That's from a class in 2005. I was a 1911 guy for 20 years, now I'm a Glock guy.
My one armed encounter actually involved a J-Frame. Typical 'brought a knife to a gunfight' thing. Guy's in prison for 67 years.
We can disagree on this and still be friends. I enjoy your posts.
of course....not so big a difference that we can’t be friends...
so the bad guy had the j frame or you??
I like J frames but especially K frames(a club members sister just passed away and I may buy her 5 shot .38 J frame once the probate is finished).
my K frame, a Model 19 .357 will outpower any 9mm. just have to know you only have ‘6’(or five with some j frames)....no spray and pray.....Dad was NYPD from ‘46-’68, he had a Military and Police(later called model 10) 4” barrel .38 special. He hated it as it was not very accurate past a few yards. I was a kid, but remember seeing stuff smeared in the rifling...they only used pure lead bullets back in the day and unless you scrubbed the bore with a wire brush and/or a lead removing tool, the accuracy eroded quickly. dad got his S&W with a wood rod with a slot and would pass it through the bore with a patch a few times soaked in Hoppes. not enough to clean it really, only the unburnt powder.
when I shoot the .357 with lead bullets, I finish with some jacketed rounds to push out some of the fouling. Very accurate with jacketed rounds....I recently gave it to my oldest son.
Peace(through superior firepower),
Vaquero