Hard Moves

[stansdds]

Fast forward about a year and a half. I had the opportunity last night as to what may happen in the event I needed that 4506 in an emergency.

Lying in bed nearly asleep and the house alarm went off. I sprang out of bed, reached for the 4506, tapped the bottom of the magazine to assure it was all the way in, racked back the slide and cautiously walked slowly down the hall. I got to the end and could see the front door and back door that leads to the deck were both closed. It made no sense for the alarm to get triggered.

I walked over to the door that leads from the dining room to the deck to discover the dead bolt wasn't locked as I thought. The wind blew the door open just enough to trigger the alarm. Relieved, I went back to bed. This morning I noticed my left thumb felt a bit sore and this what it looked like. I've
had that pistol for 35 years and that never happened before. I guess maybe due to my age(79 now) and thinner skin and weaker hands is the cause. Perhaps cocking the hammer next time is in order. Be nice now guys. I'm just an old man trying to survive.

With a 4506, I'd keep one in the chamber and use the hammer dropping safety to lower the hammer. You can leave the safety on as an added precaution, but these pistols are incredibly safe to leave with a round chambered, hammer down, safety off.

 

[BillyMagg]

Another real fan of those +P .37 specials

My first and only attempt at the gun under the pillow didn't turn out well. It ended up at the foot of my sleeping bag. You might-so far-have mastered not moving the gun, but the night stand would be a better place. Much less lint there too.

In not much younger than you, the decocker/safety is your friend. One slip while doing the hammer/trigger thing, there's gonna be a loud noise and a hole somewhere.

Just because the revolver says .357 Magnum doesn't mean that's what you have to use. +P .37 Spl will work just fine if you put it in the right place. So far as the noise thing, regardless of what you use, Peltor makes a nice tactical muff (Tactical Pro MT15H7F SV). A touch of one button makes your hearing as good as it used to be-or better-and still protects your hearing from gunfire. Once set for volume, it retains the setting until you pull the batteries or they die.

Yeah! I'm another real fan of those +P .37 Specials, but I'm having trouble finding that round at my local Scheel's???

 

[WR Moore]

OOOOOOOPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Jim Watson]

I don't understand racking the slide. Did you decock it or did you clear the house with it cocked and unlocked?
My house gun, P226 DA/SA, stays loaded, I don't worry about inadvertently pulling the DA through.
I am 80 years old and racking the slide would be a risk of a malfunction with arthritic hands.

 

[Denverd0n]

I'd love to see S&W come out with a K-frame 44 Special. That would be great.

Agree completely!!!

 

[ColColt]

As far as your thumb, I am 70, and I swear anytime I bang into ANYTHING, I end up with a bruise. DR says just loss of collagen in the skin as you age.

Yep, I''m on three blood thinners and all I have to do is look at a door knob and get a bruise. Sometimes my arms look like I've been beaten.

Yeah! I'm another real fan of those +P .37 Specials, but I'm having trouble finding that round at my local Scheel's???

Try Midway or Graf and Sons.

I don't understand racking the slide. Did you decock it or did you clear the house with it cocked and unlocked?
My house gun, P226 DA/SA, stays loaded, I don't worry about inadvertently pulling the DA through.
I am 80 years old and racking the slide would be a risk of a malfunction with arthritic hands.

I didn't decock it. There was no round in the chamber. I just racked the slide back to load a round. In all the hundreds of times I've done that I never had any problem until the other night. No arthritis in my hands-either my hands are not as strong as a few years ago or/and my skin is thinner. I've never had a bruise from trying to rack a slice on any auto before. My thumb must have raked over that decocker.

 

[stansdds]

I'd love to see S&W come out with a K-frame 44 Special. That would be great.

Such a thing is not possible as the K-frame's cylinder is of insufficient diameter for anything larger than the .38 Special/.357 Magnum. The L-frame's cylinder is large enough, therefore the Model 69 (.44 Magnum) exists, but the cylinder diameter cannot accommodate anything more than 5 rounds in 44.

 

[Bambihunter71]

I wouldn't keep a freshly lubed anything in my bed.

Is this where I revert to my childish humor and say "that's what she said"?

 

[stansdds]

Is this where I revert to my childish humor and say "that's what she said"?

You ain't the only one thinking that!

 

[StrawHat]

Such a thing is not possible as the K-frame's cylinder is of insufficient diameter for anything larger than the .38 Special/.357 Magnum. The L-frame's cylinder is large enough, therefore the Model 69 (.44 Magnum) exists, but the cylinder diameter cannot accommodate anything more than 5 rounds in 44.

Spokhandgun did custom conversions of the K frame revolver into a 5 shot 44 S&W Special. I believe at least one member of this forum has a copy.

Kevin