Kimber revolver?

Ashlander · Mar 31, 2017

Red_Label said:
Yup... I've shot and dry-fired the K6s a lot in both staged, and full-pull modes (to simulate a panic'd defensive shooting)... and both feel great and the gun is so well balanced that the muzzle barely moves with the long (but smooth) DA pull.

I love the "to simulate a panic'd defensive shooting." Just between us, I carry revolvers precisely because the new striker fired semi-autos all have 4 to 6 pound triggers. In a panic I'd be shooting everything that moved -- and I have been an instructor for many years (a man has to know his limitations).

Red_Label · Mar 31, 2017

Ashlander said:
I love the "to simulate a panic'd defensive shooting." Just between us, I carry revolvers precisely because the new striker fired semi-autos all have 4 to 6 pound triggers. In a panic I'd be shooting everything that moved -- and I have been an instructor for many years (a man has to know his limitations).

Agreed. I'd be the last to pretend that I'd be some cool Josey Wales character in a gunfight. I've been in fight or flight panic situations and know what happens to my fine motor skills when those survival
chemicals hit my system. I also know what it feels like to go into shock when you're in a situation that's deeper and more horrific than you imagined. So I don't have any movie star grand illusions about handling something so ***** as a self-defense shooting in a calm and detached manner. I've been shooting auto pistols for most of my life. I can clear malfs quickly. I don't limp-wrist or do other things to undermine the reliability of the firearm. But still... having a DA wheel gun takes some of the weak links out of the chain. No mags or feeding issues. If there's a dud... just keep pulling the trigger. I even get to practice that in dry fire every day. Can't dry fire more than one shot at a time on a semi. DA wheel guns still have a LOT going for them.

Boudiepitbull · Mar 31, 2017

I just popped on GunBroker again to follow up on an auction my son and I won last week, and I noticed that the new Kimber K6S auction cycle was ending without as much as a single bid being made on it.

Brasky · Mar 31, 2017

paragain said:
If required five rounds won't get it done don't expect to accomplish the job with one additional....
Stick with what you got and learn good shot placement...

A guy faced three intruders with knives and brass knuckles by using his ar15. Would 5 rounds have been enough for three adversaries?

Red_Label · Mar 31, 2017

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Brasky said:
A guy faced three intruders with knives and brass knuckles by using his ar15. Would 5 rounds have been enough for three adversaries?

I have three ARs, M1A, M1 Garand, and HK91 for home defense (not to mention shotguns). If I can get to them, I'll be using them in the case of a home invader. But I don't keep them at arm's length 24/7 and I surely don't pack them when I'm in public. Basically... If you're going to advocate always having hicap firearms within immediate reach, then VERY few people are going to be willing to do that. My full size M&P9 is my nightstand gun. It's got a light/laser combo and two loaded spare mags with it. Lot of firepower there. But I'm not willing to try to CCW that setup. I don't even want to pack around my Sig Ultra Carry .45 and two spre mags very often. Some guys pack around full size autos around every day. But most people do not want to pack around handguns that large and heavy on a daily basis. Which is why so many compact .380 and 9mm handguns get sold as CCWs. And the fact is, most are single stack and don't have much more capacity than revolvers. At least my Kimber K6s revolver is loaded with 6 rounds of .38 spcl or .357 mag defensive ammo and has a better chance of going bang when I pull the trigger (considering the feeding, ejection, etc issues that ofren plague small semi-autos). I really don't think much of a valid case can be made for the increased deadliness/effectiveness/reliability of the average small CCW semi-auto pistol over a good CCW revolver. And this comes from someone who's been CCW'ing semi-autos for many years.

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