FRGC - Tuesday - SNUBBIES!!!

09/09/08 | Pistolshot

[archy]

Is the 45 AutoRim like the 45 ACP, but with the rim so you don’t need the half-moon clips?

That's the feller. Or, with the half-moon [or full-moon] clips, you can load and unload all the chambers of the cylinder in one move, nearly as fast as a magazine change for a semiauto. Alternately, a speedloader can be used, though they're bulkier.

[Petruchio]

I have a S&W Model 10 I was given years ago.

Itwas made decades before the S&W boycott.

[the lastbestlady]

I have a S&W .38 special Airweight and it beats the HELL out of my hands! I just shot it yesterday and came away blistered. UGH.
My .44 mag snubby is a pussycat compared to the .38.

[B4Ranch]

Change the grips.

[green iguana]

I second what B4R said. Pachmayr make a good, reasonably inexpensive grips for the J frame. Their Decelerator grip does a decent job of softening the kick.

[the lastbestlady]

I have changed the grips 4 times, but I haven’t tried the ones you mentioned.
It’s a great lightweight carry gun, but man is it hard to practice with!

[Pistolshot]

If you noticed, the one that is 'fairly concealable' during the winter is the N-Frame Smith. My others, including the K and J-frames I own are much more compact.

N-Frames are in a class by themselves for snubbies, and unless you have a lot of height or mass, not too easy to conceal. You are limited to shoulder rigs or high rise holsters for the most part.

[JMJJR]

No monster, just a little S&W Chief Special. Sucker's the same age as I am, and we both still work. It has the best trigger of any revolver I've owned. Yeah, it's a recycled picture.

[green iguana]

It helped soften the kick for me, but no guarantees except that there is no grip out there that will make that revolver feel like you’re shooting a .22!

[the lastbestlady]

It isn’t the ‘kick’ that bothers me. That gun STINGS when I shoot it. Kind of like hitting a baseball the wrong way and the bat vibrates the heck out of your arms.

[mbynack]

I have three snubbies. A Ruger SP101 357 Magnum

an antique Iver Johnson 38 S&W, and a 22 Harrington Richardson.

[B4Ranch]

I can’t swear to it because I’ve never been to the range with you but I’d lay odds that you are gripping it too tight if it stings. Do you have tiny hands?

[Vinnie]

I’ve got a 342PD, .38sp. Feels like catching a baseball barehanded.
Can’t imagine a .357, but, they carry really well. Mine is my ‘most of the time’ carry.

Have a 2 1/2”Mod. 66, my bedside piece.

I have a question I’ve asked on another thread but don’t think I ever got an answer.

Will a Mod.625 handle .45 Super?

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[300winmag]

S&W Model 60 I bought on a whim ages ago. Officially, it's a M60-NY-2, and so marked on the frame. It was a contract overrun for the New York PD. Dehorned hammer and DAO as specified by the department. NY cops apparently get their firearms expertise from watching TV and movies, where you manually cock your revolver to show you really mean business. Their tendency towards negligent discharges continues to this day with special triggers for their Glocks. Here it is, with my trusty High Standard derringer as a comparison:

When I took the Smith in to the local police department for the "safety check" (Michigan-speak for "registration"), the cop at the desk was going to flunk it because the single action function didn't work. I explained Smith made it that way, and he said, "what a dumb idea". Then I told him the story behind it, and that it cost me all of $2 more than a standard M60, and he then said, "what a great collector's item".

After being concerned about print-through with the factory and Pachmayer grips, I found these faux-ivory ones. The fit is superb for my hands, except the pinky finger, which has to shift for itself.

This is my go-to snubbie, although it may wind up a safe queen if my research on compact 9mms pans out.

[JDoutrider]

bttt

[the lastbestlady]

I don’t know if they are unusually tiny, but I’m only 5 foot 2 and my hands seem to match the rest of my body. It is, however, the ONLY handgun I have that stings my hands.

[P8riot]

Nice 442 is it a pre-lock? I had one but traded it for the PM9. My wife carries a 642.

[green iguana]

Not sure on the 625. The .357 is surprisingly not that much worse than the .38 - at least for the first shot. By the time the 5th one goes off the kick is quite fierce, but by then my hand’s numb...

[umgud]

Oh yeah, it’s very pre-lock.

[P8riot]

Where in CA? I was born in Riverside County, and grew up in Orange County.