the LIGHTEST weight most easily concealed pocket pistol

HiVel1 · #**101** 03-29-2013, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Stainz

My current Magnum pocket lite weight is my relatively new 351PD. Okay, it's 'just' a .22 WMR... but it weighs only 11.5 oz loaded with seven 45gr Hornady FTX 'Critical Defense' rounds. It also fits my spare Mika's 642 pocket holster and carries much more effortlessly in my rf pocket than my 642 stoked with +P 158gr LHPSWCs. Yeah, I know they are better man-stoppers than the .22 WMR, but my theory is that if the .22 WMR's bark doesn't deafen and disorient an assailant, it's flash should scare him. In any case, he would likely notice the recently installed seven exsanguination ports.

The really great news re the 351PD and that ammo - or CCI MaxiMag 40gr TMJ - is that, despite the necessarily miserable DA pull, follow-ups are fast and furious! I have an ANIB, bought 11/11, 4" 651 and I believe - all things being considered - it, resprung and slicked rebound slide, etc, has about the same DA-pull as my 351PD quickly broke in to have. The 351PD 'feels' harder due to the lighter weight. I can hit a paper dinner plate 7/7 times with it from 3-7yd after retrieving it from my pocket and firing rapidly - the 351PD should be effective. I'll still carry my 642 quite often - and it's predecessor, my 296 - some, too.

I've shot a 340 with hot CorBon .357Ms - ouch. It, and a similar 360, were range friend's firearms. No thank you! Follow ups? Eeek! Misery - pure misery. If I am as vocal upon the first shot in an emergency as I was the first time I shot the AirLite Ti .357M, my loud expletives would give away my position and likely result in my having my mouth washed out with soap. I'll stick with what I have... and very likely, start carrying that 351PD more!

Stainz

I think I remember those snubbys-but I am into my 351PD too!

Hart · #**102** 03-30-2013, 01:43 AM

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Originally Posted by 5Wire

Here are a few comparisons I had on hand:

Nice post. Good info. All things considered, I'm sticking with the S&W 9c for ccw but looking to add a 640 ( 178044 ) for spring/summer carry also.

Stainz · #**103** 04-01-2013, 08:27 AM

As my .327 Federal Magnum chambered 632 Pro, below, weighs .2 oz less than my 60 Pro - and actually has launched many a true Magnum rounds and not been mired in .38 Special wimpidom as my 60 Pro has - I offer it as my true lightest weight Magnum:

Okay, it has launched lesser rounds - to prove a point: .32 ACP, .32 S&W, .32 S&WL, .32 H&RM, & .327 Fed Magnum, of course, shot only in reverse order (Longer/hotter rounds first!). Kind of an S&W 'Medusa' of sorts. From 'poof' to 'POW!. Those CCI 115gr .327 Gold Dots, in the HKS #32-J speedloader, out of that 2 1/8" barrel reportedly make over 1,200 fps - snappy. The 60 Pro grips help the feel and looks, too. A bit heavier than the 351PD... actually, empty - the 632 Pro weighs as much as two loaded 351PDs!

Stainz