The best carry J Frame
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Model 49 or 649 for me. No hammer drag for pocket carry, but you still have hammer access just for fun.
S&W Model 642 has been my B/U for many eons
Local GS had them on sale with a decent discount.I was halfway interested, but I've got a few other 'j" frames.
If I am going inside or outside the waist band I will carry my M60. If going pocket carry it's either my M340 M&P or M43c. The M43c I usually pocket carry when I'm doing yard work. I will have 4 rounds of snake shot and 4 rounds of Federal punch.
sbrmike
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My EDC is a square butt model 37 snubbie. I carry it in a leather Cobra ankle holster most of the time. Other times I carry it in a Left Hand lightweight Uncle Mike's pocket holster in my inside vest pocket
One day my wife came home with s&w edc kit that had a 360 J solid cylinder 357mag and some nice looking wood grips and that not stay on long before a hogue mono grips replaced it. Great carry snubby but with normal 357mag ammo it is not even a good short range handgun after the first 5 rounds so it carrys 38+P or speer reduced 135gr gd . But it is a Best J Frame Carry handgun as this tread is titled .
If ether of us spend time shooting a revolver it will be a Dan Wesson 15-2 357mag 4" not a snubby .
If ether of us spend time shooting a revolver it will be a Dan Wesson 15-2 357mag 4" not a snubby .
K Harris
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Model 37/637. Just light enough to sit in a pocket all day without the feeling you need to constantly hike up your trousers, and I like an external hammer on a sidearm. 5 148 grain wadcutters on board, and 5 110 grain Critical Defense in a speed loader or speed strip.
maxfam
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This may not be the "The Best Carry" J frame, but one of the best ways to carry a model 60. Not sure what it was/is called, but it was made by Pachmayr, maybe in the 80's. Very hard to find today, I've had it for at least 20 years. I carry it in my car, wrapped loosely in a cut in half black sock. Works for me.
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I like adjustable sights on any handgun I carry. The 1st pic below is of my current carry piece, a M60 with a 3" bbl. and of course adj. sights; along with the M63 that I use for cheaper practice.
I've appreciated the full lugged bbl., and all steel construction that make a sizeable difference in the M60's (and my) ability to control recoil with my carry loads: Speer .38 Spl +P, 135 gr GD's. Magnums are just too much of a good thing for follow up shots IMHO, and, too, the shorter brass makes for easier, positive ejection with the full length ejector rod.
BTW, my wife has carried her 3" bbl'd M36-6 for the past 32 years (2nd pic) with confidence. For the most part she has it in her purse, but does on occasion use an OWB holster.
Best regards, Rod
I've appreciated the full lugged bbl., and all steel construction that make a sizeable difference in the M60's (and my) ability to control recoil with my carry loads: Speer .38 Spl +P, 135 gr GD's. Magnums are just too much of a good thing for follow up shots IMHO, and, too, the shorter brass makes for easier, positive ejection with the full length ejector rod.
BTW, my wife has carried her 3" bbl'd M36-6 for the past 32 years (2nd pic) with confidence. For the most part she has it in her purse, but does on occasion use an OWB holster.
Best regards, Rod
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mgriffin
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My EDC in my right front pocket. Seriously considering a 432UC in H&R 32 mag.
AJ
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Nice, but pricey. I carry a S&W Model 30-1 that has had the chambers reamed to .32 H&R Mag. Works well for me.
Richard Simmons
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For me the model 38 has filled that role though my RB, 3" standard barrel model 36 may take its place.
I would love to find a 64 Snub. Every One I've seen, which are none local, is priced higher than I'd like to spend.
I really enjoy mine too!
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The prices I see on them have me think that I'd just buy a new Model 66 instead of those 64 snubs, at least without being able to handle them first.
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Norton 750
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J frame, for me anyway, is pocket or ankle carry only. The minute you go inside the waistband, you can carry a K frame just as easily and shoot it WAY better. So the 649 Bodyguard has a place...in the pocket. It is the gun I carry when I can't carry a gun. The ankle carry is even worse, but with a Galco Ankle Glove it is at least comfortable...and I will concede if you sit in an office all day the ankle carry works. But for carry? The J frame Bodyguard is the pocket king!
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slabside2
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No love for the 438?
slabside2
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I don't think they ever made a 638 without the lock. I wanted the 438 because of the black finish I find it holds up better than the silver finish on all their other J frames.
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.455_Hunter
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My 638-2 is a MIM pre-lock unit from the '97-'01ish timeframe.
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Here are a pair of mine...for concealed carry it's the M60 with Speer GD +P .38 Specials. The 3" bbl, with 'Special' length cartridges really helps with ejection, and the slightly longer bbl. adds to its accuracy. The M63 is my practice piece...cheap, with the same length bbl. it's a good training and general fun gun.
I'm an OWB guy, have been since 1970...and carry at the old FBI 3-4 o'clock position. Fifty four years of reaching back equates to a lot of muscle memory. Those are two of the holsters I made up for carry. Now if I could only remember what I was supposed to pick up at Kroger.....
Best regards, Rod
I'm an OWB guy, have been since 1970...and carry at the old FBI 3-4 o'clock position. Fifty four years of reaching back equates to a lot of muscle memory. Those are two of the holsters I made up for carry. Now if I could only remember what I was supposed to pick up at Kroger.....
Best regards, Rod
Anton Chigurh
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This is a great gun, probably the nicest J frame Smith & Wesson makes. Yes 12 or 13 ounces is great to carry but you still might have to shoot the thing. And 22 ounces is not exactly a horse. My only complain about this, and really all J frames, is it that little trigger seems to disappear into the frame when I pull the trigger, AND pinches my finger quite often too. Why can't they make a trigger that sits a little further forward, or is a little deeper/ thicker front to back, maybe a little wider too. Anybody else have this problem, or if not a problem kind of a pet peave?
smoothshooter
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What is the allure of the humpbacks? They are some of the ugliest revolvers ever made. Even worse than the Ruger LCR's.
I will admit I have a Ruger LCR hammerless in .22 LR, which I refer to as my Planet of the Apes Gun.
It is UGLY.
