MCgunner
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I had to admit my wife into the hospital. She's having problems and I THINK it's a severe reaction to a drug she was prescribed for a pre-cancerous female problem she'd been having. Gynecologist prescribed it, but that's off the topic. Anyway, hospitals are no gun zones here in Texas and I don't like going through dark parking lots in high crime areas (Sugar Land, Texas) especially unarmed. So, I've loaded up the super companion with 2 grains B'eye and 30 grain conicals for the primary back up pocket (strong side) and my .22LR NAA in the weak side pocket. I take the 9mm off the belt when I get there and lock it in the car out of sight. So, I got this thing, worked out the loads at the range with the chrongraph, and have already had have already pressed it into service. The little gun is smaller than my already small .380, invisible in a pocket by any measure. It is very close to .32ACP in ballistics pushing a lighter bullet, 30 grains, but it exceeds 1200 fps. That exceeds the .22 magnum from the same gun, slightly. It fills a niche for me.
But, I was thinkin', I'm going to get at least one extra cylinder for it. They're only 40 bucks. This will allow faster reloads (think pale rider) even than the cartridge gun. This may be one instance where the cap and ball is actually BETTER than the cartridge gun! I won't often carry this gun as a primary, but as you can see above, there are times. It does make a great very easily concealed back up, too. This gun has turned out to be everything I wanted of it. I'd prefer I didn't have to use such a funky sight picture with it (shoots way low and a bit left), but that's okay, I can hit with it quite well out to 15 yards. Turns out, this little gun that most think is just a cute toy has real world usefulness. I'd suspected that before I got it, but now I'm happy to report I wasn't wrong.
But, I was thinkin', I'm going to get at least one extra cylinder for it. They're only 40 bucks. This will allow faster reloads (think pale rider) even than the cartridge gun. This may be one instance where the cap and ball is actually BETTER than the cartridge gun! I won't often carry this gun as a primary, but as you can see above, there are times. It does make a great very easily concealed back up, too. This gun has turned out to be everything I wanted of it. I'd prefer I didn't have to use such a funky sight picture with it (shoots way low and a bit left), but that's okay, I can hit with it quite well out to 15 yards. Turns out, this little gun that most think is just a cute toy has real world usefulness. I'd suspected that before I got it, but now I'm happy to report I wasn't wrong.