Do You Pocket Carry Your J Frame Daily?

About 20 years ago having received a J frame snubbie in .38 special my ownership lasted exactly the length of my first range trip with the revolver. Whether it was the fact I've had boogers that weighed more or just the shape of my hand, each round of the maybe 24 I fired felt just like an incident from years earlier when an elderly neighbor lady's pet Chihuahua went airborne and bit the heck out of my hand. From a standard pressure 158gr out of the box .38special!!
From then on for general revolver carry I stayed with the surprising Rossi model 971 snubbie which is a copy of the Smith model 66 but without the problematic forcing cone issues the Smith K frame is known for.
Sometimes a bit more weight is a very, very good thing
 
OH, and that Rossi is long out of production and was back in the Interarms importer days and before Rossi was gobbled up by Taurus.
Those Brazilians can surprise you. In addition to that 971 which I still carry at times, I've had an early Taurus PT99 for years now. I don't know about later production models but early versions were made on actual Beretta machinery in a closed Brazilian Beretta manufacturing facility. I still have that pistol and it still shoots lights out. Somehow using Beretta tooling the Brazilians actually placed the safety where Beretta should have always placed the safety and that is of course, on the frame.
Both are surprising stainless steel firearms that together I don't think I put more than $250 in to.
 
barbarosa guns said:
OH, and that Rossi is long out of production and was back in the Interarms importer days and before Rossi was gobbled up by Taurus.
Those Brazilians can surprise you. In addition to that 971 which I still carry at times, I've had an early Taurus PT99 for years now. I don't know about later production models but early versions were made on actual Beretta machinery in a closed Brazilian Beretta manufacturing facility. I still have that pistol and it still shoots lights out. Somehow using Beretta tooling the Brazilians actually placed the safety where Beretta should have always placed the safety and that is of course, on the frame.
Both are surprising stainless steel firearms that together I don't think I put more than $250 in to.
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I had a 971 2” in 357. What a nice gun. Took my CCW Shooting Test with it. Decided to clear out a few guns years ago and sold it. I miss that gun.
 
Daily. The pocket holster may change periodically - I have examples from R. Grizzle (shown here), Simply Rugged, and J.W. O’Rourke. Ammo carrier from Barranti.

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rockquarry said:
Why should the safety on a Beretta be on the frame rather than slide mounted? is there sound reasoning behind this?
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I carried an M9 (Beretta 92) for years. Due to the location of the safety I never knew whether it would be engaged or disengaged when I pulled the gun from its holster.

As a result, I would never purchase a Beretta with a slide-mounted safety.
 
Frailer said:
I carried an M9 (Beretta 92) for years. Due to the location of the safety I never knew whether it would be engaged or disengaged when I pulled the gun from its holster.

As a result, I would never purchase a Beretta with a slide-mounted safety.
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I've had one for more than thirty-five years and carried it daily for a long time. Never a problem with the slide mounted safety. Once the safety was engaged or disengaged, it stayed put until deliberately moved. I can't see this as a concern especially if you're very familiar with the gun and have practiced with it a lot.

As I suspected, there is no sound reasoning behind this alleged shortcoming. I guess Beretta saw it that way, too.
 
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