, solid grip. Second problem was that when a Glock ejects a spent round, it tends to come straight out, instead of that little arch that a 1911 gives you. So each brass bounced off the top of my right big toe.
When I tried the Tanfoglio, it fit between my toes great, very smooth action, and no brass hitting my toe.
To answer a couple of the questions. I have shot a .22, a .38, a .357, a 30 cal. carbine pistol, the .45 (my baby), a .410, a 20 gauge bolt action, 12 gauge, and I deer hunt with a Pardner 10 gauge. Yes, I can field strip and clean the pistol. I’m working on putting that on video too.
Lol, the safety is a pain, but I think it can be worked a bit to where it won’t hit my toe anymore, but where I can still put it on with no problem.
Well all, thank you very much for listening to me ramble, lol. I hope I have answered a couple of questions, and had some fun. Good luck, keep shooting, and Happy Thanksgiving!
This just shows you don’t need arms to bear arms.
But for real this is an amazing guy. When it started I was thinking “Ok, he can shoot it, but theres no way he can reload the mag….” and bam, he starting reloading.
We need to throw in a few bucks to get a gunsmith to pin that thumb safety.
He is not the only one:
http://nrablog.com/post/2010/08/04/NRA-member-Jim-Templeman.aspx
Yeah that should be an inspiration for all of us.
Wow, that is amazing, noy only that he can shoot it, but also load the magazines. One question though, can he field strip and clean it?
It could be a whole new market. 1911 makers could brag about who has the best ambidextrous toe safety!
I was going to say that what he is doing is incredibly stupid, then I seen he had no arms. It just amazing what a person can do when you put your mind to it.
Wow!! Now all he needs after he gets his CCW license is a good ankle holster!!!
I was impressed until he started reloading the magazine. Then I was amazed.
I should really stop complaining about bad things that happen to me.
Stuff like this makes me feel like a chump when I complain about something.
Where are all the firearm safety nazis?
Very awesome! I wonder what other guns he’s shooting.
And yet many states would deny him the right to Keep and Bear arms due to his disability.
Wow. I think that goes to show that you are really only as limited as you believe you are.
I am absolutely floored by this.
Wow….that’s truly an inspiring video!
Some men will go to great lengths to keep and bear arms.
That is toe-tally awesome and an amazing feet (sorry for the puns), but seriously, that is very inspiring and incredible to see.
WOW. I am humbled & impressed!
That’s just awesome, and inpsiring!
I have friends that are lightly handicapped, and for some reason they believe that they simply could NOT shoot a firearm due to their disability. I think this video might help inspire them.
Thanks for posting this!
That is absolutely insane.
it is a victory of the human soul.
Wow that guy is hoss.