Posted on 12/20/2017 5:09:48 PM PST by MtnClimber
It’s gotten so bad this year, fights are breaking out at Amazon!
Yes, the G29 is a little bigger than I want to CCW. And it looks like an unshapely turd in my speedo.
Smith rules in the revolver world.
I was thinking a S&W 29 and wear it in front at 12 o'clock IWB.
Smiths are arguably the best revolvers but Colt and Ruger don’t have to apologize to anyone.
Actually the nicest revolver I ever handled was one made in France. I also once owned a Korth but thought it was way over rated.
Because they do, and there’s nothing wrong with having extra rounds.
I don't care for the Ruger LCP/LCPII myself, I find them too small to get a grip on with it in a front pocket holster and not particularly joyous to shoot.
The Bodyguard isn't quite as bad, IMO. The Glock 42 is the best .380 I've found, but I don't own one, yet.
Conspicuous by absence are the S&W 642/442, CZ-Rami, Glock 26, even the Charter Bulldog deserves a niche mention IMO, either in 2.5" barrel or the "Boomer" pocket revolver. Might be just the thing for someone out there.
Oh yeah, and what about that new GP-100 seven shooter with the 2.5" barrel? Or the SP-101 with a six round cylinder of .327 Federal, that also conveniently loads .32 H&R magnum and .32 colt variants just for shooting coke cans?
But that's okay, it's his list of 5 and not mine.
(BTW if I were messing around up in bear country I think I'd take an interest in one of those Redhawks in .45 Colt / .45 ACP, loaded with "Ruger Only" loads but again, that's just me and my opinion... I hear that certain 10mm handguns are getting popular in that regard as well...)
I have Smiths, Rugers, and Colts. Both my Python and Trooper MkIII have some of the sweetest triggers I have ever experienced in a handgun.
The S&W “K” model has to be the very best of the early years.
Yes, I own a 6 “ Python that has to be the best of the big revolvers...
But every old Smith I’ve looked at, no matter its age, always looks like a well made piece.
Had one. Very nice, but the round butt grip is too small for me, and only Eagle Grips makes a replacement for it (about $200), unless you go the custom route which could go even more. I like my Bisley Blackhawk in 45Colt/45ACP better.
I can see how that would do nicely.
I have owned several Walthers, in .22lr, .32ACP and .380. I liked them all especially the .32. it was a West German Police trade in when they went to 9mms. Probably due to terrorism.
The little .32 was gorgeous and in it’s original box with extra mag and cleaning rod. Also instructions. It was a little heavier than most of the new breed but still was a darn good little pistol and that weight is not all bad.
I now have a cheap FEG made in Hungary which is functionally equal to the Walthers. It is a tiny bit less well finished but still nice. I have one in .22LR and one in .380. They both came with a spare mag.
I would trust either of those FEGs with my life and they sold for $118 back around 1998.
BTW they both have nice single action triggers and the double action ones are a bit heavy but smooth. That also can be a good combination, tho yes I would prefer the DA pull to be lighter.
One thing few mention is guns for women or others with limited hand strength. My wife could never shoot any sort of modern semi-auto simply due to not being able to pull the slide back - except a Beretta with tip-up barrel, and those are in the useless-caliber range.
And even most double-action revolvers have too hard a trigger pull; the small Smiths are out of the question.
So she got a Ruger LCR in .38 Special; it has a far lighter trigger due to a completely different trigger linkage geometry. She shoots it with no problems whatsoever.
I agree, I would never own one of those guns, but the author has his heart in the right place. I had a 380 years ago and it was in my front pocket at a Florida ATM on a Sunday afternoon when a car full of 5 gang-looking punks with matching red head scarves pulled up behind me in the handicapped spots and I could hear them arguing about who was going to get me. That Colt 380 seemed pretty small at the time. I grabbed my card and money and sprinted to my car where I had a Glock 30 in the glove compartment. They tore out and fled before I could get my car started. Ever since I have thought out similar situations, carry calibers and extra magazines.
Around 1989 a whole bunch of Smith and Colt .38s came on the market. This was when they were going to Glocks. Price seemed to hover in the $100 to $110 range for the best ones. You could get a perfectly serviceable one for $70.
Out of maybe 15 Colt Official Police models, I chose the cleanest one and it was a jewel. Like new except for a bit of holster wear near the muzzle.
I believe the action was even better than the Python. Actually they used the same action but this one must have just had a bit more love when being made than your average gun.
It also was one of those super accurate ones. At 10 yards it would put 148 grain wad cutters into one hole. That is if I was carefu. Another one which I wish I could have kept.
Ok, you got me laughing with that one.
Carry your model 30?
Colt Detective Specials are six round snub noses if you can find a used one. They are really nice pieces.
As for the Glock 42 & 43 go with the 43. I looked at both in the store and the 43 is just slightly longer and taller. For the difference I would rather have six rounds of JHP 9mm than six rounds of .380 in the model 42.
I had a very similar incident happen to me in 1969. My date and I were going to an Asheville Tourists Baseball Game. To get to McCormick field it was necessary to go through an area known as “Little Africa”. We pulled up to a stop light at a five way intersection. Just as we stopped a huge Pontiac convertible carrying 8 Black youths, crossed at an angle and blocked us in.
One of them yelled “Chicken Shit” and they all began to jump out. I immediately went for the Browning Hi-Power under my seat. I had only begun to reach for it when one of them yelled that I had a gun and they jumped back in and left.
Afterwards my date said “they would have killed us if you had not had that gun”.
Actually I had made several mistakes. I should have hit the door lock button then rolled up the window then gone for the gun.
I later worked with a Federal agent who was Black. He was the kind of guy you could discuss things with. When I told him the story, he agreed that I would have gotten a beating if I had not had the gun. He also said they probably had just had some kind of altercation with some white guys and lost and were looking for some others to take it out on.
I might mention that carrying that Browning in North Carolina at the time was illegal.
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