Hi y'all ... I'm new to this forum. Been shootin most of my life. Dad was a Navy gunner's mate, and ran the Navy gunnery school at Pacific Beach, Washington back in the '40s. He trained me and my three brothers in firearms use and safety the Navy way. I'm new to the computer world, and forums such as this one. I guess I'm a dinosaur where technology is concerned. A metalsmith and fabricator by trade, I'm employed as a machinist. Journeyman fabricator, machinist, and millwright. I figure to learn a lot here from you boys.
Daily carry these days is a S&W Sigma 40 cal. I've had it maybe 6 months. Still learning about it. Before that, daily carry was a Colt Trooper Mk IV 5" barrel in .357 mag. or a Taurus 7-shot .357.
Been carrying daily since my first wife & I got mugged in Portland a week after we were married in 1979. Never had to pull, ever. Pray I never do. There's folks have known me for many years and don't know I'm nearly always armed.
When I'm traveling, I also carry a Taurus .357 snub with a 5 round wheel. The Wife carries a .38 snub. And she holds consistant 3" groups at 10 yards.
I shoot at least once a week at my local indoor range to keep the rust outa my technique. The more I shoot the Sigma, the more comfortable I am with it, but truly, I'll go for the wheelgun first, and I keep my 7 shot Taurus .357 in my bedside drawer. If the bad guys ever bust into my house that's what they'll deal with..........Modoc Dan