BEST Concealed Carry Revolver

[muzzleblast]

Well, the one that is in my pocket right now is a 342. It is the one that is almost always with me. So, I guess you could say it is my EDC. That said, it isn't my favorite. My favorite CCW revolver is my M-65, 3", HB, RB, .357.

MB

 

[mazer]

I carry my 629-8, usually I rotate between it and my Ruger Alaskan depending on where I plan to go. I carry 44spls around town and 44mags in the field. If you have a good belt, you can carry practically anything for CCW, these are my EDC. Go big or go home.

 

[riverrat38]

M640 Pro with Speer 135 gr SB carried in a Lobo Gunleather Original Pancake. The Speer is plus pee, but I will try the MGN if I can find some. It is in the plus p plus velocity range.
This revolver also works well in my pants pocket in a High Noon pocket holster.
I also carry a 3 inch M60-15 with the same ammo. I am using the same Lobo holster, but I am going to order one made for the three inch barrel. In the M640 holster, about 3/4 inch of barrel and sight is outside the bottom of the holster.

Best,
Rick

 

[qrachel]

45ACP for Me

If I were to carry a revolver, it would be a 3" 686. My fav carry piece is a Kobra Carry, either as a purse gun or owb on the right rear quarter hip. It's surprising how a gun prints, but for my size and fashion sense that works often with the KC. I think the 45ACP is a terrific close range round and there are some nice 45 revolvers too, which look like they'd carry nicely.

If done sanely and safely, it's all good . . . carrying has gotta work for the carrier and it's very personal.

Rachel

 

[DanWales]

J Frame CC for me

I wear shorts almost 100% of the time here in Florida. They have large cargo pockets.

Real easy to carry my 642 or 640.

I have some Pachmyers on the 640 and they are just a little bigger than Uncle Mike's and some other grips but they really knock down the recoil on the 640 with 357's. I will shoot 50 when I go to the range. I've worked the trigger to a very smooth 9 lbs.

When I have the 640 on me I damn sure don't feel out gunned. After 5 rds I'm gone somehow, somewhere, LOL.

Dan

 

[Gunfiter]

396 Night Guard

I've carried J frames as back-up guns for years, a 36, a 49 and a 940. But today I picked up my first revolver I'd consider a primary weapon, a 396 NG.

Haven't shot it yet, and it only holds 5 rounds, but its 5 big rounds of .44, so I don't feel undergunned. I'm going to work it into the rotation with the Glocks and see how it competes.

 

[BB57]

When I have the 640 on me I damn sure don't feel out gunned. After 5 rds I'm gone somehow, somewhere, LOL.

It's a lot more common for a police officer to encounter multiple assailants than it is for a civilian in a self defense shoot, just because officers by the nature of their jobs have to go into dark and scary places looking for reported trouble and bad guys while civilians, by the nature of what they should be doing are backing out of trouble and using a firearm as a last resort.

But even for police officers the average shoot is over and done with in less than 5 seconds with less than 5 rounds fired at less than 5 yards range. The FBI recently determined 80% of it's shoots occur in 3 seconds, with 3 rounds and less than 3 yards and they've modified their qualification training and testing to reflect that, with more focus on close range rapid fire shooting drawing from a concealed holster.

It doesn't mean a multiple perpetrator shoot won't happen, but for a civilian it's a low probability event on top of an already low probability event.

Consequently, I eventually realized that I in my current desk flying management position I no longer have a real need to carry a high capacity automatic and I found that even a compact double stack 9mm is more than I wanted to carry day in day out for civilian self defense. A Model 36 or a Model 60 is far more comfortable as I don't even notice it on my hip, and 5 rounds of .38 +P will get me through any self defense shoot I'm like to be involved in just as well as 14 rounds of 9mm Para.

 

[bearman49709]

2 1/2" 66ND IWB!

 

[eveled]

I'm going to go with the 340pd, nothing wrong with the 442, but I like the pd for ammo compatibility with my primary.

For me the perfect set up, is the 340pd with a 327 snub, and a 627.


A perfect trifecta of S&W goodness. All three guns shoot the same ammo.

The j frame, for quick pocket carry, add in the 327 if you want more firepower with the j frame as backup. Or if open carrying the 627 use the 327 as the back up. Then both your primary and backup, not only shoot the same ammo, but use the same speed loaders/moon clips.

 

[zzclancy]

Couple weeks ago bought a S&W M&P 340 with out the internal lock. XS Sights Tritium Night sights are just awesome. Took it to the range. Excellent accuracy. Gold Dot 38 special + P 135 grain short barrel ammo. I have no interest in firing 357 magnum in it. I carry it everywhere. Put it in the pocket. The recoil is a little snappy. My wife had no problem with the recoil and we are 60. She grew up with guns, carries (CCW) Glock 27 and a S&W ported PC airweight 460 with Crimson Trace and she is not recoil sensitive. May not be a good choice if you are recoil sensitive.

Can I do a little thread drift? She got hit by a car that ran a red light. She handed the Denver Officer her Driver License, Registration, Insurance and CCW permit. Asked what she was carrying. Just couldn't get over it. Grey hair 60 year old lady carrying.

 

[DEG]

My primary carry gun is a Kahr CM9 but I occasionally carry a 340PD as well. I've found if the gun weighs more than about 20 ounces loaded I just don't carry it that often regardless of how much I want to. I have an XDS 45 that I would love to carry all the time. I would carry it while out and about but as soon as I got home would pull it out of my waste-band and put it in the safe because I was tired of constantly being reminded it was there.

 

[zzclancy]

Nice

Depending on circumstances, one of these three, all loaded with factory Remington Golden Saber 125 grain 357 Magnum loads.

Model 586 seven-shot L-Comp. My favorite: extra shot and very accurate.


Model 19 F-Comp. Super refined, accurate and low profile.


Model 13 357 Carry Gun. The lowest profile gun I own.


Each carried in a Milt Sparks PMK holster.

Keith

Model 13, bobed hammer with the boot grip. SWEET!

 

[A10]

................442...............

 

[Sgt.Peck]

CPRHER; Nice guns. Who makes the rosewood looking grips on the top two? The bottom model 13 looks like Eagle grips.


**UPDATE, in case anyone else was interested, he told me in private message that the top two were Spegel grips fyi**

 

[Skeptic 9c]

This looks good, with .38 Special Ammo, not .357 magnum.
Product: Model 60
The 3" M60 178013
Geoff
Whose wife annexed his M38 old model Bodyguard, the Matt Helm version.

 

[Sc0]

S&W 340PD and just ordered a Hoffner kydex iwb holster for it, also planning to carry a 317-3" with the same holster for those times when critters could be more of an issue compared to thugs.

 

[Lee's Landing Billy]

Model 13, bobed hammer with the boot grip. SWEET!

Never seen a 13 with an enclosed ejector rod. What is this?

 

[CH4]

I have several "best," but my most carried is a 19 2.5" in a Galco Combat Master. I have smaller, but it's my most accurate and it's sexy!

 

[dscampbell]

this ex Victoria PD 3" model 10 is my constant companion in retirement. A K frame works better than a J frame for me.

 

[Cal44]

The Ruger LCR.

Here are my two LCRs -- a 357 and a 9mm.

If you can tell the difference let me know because I forgot which was which in this picture.