Targets Guy
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Currently my carry piece is a Model 36. My Colt DS is still at Colt. When I get it back I'll start carrying it again. I am working up to switching to the 9mm Shield but I really like the DS.
Why I carry a revolver...
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da gimp
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due to illness and a cervical spine injury (a neck injury for all you rednecks/liberals) robbing me of some of my hand, wrist & arm strength.. I've gone back to using my old Colt Agent snubby as my everyday carry piece.. adding a nice lil S&W Chiefs snubby I'd bought my late mother in law back in 1987.. if I think I might need more than 6 Plus P .38spec's...If serious social work is pondered... I carry our little S&W mod 29 four incher... loaded with medium-warm .44spec loads in .44mag cases....with good Pachy grips on all three.. they are very controllable... even in fairly rapid fire.
I just don't trust my arms/hands strength to use my old C Series 1911A1 .45 ACP or our Browning High Power in 9mmp. If you have diminished strength...or worry about using an autoloader if you might suffer wounds or injuries... give the trusted old revolvers a good hard look.
The fella who posted above about his revolver not working correctly.. needs to have his pistol looked at & corrected by a good smith...not by an amateur parts changer... I'm betting a good smith can diagnose & repair his pistol for very little & get it back to him in short order...maybe while he waits...if he does keep some extra main springs & set screws on hand... parts often needed by a good smith to repair a firearm that was "fixed/tuned" by an amateur...
this is just the musings of an old fart... who after eating one heck of a good supper.. prepared by his lady of almost 37 years... with a good cold, pale ale in hand.. is prepared to solve the problems of the world or at least offer advice to you bums here.... Life is good & Our Father in heaven has truly blessed me.
I just don't trust my arms/hands strength to use my old C Series 1911A1 .45 ACP or our Browning High Power in 9mmp. If you have diminished strength...or worry about using an autoloader if you might suffer wounds or injuries... give the trusted old revolvers a good hard look.
The fella who posted above about his revolver not working correctly.. needs to have his pistol looked at & corrected by a good smith...not by an amateur parts changer... I'm betting a good smith can diagnose & repair his pistol for very little & get it back to him in short order...maybe while he waits...if he does keep some extra main springs & set screws on hand... parts often needed by a good smith to repair a firearm that was "fixed/tuned" by an amateur...
this is just the musings of an old fart... who after eating one heck of a good supper.. prepared by his lady of almost 37 years... with a good cold, pale ale in hand.. is prepared to solve the problems of the world or at least offer advice to you bums here.... Life is good & Our Father in heaven has truly blessed me.
Tradewind36
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I like carrying my Shield but I'm much more accurate with my SP-101, haven't had any problems with either.
loeman
Member
I LOVE my semi autos, especially my 3rd gens. However I will never carry one. Why? I have NEVER experienced any malfunction with a revolver. How many with a semi? I've lost count. My Md 649-3 in .357 is a gun that I can count on unequivocally. With that being said, to each his own.
Brother!! when I unholster my model 19 2.5 I don't worry about safety's, limp wrist,or if the lazer light is on. Here it comes ready or not.
I'm just a revolver guy...M36 or 3" GP100 most of the time.
I do carry my LCP when discretion trumps all else....but I am more comfortable with a revolver.
As stated above I also feel safer with them. The long, relatively heavy trigger is a big plus for me. It's what you get used to I guess.
Never feel under gunned with them.
I do carry my LCP when discretion trumps all else....but I am more comfortable with a revolver.
As stated above I also feel safer with them. The long, relatively heavy trigger is a big plus for me. It's what you get used to I guess.
Never feel under gunned with them.
Have both, carry both, (not at the same time). Wouldn't carry anything I wasn't confident with. Most days, when I'm going about normal business, my homely little Model 49 comes along. Very accurate in close quarters, easy to carry and conceal. A speed strip or two and I'm good to go.
ShelbyV8
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I have both have probably shot a revolver more. I have carried autos pretty much the last 25 years. Decided I wanted a 3" 36 so I got one. Hammer pivot pin broke, catastrophic failure. First catastrophic failure I have had in probably 40 or more handguns I have owned. Called S&W they told me I had to ship it to them and unless I could prove I was the original owner it would be $75 and they would only cold blue the head of the pin. If I wanted it blued I would have to pay for a refinish. It is a IL with the funky alloy cylinder and barrel. I doubt it is worth the additional cost of shipping and repair.
I have read this thread with a high degree of interest, and actually tried to think this through.
Under normal circumstances, I would normally be in total agreement with the OP. However, since May '07, my life has redefined "normal". My rationale behind carrying has been forever changed, and comes from my role as a disabled, custodial dad in a world where the potential threat of robbery or muggings has been replaced by spontaneous riots and terrorism. (Disabled meaning a damaged arm and two damaged legs ... running is definitely out of the question.)
Chances are good that if I find myself in a situation where I have to exercise my CFP, there is an 80% or greater chance that my younger children will be present, in which case, my job is to keep them safe. Chances are that I will need to provide cover fire until I can get my children under cover, then some degree of direct precise fire to neutralize the immediate threat. My semi-auto pistols are single stacks, and can provide 7 to 10 rounds of firepower before a reload, depending on the magazine that I choose to use. I find that I can change magazines more instinctively than I can speedloaders, so I can focus more attention to the threat and my children. Additionally, I find that I can direct that firepower more effectively from my SA auto than a DA revolver.
I also understand that there is a damned good chance while trying to protect my children that I may catch rounds. I am comfortable shooting my semis either strong or weak hand ... shooting and reloading my revolver with weak hand only is a proposition that I don't want to experience.
