Do you / would you consider CCW a Revolver?

[Boriqua]

I know the downsides, They are lumpy, They dont take debris well so any of those torture tests where they are encrusted with mud usually makes them fail. There is round capacity but its importance could be debated.

Of all the guns I have owned and currently own .. I shoot revolver the best. I have done things with my gutter sight GP100 people say I shouldn't be able to do. It is by far the gun I shoot best. I shoot semi auto's I would venture to say better than many but I can pick what nostril to hit with my GP. Love that gun and its my walking the desert gun. Now in all honesty .. I have owned it for years but I have another revolver I shoot ALMOST as well and its a newer addition. I learned to shoot with one.

Yea it has down sides but .. well does anyone carry a revolver as their daily walk about gun? Would you?

 

[Ballistic Therapy]

You say you shoot it better than any other gun , so why not carry it ?
I have and know quite a few people that carry revolvers.
I don't see any downfall in it.

 

[792mauser]

I have a S&W 360J in 38+p that is in the carry rotation.
Light, compact and fits the hand well.

She's a snappy little git.

 

[Suck My Glock]

I have a S&W 360J in 38+p that is in the carry rotation.
Light, compact and fits the hand well.

She's a snappy little git.

Yes, these are even lighter than a G43. If it prints reliably at expected combat distance, by all means, carry what you can hit with.

As a BUG, a little J-frame like that makes excellent sense if you think it might ever need to be handed to a companion to protect you both or if you are incapacitated. Hopefully your companion is also a shooter, but even the uneducated generally understand how to make a revolver go bang.

 

[knockonit]

when i wore long pants (another life) i had a small .38 in an angle holster, lol, i was in autoz one one day and the first ankle holster i bought was a cheap, and it slid down and i drop kicked it on the way into the store, got the strangest look from a few, picked it up and said loudly'' hell there you are, been looking for you all day''
happy monday
rj

 

[brandyspaw]

I've been carrying J frame S&W revolvers off and on for many years. They were always the aluminum frame models (either the M642 or M442) in 38 Special. I was always going back to revolvers because the little sub-compact 9mm autos I kept buying and trying just never seemed to be fully 100% reliable.

So I'd always fall back into carrying my old reliable J frame revolvers. I finally found a small 9mm that seems to be running at 100% but I still occasionally carry one of the J frame Smiths.

 

[QuietM4]

A J-frame revolver is a great backup piece. A properly tuned J-frame is awesome...

 

[smithers599]

Yesterday, I went to Costco, and just on a whim, strapped on a Model 629 loaded with Federal .44 Specials, with 6 more in a Speed Strip. DeSantis OWB holster, covered by Hawaiian-type shirt. I didn't feel unarmed!

Today, though, I came to my senses, and carried a full-size 1911, IWB.

BTW, I went shopping for eggs. No eggs at Costco! So I went to Safeway, and eggs are now $4.50/dozen. Welcome to Bernie Sanders' America. More and more like Cuba every day.

 

[Kingjoey]

I have two first-gen stainless Bulldogs in 44 Special and a S&W 437 Airweight that get CCed for a BUG. They all fit the same holster fortunately

 

[Kingjoey]

BTW, I went shopping for eggs. No eggs at Costco! So I went to Safeway, and eggs are now $4.50/dozen. Welcome to Bernie Sanders' America. More and more like Cuba every day.

Yup, I'm making $120k this year and it's not going as far as $90k did two years ago. Biden and the rest of the crooks need tarred and feathered

 

[knockonit]

over 6 bucks at safeway up north

 

[billdeserthills]

Yesterday, I went to Costco, and just on a whim, strapped on a Model 629 loaded with Federal .44 Specials, with 6 more in a Speed Strip. DeSantis OWB holster, covered by Hawaiian-type shirt. I didn't feel unarmed!

Today, though, I came to my senses, and carried a full-size 1911, IWB.

BTW, I went shopping for eggs. No eggs at Costco! So I went to Safeway, and eggs are now $4.50/dozen. Welcome to Bernie Sanders' America. More and more like Cuba every day.

Not against blaming demidiots but it looks to be a bird flu

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-nears-record-poultry-deaths-bird-flu-virus-type-complicates-fight-2022-10-18/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=daily-briefing&utm_term=10-18-2022

 

[Suck My Glock]

Yesterday, I went to Costco, and just on a whim, strapped on a Model 629 loaded with Federal .44 Specials, with 6 more in a Speed Strip. DeSantis OWB holster, covered by Hawaiian-type shirt. I didn't feel unarmed!

Today, though, I came to my senses, and carried a full-size 1911, IWB.

BTW, I went shopping for eggs. No eggs at Costco! So I went to Safeway, and eggs are now $4.50/dozen. Welcome to Bernie Sanders' America. More and more like Cuba every day.

Not against blaming demidiots but it looks to be a bird flu

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-nears-record-poultry-deaths-bird-flu-virus-type-complicates-fight-2022-10-18/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=daily-briefing&utm_term=10-18-2022

On a different forum I also frequent, they have a prepper section with an ongoing thread entitled "The latest in shortages", which has been going on since late 2020. People from all over the country report in what is short in their area and what they are paying. The whole thread is a slow-rolling live-action horror show.

