New guy w/ J frame addiction!

[photoman]

Originally posted by AKAOV1MAN:I just acquired 2 extra 940 cylinders and soon I will have a M60 9mm and a M60 9mm with a 3" barrel and adjustable sights. More as it progresses.

Where are you guys getting the 940 cylinders?

 

[ladder13]

Brownells, Midway and Numrich are currently "out of stock" with a 60+ day wait.

Does converting a M60 or 642, for example, require anything additional besides exchanging the cylinder? Any timing issues?

 

[Eagle1*]

Does converting a M60 or 642, for example, require anything additional besides exchanging the cylinder? Any timing issues?

I would also like to know this, man if I could chnage out the 38 cylinder to a 9mm, that would be even better. Anyone???

 

[luangtom]

Originally posted by Eagle1*:
Thanks for all of the help. Anyone have any experience with the Crimson Trace LG105 combat grips? I really like the looks and for the price they seem to be a good buy. They are rubber though but I think that would be a good trade off, laser and rubber grips or wood grips? Any thoughts???

Also regarding the grips, wood or CT, I want to be able to use a speed loader and the factory S & W grips is very hard to do this. Do the Spegel or CT grips allow for a fast speed loader reload???

The CT's you asked about are the all-polymer version. No rubber. They are suffice, but do not make it all day at the range. I carried a J-frame as my BUG for almost all of my 32 years, most recent was the 340PD. Most all of the after-market grips have cut-outs for the speed-loader. I have Altamont boot-grips on one J-frame and like them. I have some Spegels on another. Both work fine.

 

[johnnywitt]

Originally posted by bub75:
Eagle1*,

IMHO, a J-Frame or similar snubbie revolver is the ultimate LE backup gun. It doesn't matter what your primary gun is, a snubbie should be backing it up. Consider this. If you need the backup, the ranges will likely be close, the action will be fast and you will likely be shooting from an uncommon/awkward position or possibly be injured. In this case, the last thing you need to worry about is limp wristing a small auto, having the slide pushed out of battery in the case of a contact shot or what have you. Just draw the snubbie, aim, pull trigger, repeat as needed. One handed, wounded, bloody, whatever, as long as the trigger will pull, the snubbie will more than likely fire. There is just less to go wrong than with a small auto.

On duty, my primary is a Glock 21. I LOVE this gun and, aside from some improperly sized reloads and a couple problems with worn out mags, it has been reliable and trouble free since day one. I have carried this gun since '91 or '92 and it has >30,000 rds through it. I know it inside out, backwards, upside down, every which way but loose. However, for my backup weapon, I choose a snubbie revolver (previously a S&W M649, now a Ruger SP101, simply because I shoot the SP better than the 649) for all the reasons noted above.

As for the snubbie addiction, I understand completely. I would have no problem acquiring MANY snubbie revolvers from several different makers. The next on my list is a 642 or 638 (I think, stainless alloy Bodyguard) for pocket carry. After that, I'd love to find one of the stainless Colt Detective Specials that they put out not long before getting out of the revolver business. I would have a hard time turning down any snubbie revolver, regardless of maker, provided the price was right. I just like them all!

Bub

Bub, you are dead nuts right on in paragraph one.

 

[Glock 'em down]

I'm a strong advocate of the "New York Reload" and my preferred pair is a couple of Bodyguards.

A no dash model 38 (from 1985) in the left front pocket and a no dash model 49 (from 1970 something) on the hip.

EVERYBODY needs at least one J frame!

 

[luangtom]

Three J-frames here...340PD, M&P340, 640

 

[Eagle1*]

I was at the local weekend gun show and ended up buying a set of CT LG105's for my 442. I got them for $159.00, so I thought at that price I jumped on it. Now to sight them in on my gun???

 

[vrichard]

A few J frames of mine.
Dick

 

[allglock]

 

[Happy Hunter]

I am a big fan of my 642 in a pocket holster. I've packed it for 12 years now. I can't imagine life without it. I need another. I don't know much about wood grips, am pretty happy with my rubber ones.
I have spent time with a Kahr. Nice guns. I have 2. Check your recoil spring. If it is weak it will not push the slide fully into battery (just close enough to being in battery so that it will still fire). Then the firing pin (or whatever it is called) does not have enough umph to fire it. Remember, the recoil spring is used to "cock" the firing pin. If it is not in battery, the firing pin is not fully "cocked" and can not hit the primer hard. I had several misfires in an IPSC match once, replace the recoil spring and it worked fine.

I too started with the 642 and strayed to the Kahr as a pocket piece. However, the Kahr is just too square for pocket carry, really prints bad. The 642 is much better.