Ever Been Tempted to Switch to a SEMI for CCW?

[rwsmith]

There's a price attached.......

I've considered pistols, but, I can't get any pistols to shoot as well as any of the above out to 25yds in any pistol caliber, that I can using 44spls (only considering around town carry here). My hands are also large and smaller pistol slides hit my knuckle....and lets face it, they are very unpleasant to shoot. I've tried 1911's, Glocks, Berettas....just always come back to my wheel guns.

If I could carry my 686 and my mod 5943 (alum frame, but full size) all I would have to practice is SD techniques because I shoot both of these pistols well. So I keep them for home defense and range fun.

The others are not so much fun and I have to practice a lot to shoot them welll to feel confident. The Shield is not bad but I still have to practice regularly. The 36 is a small snub and I have to practice to have any confidence at all. The compact Kel Tec P-11 outside of point blank range is a spray gun and I feel like I'm going to need to WORK to master that one. Besides, I have to really watch my grip because it's too easy for that slide to get you and it could be 'distracting' in a firefight. Maybe I'll get another Shield, but nothing replaces practice.

 

[Ranger514]

I used both during my LE career. Since I retired, my EDC has been an 8-shot DAO 9mm (Sig P290RS). It has the safety features of a revolver, and a higher round count in a very easily concealed package. When I'm on my bike or off hiking in the woods, however, revolvers suit me just fine. Home Defense with the possibility of multiple assailants is an entirely different scenario. Adapt according to your own circumstances and needs. Although we grow fond on them and all have our favorites, guns are really nothing more than tools.

 

[Whitwabit]

No. In California I see no advantage regarding rounds loaded, but I have seen too many NDs, even by active SWAT officers, to be interested in carrying an autoloader.

So you won't carry an auto because someone in a SWAT Team didn't get proper training or didn't follow their training and had a Negligent Discharge ..

Negligent - meaning the user was at fault not the pistol !!

 

[DD357]

So you won't carry an auto because someone in a SWAT Team didn't get proper training or didn't follow their training and had a Negligent Discharge ..

Negligent - meaning the user was at fault not the pistol !!

I absolutely believe in a high stress moment anybody can make a mistake regardless of how well trained they are. There is not one person who is perfect

 

[crbii]

I'm in the opposite category contemplating switching to wheel gun lol.

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[C Islander]

Love my revolvers and carried one for a long time. That said my EDC is a Kahr K9. 8 rounds of 9mm+ p and a dao trigger that's as smooth as silk with an extra magazine works for me.

 

[Hook686]

So you won't carry an auto because someone in a SWAT Team didn't get proper training or didn't follow their training and had a Negligent Discharge ..

Negligent - meaning the user was at fault not the pistol !!

You got that mostly right. I have watched more than 1 SWAT officer/sheriff deputy/police officer, in a 3 gun match, put a couple into the ground while drawing and shooting targets.

Me I have had a couple of similar NDs with my P-38. I personally prefer a revolver. Does that mean there was poor training involved ? I do not think so. I personally think, based upon my observation on the ranges over 50 years, that anyone that shoots a pistol has had a ND at least once, even if they do not admit it.

Have you ?

 

[American1776]

I love revolvers.

But for EDC, I've been carrying either a 5 inch Government 1911 or a Colt Commander 1911 (4.25 inch), both in .45 auto.

I like having the 8 rounds total (over 6 or 7 in a comparable wheelgun) in a thin and fast shooting pistol like the 1911. I also like the fast reload.

My J-frame has been replaced by a Makarov PM. Same reasoning as above.