So you carry a short barreled AR-15 now?
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I think you mean a Tiger tank, with 88 mm…lol
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My choice is a 3", 686+. It's heavy enough to handle .357M recoil, and short enough to carry IWB for concealment. The round butt lies flat and doesn't obviously print.
A 686 Mountain Gun has a 4" barrel. It's possible to carry IWB, but marginal. The TRR8 (Performance Center) is a dream gun to shoot, holds 8 rounds, but has a 5.5" barrel and an N-frame. The two-piece barrel is heavier than most, even without the optional rails, and I haven't found a good holster for it, since open carry is not allowed in my state.
A 686 Mountain Gun has a 4" barrel. It's possible to carry IWB, but marginal. The TRR8 (Performance Center) is a dream gun to shoot, holds 8 rounds, but has a 5.5" barrel and an N-frame. The two-piece barrel is heavier than most, even without the optional rails, and I haven't found a good holster for it, since open carry is not allowed in my state.
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I have a small collection of revolver perfect packing guns…including this 357 Colt and S&W MGs…
But more often than not, for outdoor excursions, I would take my Glock 20.
But more often than not, for outdoor excursions, I would take my Glock 20.Just be sure that (1) the pistol you carry has enough thump to resolve an issue quickly with one good hit and (2) is heavy enough caliber wise to deal with whatever flavor varmints inhabit your area. In the west I want more HP than here (bigger, meaner critters). Frankly most places around here I could address the issue with a .22 Mag (though I prefer something heavier). In the Rockies? I’ll be toting my .44 thank you.
Put a Crimson Trace Grip activate laser on it and you will never miss, they kick more than the factory grips, but recoil is secondary when you need a hit. I love mine. I also have the model 637 and 2.5 inch model 66 with those laser grips, for when hitting the first round matters.
I don’t know if there are any fully-stocked gun stores. The odds of you finding one that would have all three of those on hand at the same time are virtually nil. Plan on making the rounds to a lot of gun stores.
This is the revolver Miculek said he would want if the SHTF for real. Great gun! (I have one.)
RE: The Rockies, that's home here on the ranch and in our remote fishing, berry picking and hunting spots.
My son is a forester for a timber company and we live/work in the mountains. Neither I nor he or any of his coworkers carry heavy pistols when on foot. On the horse sure but covering miles up and down on foot a heavy sixgun gets to be purgatory. I really do not know anyone who carries a heavy sixgun routinely unless when bow hunting in grizzly country.
The 9x19, .40, and .22 Mag cover the most common field pistols.
We encounter black bear, lion and wolves. None are really serious threats to adult men under almost any conditions, with very few exceptions. We do have grizzly moving into our area and the Feds are planning to dump 25-50 more just east of us. That is causing some new discussions about carry pistols.
BTW, I do not consider black bear a threat unless bothered. I've killed many of them. One involved a fight with a .44 which didn't go as planned but it was a hound hunt so the thing had reason to be hopped up and aggressive. It died at my ankles, literally.
I had an SP101 with the 4.2 inch barrel that I carried in a kydex chest rig. It was my hiking carry rig. Passed the gun on to our youngest daughter. NowI’m thinking of buying another. Or a 3 inch J frame.
I have never owned an SP but I did sell a bunch many years ago around when they first came out. An SP in .327 w/ a load shooting to the sights would be a super woods gun. The KSP-32741 or whatever it is w/ all superfluous lug/bbl steel ground off would be a really handy, useful gun.
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You know what would be really cool?
Take a new 686+ Mountain, shorten the barrel to 3.5 inches with a Baugman ramp. Add some 173 Lymans going 1200+.
Take a new 686+ Mountain, shorten the barrel to 3.5 inches with a Baugman ramp. Add some 173 Lymans going 1200+.
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