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“Gang Bangers” are not a major concern. Road Ragers, on the other hand, are a noticeable local problem. Perhaps a worst-case scenario would be a gang member becoming enraged, while on the road? ;) Political and religious/tribal hate-based violence really is starting to concern me. Sadly, I...

S&W developed a fixed-sight variant of the Model 28, for a PD in New York state. That PD did not actually buy any of these revolvers, but, they were then marketed as the Model 520. Once upon a time, Collector’s Firearms had three pre-owned Models 520 in stock...

Pick the safer “water holes.” For example, in Houston, Texas, most of the HPD stations have ATMs.

...with a high spur, that is reasonably comfortable for repeatedly thumb-cocking. Overall, my left hand remains relatively healthy, and even my gimpy* right hand can handle my full-length-grip, duty-sized, “orthopedic” 9mm G17/G19x/G45 Glocks, so, I am not limited to carrying revolving...

The BRAT (yes, all-caps) was made by Subaru, not Datsun. ;) I really, really, wanted a BRAT. My one-time room mate owned one, for a while. My father knew his way around Subaru mechanical stuff. Folks with decent BRATs seemed unwilling to part with them, so, I never owned a BRAT. I did end up...

As a follow-up to my earlier posts, it does appear that double-action pulling of the triggers of my smaller-frame revolvers, the Ruger SP101 and S&W J-Frames, causes less aggravation to the arthritis in the second knuckles of my index fingers, compared to doing the same with my K-Frames and...

Well, it depends. Strips are convenient, and are not “speedy.” More than a few times, I have called them “slow strips.” Speed loaders are quicker, but, bulkier. A belt carrier, holding a speed loader, is about the same trouble to conceal as a whole ‘nother revolver, especially if it is one of...

Wonderful trigger work, too. Well, maybe a customer could opt-out of the trigger work, but, why? The porting can be done along the top center-line of the barrel, or, along each side, as shown in the image. Porting along the top center will soot-up a front night sight sooner. Some number of...

Good illustration, of a real-world squib, stuck in barrel. Time to fix bayonets, or, grab one’s hatchet! ;)

Well, back in the day, snub-gun advocates, including Fitzgerald, if I recall correctly, would name a short barrel as being an advantage, with underpowered loads, stating that the bullet would be more likely to clear the shorter barrel, whereas that same cartridge would be more likely to have the...

Your .44 having a 3” barrel would prompt me advise you to consider the all-day comfort of the handgun, as it rides in your preferred holster. I have never liked short barrels on a heavy, large revolver frame. Without a decently-long barrel to stabilize the holstered revolver, an upside-down...

...throw righty. My left hand was/is better with most finely-detailed work, but my right arm and hand had more brute strength. (Had. Not “have.” Aging* changes things!) In 1983, I decided that I would carry “primary” on my right side, because drawing the then-mandated S&W L-Frame, from the...

I do not have N-Frame-sized hands, so, the answer is a quite simple default: Blackhawk. To be more precise, my hands are large, but, my index fingers, being of a more medium length, cannot get “enough finger” on the face of an N-Frame trigger, when the trigger is in the forward-most position...

...optics on defensive handguns. I tested the theory on a Glock G19 MOS, with a tritium-“powered” RMR, that I borrowed from a long gun. I sold-off* that G19 MOS, but then bought a G45 slide that had been milled, by one of the best in business, for an Aimpoint ACRO P-1, to use on my G19x...

Biggest? 4” S&W Model 58, an N-Frame revolving pistol. It was my duty handgun, at the time. I used an Eagle Industries IWB holster, made of nylon fabric, an Eighties product. I had more muscle mass in my shoulders and lats at the time, and a skinny waist, so, I could conceal just about anything...

Defense of a third person would be what I see as a more-likely reason to be able to engage at some distance. A “third person” is not necessarily a stranger. Increasingly, I am out and about, with my wife, as she does her Texas Master Naturalist activities. Some of the time, I am photographing...

I, too, am short in the waist, wear 34x34 trousers, and have a problematic right shoulder, getting worse with age. I was 6’, now shrinking a bit, toward 5’ 11”. My monkey-long arms add more complication to a traditional behind-the-hip carry position. The draw mechanics of appendix carry are much...

This is where I am. I could, if I really had to do so, carry anything AIWB, and would know that I would not shoot myself, if I did everything technically correctly. But, I would rather not carry anything that is fully cocked AIWB. That means that most striker-fired pistols are not candidates for...

One big reason I switched duty handguns, in 1993, was because of several times I found that the mag was partially released. Notably, it was NOT a pistol with a push-button mag release, but the heel-clip type. (Yes, that long ago!) The fabric that covered the patrol car seat back would tend to...

During the Panic-Demic, when nothing else was on the shelf, I saw .32 H&R, on some local gun store shelves.