Goodbye Revolvers for Defensive Carry

[donniedee]

also think its where you live or go too often as how hight the preceived danger is... when im off duty i have no intentions of getting into a gun battle or i have a bando of mags around me like ponch villa..... i carry a new dept issued s&w m&p 40 now cause i have too but off duty out with fam its the ol pre 27 3.5 357mag gets the carry nod just thought as said eariler its what ever YOU feel most comfortable with cant see firing more than afew rounds anyway a pistols is used for me only to buy time till i can get to my m4 then the party starts

 

[Practical]

Don't let facts and figures get in the way of your opinion.

My father gets that way.

Auto's have been manufactured in greater quantities since the 1980's by US manufacturers I believe.

I can look at ANY gun store and see Autoloaders outnumbering revolvers by 3 or 4 to 1 or MORE in the tactical stores where it is 10-20 to one.

 

[Moonman]

JUST REMEMBER--------- Every Round is attached to an ATTORNEY SOMEWHERE!!!!!

 

[Duke426]

In the end, I chose duty over beauty, function over feelings, reality over romance.

Choose what works best for you. Nothing wrong or provocative about your decision. It just isn't the right choice for everyone else. Just as my decision to carry a four inch S&W model 13 isn't right for everyone. I do appreciate your thought out reasoning behind it and consider it educational.

 

[ImprovedModel56Fan]

dwever,

You obviously chose correctly, for good reason, and shared those reasons with us. My results are a little different, for various personal reasons, but they have nothing to do with the wisdom of your choice. Thanks for sharing your information with us.

520

 

[luangtom]

Good for you for stating your case and I agree w/you. Anyone in LE should carry off duty the same type of weapon their agency requires on duty, and semi-autos make a lot of sense in today's world. My issued gun was the Glock 23, but since retirement in '97 I've carried a small .38.

As others have said a civilian CCW is only concerned with self protection and has the option of running away if at all possible. If I were to return to LE it would make sense to carry a modern self loader, but since I'm too old for that I feel well armed with the .38.

Stay Safe,
Old Cop

I totally agree with this. Same goes for this old man.

 

[chud333]

Wheelguns will never be "outdated" or "replaced" for defensive carry.
As long as there are people who can shoot them straight and hit what
is being aimed at, they are here for keeps.
Carry what you can shoot well. If that's an auto fine.
But we all owe it to ourselves and others to carry a weapon
that we can, and do shoot well.


chuck

 

[BurgerBoy]

I would like to see you carry a concealed auto slider in your coat pocket and shoot through the front of your pocket, without ever taking the gun out of your pocket, if you have to, like I can with my 642.

 

[elm_creek_smith]

I recently was able to return my issued Glock 22 .40 S&W to my current employer and draw a 4 inch .357 Magnum revolver. Some of my younger coworkers were horrified that I would do such a thing. Some of my older coworkers are jealous. I also got rid of an intrusive, awkward, and just plain inconvenient issued nylon duty holster and put my own high-ride black basketweave thumbbreak holster on my duty belt. Now I can sit in a chair or vehicle without feeling like the holster is going to tip me out on the floor or cause the sidearm to hang up. My back-up remains a small .38 revolver in my weak-side pocket.

For concealed carry, I almost always carry two revolvers. One rides in exactly the same place as my duty holster. It's the same size as my issue gun with a shorter barrel. My second revolver is my on-duty backup in my weak side front pocket or in a weak-side belt holster.

If I need more rounds than I carry in and for my revolvers, I probably should have brought a rifle.

ECS

 

[Lost Lake]

I would like to see you carry a concealed auto slider in your coat pocket and shoot through the front of your pocket, without ever taking the gun out of your pocket, if you have to, like I can with my 642.

The first shot would be no problem, but a second may not be possible....

 

[mg357]

dwever: you have made some very good points but when it comes to a ccw i personally would prefer to carry a revolver instead of a semi automatic pistol but that is just my humble opinion.

 

[Kavinsky]

Eh to each his own, we all have our own personal reasons for sticking with what we're comfortable with let it be in cars, guns, watches, clothes and music

for me though I was an auto guy first and I moved over to revolvers after some incidents with my semi autos.


Namely with a 70 year old 44 CYQ walther P38, I had a safety break on me after I dropped in on its side a week earlier by accident

it was only about maybe 6 inches above a carpeted floor as I was cleaning it while watching TV and it landed on its side, not on the hammer but I guess that was enough to break it

which causing it to go full auto with the 3 rounds I had in the mag at the next range session

thankfully I had it poined perfectly down range when I closed the slide and the jammed in place firing pin hit the first round causing the next two to go almost instantly, just dumb luck I was using the slide stop instead of pulling back on the slide to release at that point otherwise that would have really hurt!


and then that cause a fracture in the slide which I only found out about only latter after having the gunsmith replaced the safety with another one, causing the front strap over the barrel to warp off of the gun on the right side during the next range session after the repair.

