Do only "old"guys edc revolvers

[les.b]

Welcome to the forum, StarPacker!!! Great first post! Hang around, you won't always agree with everyone, but there are an awful lot of guys here who know an awful lot about an amazing array of different stuff.

By the way, I couldn't agree with you more. Although I still qualify with my Glock, I carry either a 38 or 357 magnum revolver most of the time. Very well written post.

Best Regards, Les

 

[Vonkendell]

66 years young--started carrying at 23 years old. Started carrying a colt commander or a browning hi-power 9mm with a model 36 or 60 in a pocket. Over the years always preferred an auto with a j or k frame in combo or two revolvers such as a 19 or 28 or other n frame. Started IDPA shooting glock 35. Lots of fun.

My current carry is a Colt or ruger 1911 commander or 40 cal Browning Hi-power with a 2 or 3 inch j frame 357 loaded with 38 +P buffalo bore. Holster selection is key.

Was at the local range last week and was shooting my hi-power and my 3 inch model 60. The model 60 shoots very well but the browning is extremely accurate and easy to shoot. Beautiful bluing, factory adj sights, cocobolo grips and Has a Cylinder & Slide trigger job. I feel real comfortable with this combo. By the way I had much smaller groups than the two 30+ young shooters on either side of me. They were shooting plastic guns. I let them shoot my hi-power. They really liked it.

I usually have one piece in a shoulder holster and the other either in my pocket or a strong side IWB. I usually wear a suit or sport coat

Like Ken NUll, Bianchi 9r and ******* shoulder holsters and el Paso Saddlery owb holsters--these are very high quality. Mag pouches IWB and speed strips or loaders for j frame in pocket.

This is what works for this old guy. Everyone will find their own path and comfort zone. Only recommendation is to buy good quality and practice a lot. IDPA with a revolver or a 1911 is a good start.

Von

 

[915]

I don't know if I'm what you would call old, being in my thirties. But I love carrying my 13-3 3".

.357 magnum is going to hurt whether it's 1967 or 2017.

 

[gwpercle]

I was at the local shooting range with a J frame 38 special , K frame model 64 38 special and N frame model 58 41 magnum , all three had custom Ahrends grips in exotic woods. Those young bucks with their plastic wonder 9 pistols acted like they had never seen a revolver. I let them all , three of them, shoot them . One fellow said he wanted to get one because he liked being able to put fancy wood grips on it . Something you can't do with with a plastic wonder pistol !
Nice boys , maybe I turned them on to the other side of handguns.
Gary

 

[TomkinsSP]

Pertinent Question, how did Old Guys get to be Old Guys?

 

[rich5674]

Revolver since 1977

I'm 61. Bought my first pistols when I was 21. A Smith 36 and a
Colt mkIV Series 70 45 ACP. Always owned revolvers and autos.
I've rarely carried but when I did it was the revolver. Today I have a Smith 360j and a LC9s. If I carry, its the J frame. It fits me better for pocket carry. I may change ammo from +P HP to target wadcutters to shot loads.

 

[Sayoc01]

Well I started this thread & ck.what I've been carrying lately! Glock 30s in a LOBO(got this from him before he got lazy & retired).I also carry my S&W Model 60 2".Also like my S&W Model 65-3!Sigh,right now I'm looking to buy a Kimber K6 3"revolver.I'm 73 & just a kind elderly white gentleman living in Miami Fl.
Jim Clifton

 

[Donn]

The "Old Man Syndrome" struck again last week. Picked up a Colt Detective Special with a three inch barrel. Shoots like a dream and the cylinder has six holes.

 

[AZretired]

Around my neck of the woods I rarely see anyone without grey hair shooting a revolver.

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[bada61265]

i guess at 60 i qualify, have been shooting revolvers alot over the years but with ccw in illinois now " i was in the first group off cc licenses issued" semi autos where what i was steered to initially. but i have found though reasonably accurate, theres the occasional ftf fte with semi autos, just there it is and i hate plastic guns always will. decided with fall jacket n coat weather i will be packing either my 686 ssr or 4"629. heck with speed loaders will carry one but got a 442 for a backup, as a plus the 442 is even more pocket friendly than my shield and lighter. Revolvers might not be for everyone. lets face it in a world where people complain about a 6 or 7 lb pull on their stiker fired gun where will they fall on a dao 442 with a 11lb pull? for me i like that pull, its smooth and sw has that nice letoff point where its easy to stage for a precision shot. predictable, smooth and as utterly reliable as it gets. and its its own safety feature built in. i love the revolver, who knows maybe looking into the future will mean revisiting the past, revolvers are a long way from going out of style, my lgs cant keep them on the shelves.

 

[susieqz]

you know kids get steered to plastic semi autos. all their friends probably shoot them too.
i wonder how many of these kids ever even fired a nice revolver.
for you range guys, why not be nice n let some of the semi auto crowd fire a nice gun?
i think you would get some converts.
just holding my 15-4 was all i needed to love them.
it feels good n it feels natural..

 

[TomkinsSP]

For a long time I was a die hard revolver man but figured I was missing something and boy was I right.

I am NOT saying this is you. Old guys know how to shoot. But I notice the young-uns with the newfangled auto-loaders, what they miss, mostly, well, its the target.

 

[dubshooter]

I recently turned one of the guys at work on to the Ruger LCR. He wanted a bug and I had my 9mm at the time. He bought the 38 version.

I showed him my new Model 38 the other day, and he might slowly be going the way of a revolverholic before long

 

[otasan56]

I'm 61 and I carry a Glock 17 pistol.

 

[Cocked & Locked]

I was 74 yesterday and I carry whatever I want

 

[TomkinsSP]

I'm 61 and I carry a Glock 17 pistol.

61 is the new 40. Call back in 20.

 

[MP1SG]

I don't think age has anything to do with what we carry, In fact i would think If i was old (I am 54) and disabled (I am not) one would carry some type of hi cap semi auto. Because in the event you have to use your weapon and your disabled you think you'd like the least complicated most rounds available weapon (If that makes sense) rather than firing 5 or 6 rounds you have the advantage of 9 10 or 15 rounds.
Having said the when Im in a suit (weddings funerals etc etc)
My 442 (No lock) or my Charter arms bulldog 44 special gets carried

 

[DennisE]

I'm a shade under 75. I shoot and carried mostly 1911s for many years but now they are all gone and I shoot and carry S&W revolvers. Took me awhile to smarten up!

 

[Johnwye60]

57 here. I carried a J-frame for more years than I can remember. The last few years I have been carrying a 1911. But, there are days when my J-frame comes out with me.

 

[Protected One]

Do only "OLD Guys" carry revolvers?

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