I usually pick one or two from a small assortment of very-similar weapons. Something as simple as the belt loop spacing of the trousers I am wearing may fit a particular holster better, or a particular cover garment may tend to catch on a particular grip grip material, or a shorter or longer cover garment may affect the barrel length of the weapon, but they are all long-stroke, double-action, medium-frame revolvers. All seem to behave about the same in my hands. So, this is one general type, though each could be seen as a “gun of the day.” My usual suspects are:
A pair of 2” S&W Model 64 K-Frames.
A 4” Ruger Speed Six.
A 2.75” Ruger Speed Six.
Several 3” and 4” GP100 revolvers, and, if I choose, there is a 6” GP100, too.
Several 2.25” and 3” SP101 revolvers.
I am generally against the idea of a “rotation” of dissimilar weapons, at least for the role of “primary” carry gun. I want to be able to draw a weapon, which has a grip that adequately fills my hand, in a consistent way, and which has a trigger reach that results in in a very familiar interface with that all-important control surface. Yes, the SP101 has a shorter reach, but nature blessed me, with the ability to stroke the SP101 trigger, in a natural way, without having to consciously adjust anything. My index finger lands on the trigger face in a different way, but the pull remains “natural,” with no conscious change required.
I will, on rare occasions, carry a Seecamp LWS-32 pistol, for a very specific circumstance. The trigger pivot point is nicely far-forward, and it is a long-stroke DA pull, so this little weapon shoots much like a medium-frame DA revolver, including its “pointing” characteristics, which is important, as there are no sights.
Again, this has been about the “primary” carry gun. My second gun, if I carry one, is usually one of this same group. Then, there are supplemental firearms, which can be rifles, shotguns, and/or handguns. This is where I might deviate, further into other auto-loaders, or different revolvers, which will probably be positioned for lefty access. I am left-handed, but right-armed. I chose to carry at 0300, in 1983. 33+ years of big-city LEO-ing reinforced reaching for 0300, during emergencies. My right hand has become gimpy, however, so I do not always trust it to be stable enough for auto-loading reliability; that is part of the reason I retired. Therefore, the revolver-as-primary, now, in retirement. (Yes, this does mean that my “back-up” handgun might be larger than my “primary” handgun. My former-duty Glock G17 might “back-up” a 2” snub-gun.
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