SmithSwede
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Who else here has sometimes carried some pretty oddball guns? Maybe because it was all you had available at the time? Maybe because you really liked the gun? Or maybe the mood hit you and you figured—heck, why not?
By “oddball” I mean a pistol that your gun buddies would think was a bizarre choice for concealed carry. Cops might laugh.
By “carry,” I’m talking concealed carry in public, not something open carried at the deer camp or your back 40. I’m not talking about toting something odd one time for 15 minutes. Let’s talk about concealed carry of something odd for a full day, and doing that more than 3 or 4 days total.
Here’s my partial list.
—Dreyse 1907 in .32 ACP. I was given the gun, it was already rusty and battered, was relatively small. Bad. Very awkward shape, totally unreliable, 28 pound trigger pull.
—S&W Model 29 .44 Magnum with 6.5” barrel. All I had and was a dumb kid. A bit too big & heavy!
—French 1935A in 7,65 French Long. Laugh if you want, but this worked great. Very slim design, better grip design than even the Browning High-Power, light weight, safety doesn’t dig into your side, and already painted black so sweat won’t cause it to rust.
—French 1892 St. Etienne 8mm revolver. Surprisingly light, superb DA trigger pull, excellent sights. Just really like the gun.
—Swedish Nagant M 1887 in 7,65 Swedish. Also light and slim, with a better DA trigger than you would expect. Reloading would be far too slow.
—-SIG P210-6. Gun is superbly accurate and easy to shoot, so seemed worth a try. Too heavy, safety hard to manipulate at speed. Not something I would want the cops to impound.
—S&W K-38 with 6” barrel. This is easily the gun I shoot the best, SA or DA, under all circumstances. Since it is my “best shooter” I figured I’d try carrying it. It is actually not bad to carry, not too heavy. Sharp front sight will snag easily. If I ever got a holster figured out, I’d try it again.
—Remington 1858 replica, .44 black powder cap & ball. What I had available. Left grease stains in my waist band.
—Ruger Mark IV Bull barrel .22 target pistol with 5.5” barrel. What I had; shot it well.
By “oddball” I mean a pistol that your gun buddies would think was a bizarre choice for concealed carry. Cops might laugh.
By “carry,” I’m talking concealed carry in public, not something open carried at the deer camp or your back 40. I’m not talking about toting something odd one time for 15 minutes. Let’s talk about concealed carry of something odd for a full day, and doing that more than 3 or 4 days total.
Here’s my partial list.
—Dreyse 1907 in .32 ACP. I was given the gun, it was already rusty and battered, was relatively small. Bad. Very awkward shape, totally unreliable, 28 pound trigger pull.
—S&W Model 29 .44 Magnum with 6.5” barrel. All I had and was a dumb kid. A bit too big & heavy!
—French 1935A in 7,65 French Long. Laugh if you want, but this worked great. Very slim design, better grip design than even the Browning High-Power, light weight, safety doesn’t dig into your side, and already painted black so sweat won’t cause it to rust.
—French 1892 St. Etienne 8mm revolver. Surprisingly light, superb DA trigger pull, excellent sights. Just really like the gun.
—Swedish Nagant M 1887 in 7,65 Swedish. Also light and slim, with a better DA trigger than you would expect. Reloading would be far too slow.
—-SIG P210-6. Gun is superbly accurate and easy to shoot, so seemed worth a try. Too heavy, safety hard to manipulate at speed. Not something I would want the cops to impound.
—S&W K-38 with 6” barrel. This is easily the gun I shoot the best, SA or DA, under all circumstances. Since it is my “best shooter” I figured I’d try carrying it. It is actually not bad to carry, not too heavy. Sharp front sight will snag easily. If I ever got a holster figured out, I’d try it again.
—Remington 1858 replica, .44 black powder cap & ball. What I had available. Left grease stains in my waist band.
—Ruger Mark IV Bull barrel .22 target pistol with 5.5” barrel. What I had; shot it well.
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