 

[Solar_Empire]

Full size? I don't see a point. I shoot my k/l frames about the same as I do any semi so I always would default to more capacity given size similarities. But if you enjoy it, can handle carrying it and are proficient then why not? I'm sure you know what they say about others opinions. As for my concealed carry...

31 y.o. I alternate between a 351pd with federal hp mags (they don't expand but they shoot and extract excellent) and a 360pd with Speer GD short barrel 357 loads. I tried a walther pps m2 years ago and had constant failure to go into battery, sent it back for fixing, walther seemed to take care of the problem but lost confidence and traded it away. I'm currently testing out a sig 365 and while it is pretty small, the more time goes on the more it feels like a brick. It shoots fine but the jury is still out. I have a S&W 40 shield I adore but it's a hair too tall to effectively pocket carry and draw even with the flush mag in with the clothing I wear. Tried a LCR once and wasn't impressed and sold it pretty quick.

I'm a pocket carry guy. I've tried for years to carry on the waist but dealing with two nieces, 3 kids from my best buddy, the glorious AZ heat I was born and raised in, and just general life it's so easy to throw a j-frame with a speed strip in my pocket. I can bend over, run, walk for miles, jump, roll around and in my pocket it stays with no thoughts about printing or anything jabbing me in the love handles or belly...I did what anyone who carries daily should do and practiced and perfected my draw. I'm sure I'll take some flak because pocket carry has been a no-no for the ultra tactical crowd but I don't care. My 2 revolvers fit my lifestyle and that's all that matters.

 

[Boriqua]

My 642 is my exercise carry gun loaded with

https://underwoodammo.com/38-special-p-158-grain-lead-semi-wadcutter-hollow-point-gas-check/

OK/Good with it to about 9 yds

But my 3" Gp100 is and has been magic in my hand. So much so that I am considering making an IWB for it

 

[Noshoot]

My cargo shorts and a t-shirt/polo carry is a 642 loaded with 125 +P’s in my pocket.
I don’t feel unprepared in the least bit.
Sometimes I’ll carry an extra speed strip loaded up with the same round in a cargo pocket.

 

[BigNate]

It's all about how you prioritize stuff and weight those priorities - and we all do that differently...

I see the following as areas for consideration:
1) How well do you shoot the gun - how fast and accurate are you with it?
2) What is the capacity of the gun?
3) How easy is it to reload?
4) How effective is the cartridge?
5) How easy is it to conceal?
6) How comfortable is it when concealed / how much does it weigh / how does it feel when you've been carrying it all day?
7) What threat are you preparing for?

At the end of the day - if you can't shoot it, won't carry it because it makes you miserable, it can't be concealed, it's in an ineffective cartridge (an old friend used to carry a .22 short pocket pistol that I'm guessing wouldn't make it through my fat - not to mention my jacket) - then it does not do you much good.

I've never EDC'd a revolver - but there have been times when the GP100 with hot .357mag rounds in it was the best tool that I had available to me (taking a walk in bear country - that had enough up and down in it that I really didn't want to carry the lever gun) - so it got carried.

My wife's carry gun is an SP-101. She does not carry daily and does not shoot as much as I'd like her to - but she's practiced with it and competent to use it if necessary. I can't say the same for her with a semi-auto pistol. Would she, in a crisis, have the muscle memory to clear any one of the various malfunctions that can occur when cycling a semi-auto pistol? I don't know. However, I know that outside of some really, really, unlikely scenarios - when she pulls the trigger in the SP-101 - it will go bang - and if it doesn't, her protocol to "clear the malfunction" is to pull the trigger again. For her - this simplicity really pushes this up the list and makes it the right choice. For me - not so much. I practice a lot more - because I like it, and because I want to be good with the tool that I carry. I want more capacity (19+1 > 5), a flatter gun that can be comfortably carried IWB with minimal printing, something that fits my larger hand better than the small handle on her SP-101, something faster to reload, etc. So I make a different choice. What is best for her and what is best for me are two totally different things - so we make a different choice.

If you love your revolver, shoot it well, and can comfortably carry / conceal it - and when you compare it to other options your skill level / comfort level with the gun outweighs the lack of capacity and bulkiness - then go for it. My GUESS is that if I were trying to EDC conceal a GP100 it would not take long for me to come to the determination that it was not the best tool - not because of accuracy, or the cartridge, or reliability - but because having that big, odd-shaped, hunk of steel pressed into my side all day would probably drive me nuts. Carrying a small, light, revolver on my ankle might be a different story. YMMV.

Just my 2 cents.

 

[Mike-4]

When I'm out and about, I usually carry my P365, at home I often carry a S&W 638 with .38 plus P. My first CCW was a S&W Model 60 back in 1985, still have it.

 

[SupportTheSecond]

Another advantage for the ladies is that firing from an enclosure like a purse is preferred to others since it won't get hung up on something. There is actually a lady shooting instructor on YouTube that demonstrates the technique.

 

[kenpoprofessor]

Another advantage for the ladies is that firing from an enclosure like a purse is preferred to others since it won't get hung up on something. There is actually a lady shooting instructor on YouTube that demonstrates the technique.

Purse carry should never be recommended, ever. If a thief is after the purse, it's easy enough to cut the strap/s and yank it off, and now they have the gun in the purse. If they're going to carry in a purse, they need to hold it like they're holding onto life itself, because it might mean they are if the thief gets it.

Have a great, gun carryin', Kenpo day

Clyde