Obviously, I don't want to experience a worst case scenario, but I have to prepare for it. Spontaneous mob uprisings and religious fanatics are happening too frequently, with little regard to the innocents they may encounter. In many respects, I wish that the threats still centered around the potential armed robbery or mugging.
Under normal circumstances, I would normally be in total agreement with the OP. However, since May '07, my life has redefined "normal". My rationale behind carrying has been forever changed, and comes from my role as a disabled, custodial dad in a world where the potential threat of robbery or muggings has been replaced by spontaneous riots and terrorism. (Disabled meaning a damaged arm and two damaged legs ... running is definitely out of the question.)
Chances are good that if I find myself in a situation where I have to exercise my CFP, there is an 80% or greater chance that my younger children will be present, in which case, my job is to keep them safe. Chances are that I will need to provide cover fire until I can get my children under cover, then some degree of direct precise fire to neutralize the immediate threat. My semi-auto pistols are single stacks, and can provide 7 to 10 rounds of firepower before a reload, depending on the magazine that I choose to use. I find that I can change magazines more instinctively than I can speedloaders, so I can focus more attention to the threat and my children. Additionally, I find that I can direct that firepower more effectively from my SA auto than a DA revolver.
I also understand that there is a damned good chance while trying to protect my children that I may catch rounds. I am comfortable shooting my semis either strong or weak hand ... shooting and reloading my revolver with weak hand only is a proposition that I don't want to experience.
Obviously, I don't want to experience a worst case scenario, but I have to prepare for it. Spontaneous mob uprisings and religious fanatics are happening too frequently, with little regard to the innocents they may encounter. In many respects, I wish that the threats still centered around the potential armed robbery or mugging.
Darkenfast
Member
I have slowly become an auto fan (more by chance than anything), but I would never feel under-armed with a good example of a quality revolver. Anyone who really learns how to shoot a wheel-gun will probably come out okay in a real-world encounter.
Obviously, to each his own, but there is something I've noticed that may be worth pondering. I've seen a number of times that if someone can shoot a DA revolver, particularly a J-frame, really well, then he\she can usually shoot something like a Glock with aplomb. However, I've seen people who can run their Glock pistols like a boss act like they've never even seen a gun before if you hand them a J-Frame. Whether one chooses to carry it or not, I'm convinced that learning to shoot a J-Frame really well will improve most anyone's shooting with just about any self-defense firearm, carbines included.
Well said.
tenntucker
US Veteran
Fastest reload for a J frame is another J frame.
wadcutter1
Member
Yep. My club has gotten so busy that I only brings revolvers unless I'm there very early in the morning. Plus the long revolver cartridges are a pleasure to reload and there is no need to worry about working up a reliable load.
As I've been shooting my revolvers more than my autos I've they're appeal as defensive tools has increased as well.
I could care less if some Glock-toting millennial in skinny jeans considers me a pumpkin roller for carrying an antediluvian wheel gun.
DD357
Member
I really prefer the "roundness" of the snub revolver for a CCW and I shoot a snub K as well as a Glock 19 - M&P9C type auto. Someone is going to have convince me there is a real need for more than the 6 rounds in the gun and a speedloader (reloading is really getting way out there as well); I'm not a LEO and I don't work or live in the "hood"; think I'll get by.
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Mainsail
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So then we have determined conclusively that a reliable revolver is definitely more dependable than an unreliable semiauto. OK, got it.
Wait; then wouldn’t the reverse also be true? A reliable semiauto is definitely more dependable than an unreliable revolver.
Seriously though, carry whatever makes you comfortable. My revolver is great until about 60 rounds in when the cylinder gap begins to crudify and bind. I carry it only maybe once or twice a year and only because it’s right by my hand when I’m walking to the mailbox or out to the car.
Wait; then wouldn’t the reverse also be true? A reliable semiauto is definitely more dependable than an unreliable revolver.
Seriously though, carry whatever makes you comfortable. My revolver is great until about 60 rounds in when the cylinder gap begins to crudify and bind. I carry it only maybe once or twice a year and only because it’s right by my hand when I’m walking to the mailbox or out to the car.
CAJUNLAWYER
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Best shooting most comfortable of my pocket guns is old school. 337 wearing magnas, a tyler with a wrap of vet tape around them for a little tacky. Loaded with 148gr Fioochi HP's. Finish looks like **** cause it's carried along with pocket stuff or in the center console but it goes bang every time
CelticSire
US Veteran
I carry a sidearm daily, for work as well as off-duty. I have several semi-autos that I love to shoot. A Model 915 that's so accurate it's almost boring and has never failed in a little over 50K rounds, a Colt Combat Commander that is Singer sewing machine reliable, a custom 1911 that I built myself that I can put 8 in a 3 inch circle at 50 yards if I do my part, a 1076 that fits my hand perfectly and goes bang every time, and others as well. My daily carry? A 2 1/2 inch Model 19-3 in nickle. Why? Because it is one that I know deep within my soul that is reliable enough for my life to depend on and that I also know that I am deadly accurate with. It will shoot hole in hole groups out to 25 yards all day every day. I carry three Safariland speed loaders and two dump pouches with speed strips. That's 36 rounds of 158 grain .357 ammo. I've been in situations where that much ammo wouldn't be a drop in the bucket to the number of rounds I ended up shooting, but I'm confident in the weapon I carry, the amount of rounds I have for it, and most importantly, my skill in engaging targets with it. It works for me.
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