Which S&W do you trust your life with: a home and on the street?

[340PDOperator]

What S&W do you trust your life with at home and/or on the street? And why?

I have a Model 10 forever at ready for home use. Revolvers can be safe queens; fully loaded for decades, be brought into service by anyone in the family (any skill level) and still be effective.

On the street I find myself grabbing my 340PD very often. I have other more potent fighting guns but being light and easy to carry results in more frequent use of the 340. And 5 rounds of 38 sp +P with 5 more in a speed strip will work in common SD situations for me.

Even of your choices aren't S&W's share your thoughts on home and on-the-go defense.



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[Linejudgemick]

M&P40 with an attached Streamlight TLR-3 secured in my bedroom for HD. I also use a 9C and carry it infrequently. I don't have pistols that have a frame safety, so I use other pistols as my single-stack CCW.

 

[SMSgt]

Either my 4566 or 6906. The 6906 gets the carry duty, but the 4566 is on the household go-to list.

 

[oneill45]

I keep my S&W model 66 snubnose on me in the street (off duty) and next to my bed at home. For being a young Officer (only 30) I have always preferred my revolvers. In my truck I always keep my glock 30 ready to go.

 

[ibewbull]

66 , 642, 640
Home or on the road.
1200 Winchester riot close at hand too.
Others available.

 

[chuckster57]

Regularly cc my M&P9c. When we go camping, I have the M&P in the truck and my 686 and 500 mag. In the trailer.
FWIW, I am qualified to cc all three.

 

[mc5aw]

36, 37, 342, 49, 60, 649, 624 snub, 66 snub, 19 snub, 686 snub ... The list is large, and every revolver does its job as asked.

 

[adams484]

All of them! Each and every one of them is a tack driver and reliable. But I favor my 686 7 shot a lot around the homestead. Nothing like a 357 for punching holes without the punishment of a 44. The little J-Frame is nice for a backup but at my age I need a little more sight radius so I often carry the old 645. It weighs a ton and is larger than my 1911 but it is a DA/SA so it and my Beretta M9 go with me on the road. I leave the J-Frame home for the wife. I carry a 15 round FNP 45 with night sights and a flashlight on the rail in a shoulder holster for night work. You know the dogs are out barking and you need to check the property... etc and too lazy to lug out the Mossberg 500. But I hate plastic guns and that is it's sole purpose for hanging around. The tritium sights on the 645 have gone dead after 10 years so that is why I don't use it and a hand held flashlight. The AR is just a fun toy for long guns but I cut a tree down with the Marlin 30-30 lever action when I stapled up a target to it on my range. It was hilarious I chambered another round looked through the scope and the target was moving! I pulled back to see what was going on and my son was laughing as this 12 inch tree was falling over on the range! Maybe the AR would have done that too but with only 20 rounds? Kind of made made me think AK instead might be a better tool. It is not so much who makes the gun as what it puts down range for me and how far I can reach out and touch someone without them touching me.

 

[Helderberg]

I carry a 642 or 442 and have a 4"686 for home.

 

[gordon21]

M&P 9 full size. Used twice with dog issues. Once I was woken up at 2AM. My neighbor was gone but had a half blind 16 year old boxer. Wild dogs were attacking it. I ran next door in the dark and ran the wild dogs off. These shots were meant to kill. Unfortunately, the damage had been done. They had chewed a huge chunk out of the hip quarter and the dog died the next day. I don't know if any of the intruder dogs got hit and later died.

The second incident was in my own yard with a vicious dog which came into my yard. I fired the 9mm about 6' from its face directly in front of me. I have never seen an animal do a 180 and run 200 yards away so fast in my life. A dogs hearing is very sensitive. I would guess the muzzle blast and noise from 6' directly in front of it changed his mind about aggression. I wasn't trying to kill it, only scare it away.

After these two incidents, I am fully convinced I could shoot to kill an intruder, carjacker, etc. Target practice and actually pulling a weapon and firing with the intent to kill are two completely different mind sets.

I know that most people THINK they could pull a gun and fire it and kill, but many will choke. They would hesitate and that might cost them their families lives. Hunters would call it "buck fever".

In a way, I am thankful for these two incidents. It has given me non-human chances to verify my ability to function and fire under stress. LEO's train for this constantly.

NC has over a half million concealed weapons permits active. I doubt if more than a few thousand have actually fired their gun with the intent to kill.

 

[TDC]

Like many members on this board I have had an opportunity to pack and shoot many models of handguns for many decades.

For me it's all about compromise.... There just isn't any such thing as the "perfect" single handgun for every use. Reliability, conceal-ability, and effective stopping power have been my main focus and concern.

All issues considered there isn't any handgun that fits the "compromise" issue better than a S&W Mod. 66 or 19 in a 2 1/2 or 3" barrel length, especially true of the earlier models.

They aren't the smallest, lightest, most powerful, most easily concealed or provide the most rounds. They simply can get the job of self protection done in a manner acceptable in most every necessary category, and do it with confidence.....

 

[Smoke]

I wasn't trying to kill it, only scare it away.

The you never should have introduced a gun into the situation.

After these two incidents, I am fully convinced I could shoot to kill an intruder, carjacker, etc. Target practice and actually pulling a weapon and firing with the intent to kill are two completely different mind sets.

So is drawing on a dog V. drawing on a human being

 

[Smoke]

Depending on the circumstances, I either carry a 6906 or a 4006. When I'm at home It's usually the 6906 and usually that's the gun I stick in my pocket when I walk the dogs.

The one that isn't in the safe at bedtime is the one that ends up on the night stand

 

[427mach1]

4013TSW for carry and on the nightstand. My wife has an M&P 9mm; if I could only get her to carry it, too!

 

[mc5aw]

After these two incidents, I am fully convinced I could shoot to kill an intruder, carjacker, etc. Target practice and actually pulling a weapon and firing with the intent to kill are two completely different mind sets.

You fired your handgun at aggressive dogs on two separate incidents, hit nothing, yet you are "fully convinced that I could shoot to kill an intruder, carjacker, etc." This flawed logic is extremely dangerous to maintain as confidence, and smacks of false bravado or simple ignorance of reality. Additionally, shooting to "scare" as you detailed in your second dog encounter is a tactic known as the "Joey B." It is as foolhardy as it is contrary to the core fundamentals of unholstering and firing a handgun or long gun in a defensive scenario.

No offense intended, but you should seriously reconsider your potential ability to react with deadly force on two-legged predators based solely upon a resume of warning off dogs twice.

 

[pmosley]

Additionally, shooting to "scare" as you detailed in your second dog encounter is a tactic known as the "Joey B."


I see what you did there



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[Kanewpadle]

Three guns for home that rarely leave the house. an 870 20 ga,
a Smith 19, and an M&P 9.

870 under the bed. Smith 19 in my Gunvault. And the M&P in her Gunvault.

Several reloads and flashlights nearby.

 

[shouldazagged]

Pocket-carried no-dash 640 loaded with either Buffalo Bore standard-pressure 158 grain LSWCHP-GC (currently) or the older Remington +P "FBI load". In my pocket if I set foot outside my apartment, and within reach indoors.

Head of the bed, Model 10-5 4" standard barrel, same loads.

They're the only handguns I still own in my old age. I trust them both implicitly and am comfortable with their ability to protect me if needed.

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

Pugsters keeps a 65 on her desk at home. I carry a 642 now and then.

 

[hittman77]

60 for CCW due to size and reliability.

Ruger Service Six at home.