But it only takes one...LOL
Posted on 04/09/2020 11:52:02 AM PDT by know.your.why
I'm seriously looking at this little five shot revolver and would appreciate any insight into its reputation. Thank you.
Pic at link.
My wife has a hammer less 38,, 5 shot.
She loves it as there is no way to screw up.
Point and pull the trigger.
She regularly practices it in our back yard.
Personally I love my .45 Kimber.
Best concealed revolver with the 442 following, the 638/438 after that.
Make sure the grips allow for clearance of ‘standard cylindrical design’ speedloaders of your choice..check youtube michael debethencourt, snubby guru.
Does anyone buy those? I forgot all about those.
For a while I carried a .38 Smith Model 49. It had a very high trigger pull. I found it very difficult to hit a target even at close range. It’s definitely a belly gun.
My daily carry is now a Sig P365. It is similar in size and weight and I was able to put every bullet in the black on the first firing. I highly recommend it. Great sights. Can be had with 12 rounds. I recommend the pinky extension.
You betcha. They really jump with that load. I put 35 or 40 .357 magnum rounds through my new S&W 360 (J Frame, like this one) at the range one day. (Friends reported about a 6-inch muzzle flame.)
Forearm ached for a week. Thought I might have cracked something - I’m not as young as I used to be. Gonna limit it to 10 or less from now on...
Dunno, but they keep showing up in the virtual bargain bins of online gun shops. Someone must be buying them, and S&W’s website indicates they keep making them... though they call it the SD now. These days they throw in a free weaponlight to try to get people to buy one of the horrible things: https://www.smith-wesson.com/firearms/sw-sd9-ve-crimson-trace-tactical-light-16-round-promo-kit
S&W customer service for my S&W AirLite 317 .22LR revolver was excellent - yes, a brand new revolver shouldn’t need customer service, but those things happen. I identified two manufacturing defects, shipped it to them, and it came back quickly - functioning like it had been through their performance center. It’s now my favorite small revolver, in my pocket right now because you hardly know it’s there, even though it was just intended as an extra.
They clearly do not want dissatisfied customers, not over issues that are their fault. I trust the brand more than I did before.
I had a little S&W 360J rated for .38 +P. Never shot +P with it, but it stung on every shot. I sold it.
Upgrade to the .40 S&W MP Shield.
Would be even better without the internal lock (the little round dealio just above the cylinder latch thumbpiece).
I got my 642 with the lock at Academy on sale for a decent price.
If you put a dab of day glow green on the front sight and use a black magic marker on the rear even old eyes can pick up the tiny sights.
I bought some snap caps and have dry fired mine several hundred times. The trigger pull is much better. The heavy trigger pull is a kind of safety in any case.
There is recoil, but I wouldn’t call it punishing.
The 442 is the same revolver but in black rather than stainless.
personally, i like the Model 638 better, because though there’s not hammer spur, the hammer isn’t entirely shrouded, but instead a small, knurled part of the hammer is slightly above the hammer shroud, so the revolver can be thumb-cocked and shot single-action ... personally, i can fire just as fast that way as with the double-action trigger but MUCH more accurately ...
“My family has worked for SW since the early 1940s.”
That’s close to being royalty in America!
I’ll check with some other folks. Galco has a women’s holster section. They make good holsters:
https://www.galcogunleather.com/women-s-holsters_8_1204.html
Both the leather holsters I see there can be used with a 642.
Check out K. Null holsters http://www.klnullholsters.com/NewHolsters/skr.htm
A short 357 back on target?
Well the perp’s belly fat will tend to hold it in place for the second shot! :-)
But it only takes one...LOL
:)
I have one and yes they do. Pachmayr rubber grips help a lot. But it’s a great purse/pocket gun.
Do not know about the 357 model but would be harder to handle.
Great choice for a short range personal protection gun. Hornady Critical Defense ammo would be what I load it with.
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