***Erle Stanley Gardner, .... a Smith & Wesson model 17 with a six inch barrel. ****
Shooting Times author Skeeter Skelton preferred a .357 M-19 S&W with a five inch barrel.
Bill Jordan liked the M-19.
Elmer Keith preferred his.44 Mag.
Cooper his .45 ACP.
Each has different ideas for different reasons.
Handguns, what ever I am comfortable with. Something that won’t jam. Wheel or auto. I have had wheel guns jam. Hard to believe but it is true.
I’ll stick with my Remington Nylon 66.
A certain .223 rifle.
I’m on blood thinners so the 30-36 and 12 gauge are out now. Causes bruising and other problems.
I was surprised to read a Jeff Cooper article in his later years where he admitted that he often carried a small .22 LR auto when hiking.
Probably something like a Beretta model 70.
Col. Cooper said that it did not hit hard but hit hard enough.