I mean it kept working but it probably would have been a catastrophic failure if I hadnt noticed it.

and then after getting it back after finding a new slide I found it needs a trigger job and needed new springs that whole time and now the slide isnt being held open by the slide stop when the mags empty because of a fitting issue with the slide

I mean I dont blame the gun and I love the damn thing as it was my first semi auto and an old beat to hell one from the getgo to begin with but has anyone ever heard of a revolver cylinder needing new springs to work right or a cylinder developing those kind of stress fractures?

or a revolver going full auto from a broke safety?

I dont think so.

and that gun is now going to be just a keepsake, I'm not going to shoot it anymore atleast until its a 100% checked out at some point but I'm just glad to have in the locker regardless of its condition.




Then I had odd little incident with a brand new beretta 85 where somehow I pulled on something with the grips off during a field strip that undid the trigger spring, had to go to a gunsmith to get it back in and then a few months latter the damn spring broke on me during snap cap practice as there had been a stress fracture put in it by my attempt to put it back in in the first place.

and then I found out someone else had had exactly the same damn thing happen with there beretta cheetah from that very gunsmith

So moral of the story is if you've got a beretta or a browning with alot of stuff hanging under the grips leave the grips on during the field strip and to make sure if its an old beat to hell gun, replace the springs and have a gunsmith go a 100% through the thing before shooting the hell out of it.

but after that I started purely going the way of the revolver as well theres a lot less that can go wrong with a revolver thats built right than a semi auto and I have never had any issues like that since.

and hell if capacity is an issue just use an auto as the primary and the revolver as a backup and if you like the .40 they do make atleast two revolvers that will take that cartridge now with moonclips

the 610 and a new charter arms that doesnt even need them supposedly.

 

[GreyEagle]

I love my SS S&W 67-1. I love the way it looks, the way it feels, the way it shoots. But I carry a Bersa .380 acp auto 8 rd clip with a 7 rd clip backup. plus a 7 shot .25 auto in my back pocket just in case I cannot get away fast enough...

 

[18DAI]

Everyone should carry whatever handgun type/model they are comfortable and proficient with. If it works well FOR YOU that is what you should use.

With whatever one chooses, you should be capable of getting a fast, accurate, first shot off. Because whether your gun has five, six, or seventeen shots, you will be out of time long before you are out of ammunition. Regards 18DAI

 

[Fastbolt]

Everyone should carry whatever handgun type/model they are comfortable and proficient with. If it works well FOR YOU that is what you should use.

With whatever one chooses, you should be capable of getting a fast, accurate, first shot off. Because whether your gun has five, six, or seventeen shots, you will be out of time long before you are out of ammunition. Regards 18DAI

In a nutshell, there you are ...

 

[Animal_Mother556]

Here is my stupid couple of cents...

I am a younger man (mid twenties). I have been shooting since about the age of 3. I suppose you can consider me a "modern" shooter. I prefer the more aggressive/modern stances and grips that have come to prevail in the recent years (my handgun grip is VERY high on the gun...dad's 1911 does not have an extended beavertail and it cuts me...he says my grip is too high...I tell him to get a beavertail like everyone else)

I love my semi-auto handguns. My Beretta, M&P9, Kimber, Sig, etc... And I would bet my life and the lives of my family on them. More importantly, I would bet my life and the lives of my family on MY skills to use them properly. I know for a fact that I can put more of a hurting on one or more people with a higher capacity handgun, and a spare mag or two.

Recently, I have been wanting to buy/carry a revolver. I happened to pick up a VERY LIGHTLY used 2.5 inch 686-5 plus. I like it.

What has drawn me to my recent revolver love is that I can see the art in them. I can see the beauty in them. I can see the illusion of delicacy in them. I can see the charm in them. It's a seduction, is what it is.

I cannot say that I have ever been seduced by a semi-auto that I own. Attracted? Yeah. But never seduced.

Where in the world am I going? I like the feeling that I have when this thing is near me. It makes me feel good. It makes me feel clothed.

In closing-- I am a realist...I realize that 7 rounds in the gun and a speedloader or two will be PLENTY of ammo for most purposes, and it does not concern me.

 

[Buckeye]

Im sorry ..but I have to many of both Semi's and revolvers..I have a G23C ,G20 and assortment of other semis...But my primary carry guns...thats the guns that I carry most.....are revolvers

S&W 642

Ruger Speed Six 357

Dan Wesson 357 mag

Charter 44 spl.

Charter 44 and 357 mag

Brazilian contract S&W 45 acp

These are some of my carry revolvers...simple to use ... & powerful
In my state you can conceal or open carry...

 

[Hook686]

I carry the Glock now, and last month sold my UDR PC 627 on this site as I came to realize the hard truth that there is a significant difference between an Ultimate Defensive Revolver and an Ultimate Defensive Weapon. In the end, I chose duty over beauty, function over feelings, reality over romance.

Someday I hope you wake up from your dream.

 

[Buckeye]

Wakey ,Wakey Eggs and bakey .....

 

[blujax01]

...You will be out of time long before you are out of ammunition. Regards 18DAI

This bears repeating.