Posted on 10/06/2017 5:19:29 AM PDT by w1n1
“No safeties (Gaston is full of it), no decockers, no levers, just point and click.”
Point and click means something has gone horribly wrong. You want point and BANG! :-)
“Semi-automatic pistols are better for Polish Roulette”
Democrat roulette.
I bought a .22 Heritage Single action revolver for safety issues.
1) I leave the chamber under the hammer empty so it can’t possibly fire if I drop it. I’m old fashioned.
2) To fire it I have to make three movements. I have to take it off safety. I have to cock the hammer. Then I have to pull the trigger. To do all that means I have definitely made the decision to shoot somebody.
And I’m pretty fast at it. And I know, the other guy has probably already shot me. But not if he doesn’t know that I know he’s there AND he doesn’t know I’m armed. The most probable scenario where I would use it would be when somebody enters my home at night. I didn’t buy it to meet a thug at high noon in front if the saloon.
Amish aren’t permitted to own guns? What do they use for defense, sharpened pitchforks?
“So do I. For personal and home defense, I carry an auto (or have one nearby). For handgun hunting, wheel guns all the way. Although I don’t live in Alaska anymore, I carried wheel guns (and later a shotgun as well) for bear protection. Can’t imagine carrying an auto in that situation”
I sort of agree. For out in the woods and fields older S&W revolvers are tops. Too valuable to lose to police though in case you have to use for self defense.
I’ll still carry mine, thanks.
I’ll go with the accuracy (AND POWER .357 HP)
“I think the safeties on my autos are pretty good. I have revolver that has no safety at all. I have a .38 spec colt agent and I don’t think it even has a safety.”
Sure it does. It’s called “your finger.” You don’t need a safety on a revolver. No one carries it cocked. The hammer on modern versions won’t even strike the pin if it’s dropped.
I always store it with the hammer on an empty chamber. I guess I am paranoid.
It goes with me every where in a DeSantis pocket holster
Since I am the greatest firearm expert that I know (ahem) I thought I might throw in my expert (ahem) advice. I know you will be grateful and you are welcome.
Nothing is more important than being able to hit under stress. Practice until you can draw and fire and hit every time.
Learn other self-defense skills like Krav Maga or knife fighting, or stick fighting, or improvised weapons, or boxing, or naked feather fighting, or anything else besides gunplay. And also learn about conflict scenarios and avoidance/de-escalation and situational awareness. A gunfight is more fight than gun!
(Next section for semi-auto shooters, revolver shooters may skip this.)
Practice you clearance drill over and over until it is second nature. Do it the same way every time. Plan for your weapon to jam. Understand each possible failure to fire and why it happens and how to lessen the chances. The real reason you must carry spare mags is not so much that you will need the rounds, but the likelihood that you will need to clear your pistol.
(Next section for revolver shooters. Semi shooters may skip this.)
Practice reloading during combat scenarios, moving and keeping your situational awareness while reloading. This can be done with a revolver but you must hold the handgun up higher near your face. If you are planning to use gravity to drop the rounds into the cylinder you will find this challenging, but it can be done.
Ah now the unimportant question: Which gun should I use? Anything currently on the market will be fine. But Sensei, which caliber should I use?? (Cue ominous music.) Any commonly available self defense caliber will be fine.
No need to thank me. My own sense of being absolutely right is thanks enough.
Actually I like my LCR .357 to shoot .38’s better than the LCR .38 . . . the .357 just felt better in my hands. I have both but prefer the .357. Daughter does too. Don’t see too many Mom’s/Daughters at the indoor range here for sure.
Pretty Piece!
We have both. Nothing wrong with a wheel gun.
Recoil isn’t the issue, to me anyway the rediculous trigger pull and this may in my head, the plastic frame feels like its flexing.
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Other than the .22 version of the LCR, I’ve read and watched Hickok45 say that the trigger is incredibly good as far as smoothness, lack of stacking, where it breaks and the reset. It requires more effort than the LCP II, but that’s expected for a DA.
Simple and reliable. Great for anyone who needs simple, easy to deploy personal protection.
We’ll I beg to differ with Mr. Hickock45 on the LCR .38.
Hickok45 is one of many who say the LCR trigger is one of the best for DA. The people who say it’s bad are a very small minority.
Maybe you got a bad one.
Revolvers are more versatile and more accurate.
The 38sp and 44sp in the shorter barrel length revolvers are portable and capable self-defense handguns.
The 357Mag and 44Mag shine in a wheel gun with 6+” barrel. With a fixed barrel and longer sight radius on a 6+” barrel the revolver can be used to hunt with or head shots at 25 yards. (and even longer ranges, I’m told, by the pin shooters)
In advanced handgun classes the wheel gun shooters were expected to keep up with the SA guys. It’s a lovely thing to watch a pistolero speed reload a wheel gun. I had to learn how to do this. After taking the 4 class handgun series (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Expert) with my Glock 23, I repeated the series through Advanced with my S&W Model 66 (4”) and scored at the top of the class — not uncommon for the wheel gun shooters.
Like I said, it might have been the polymer frame flex but I also have an Airweight and there is no comparison.
A polymer frame on a .38 is light, but you have quite a bit more going on in a revolver. You have the cylinder rotation forces going one way, and hammer cocking pulling it another way. A steel frame would eliminate the torque effects.
It’s not a weekend shooter, and I wouldn’t even use one as a tackle box gun. Shoot it to get the feel of it and carry it and clean it once a year. I’ll never shoot one again, but then again I gave it away. For $400 you can do better.
I’ve seen some LCP II’s for in the $250 range and with .380+p you’ve got much better concealability, equal power, and 2 or 3 rds more.
Just sayin’, and I doubt Hickock45 carries one.
I have read that the French police ordered US made revolvers WITH SAFETIES.
I still get a laugh when someone on TV pulls a revolver, then it is mentioned “You forgot to take the safety off!” A James Bond movie, LIVE AND LET DIE, comes to mind, and THE MAN OUTSIDE in which in which Van Heflin has guns placed in a secret location in the house. “Make sure they have the safety OFF!”( they were revolvers).
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