Benefits of the revolver

[CoinMan]

"It is a mental game much more than a physical game. "

This is precisely why I enjoy shooting a revolver, either in DA or SA. The shooter must be much more deliberate and focused to make a tighter group. I used to play a lot of golf, and the focus needed to shoot a revolver is analogous to keeping your head down and eye on the ball when hitting a shot. If you get mentally sloppy, your shots will end up in the wrong places.

Additionally, shooting a semi with a 17 shot capacity makes me a little nervous sometimes, because I find it difficult to remember how many I have left in the mag when I get past 12 or so. I really don't need that many at once anyway - I prefer the short reloading breaks for shooting the breeze with my range partners or taking a couple cigarette drags. I practice to become more accurate, but shooting is as much about socializing as anything else. I like to just take my time and enjoy the outing.

 

[Vern Humphrey]

so you break the law by brandishing your firearm every time someone approches you.great thats how the stonycreek shooting started.

Let me be polite.

First of all, you don't enter a dark, lonely area without scanning it carefully. Then you remain alert as you enter.

Second, you don't carry your gun in your "hoody." That's too loose and baggy.

Third, however you carry it, you have your hand on it and ready to draw.

Fourth, if someone approaches you, you give clear verbal warmings.

You never let yourself get put in the position where you have to shoot through a pocket.

 

[mavracer]

First of all, you don't enter a dark, lonely area without scanning it carefully. Then you remain alert as you enter.

I agree with that and that has nothing to do with mode of carry.but say it's
not dark and there's a few people within sight not close, and the guy approches .can't put my hand on the HK or Tauri 357 thats normaly IWB so hands go in hoodie or left hand goes in LF pocket and finds the 442 (soon to be 340 M&P) if I'm not wearing hoodie (which is most of the time,I'm a fat polar bear never cold).

Second, you don't carry your gun in your "hoody." That's too loose and baggy.

once again I'm 5'8" and 250 lbs. my hoodie's not exactly loose and baggy.I carry an airweight in a pocket holster near the left side of the pocket there is plenty of room to draw it without being visual.now I'm standing there not threatning with my hand in my pocket when I confront the guy ( which I saw because just cause I pocket carry does not mean I quit paying attention) and I guarentee I can get a shot off from that position faster than you can from a IWB/OWB carry.

Third, however you carry it, you have your hand on it and ready to draw.

you can be polite all you want you just commited a crime if you are not pocket carrying.IWB/OWB you put your hand on your gun without the need for deadly force its brandishing.

Fourth, if someone approaches you, you give clear verbal warmings.

sounds to me like your lookin' for a fight.Guy was just gonna ask for a smoke.

You never let yourself get put in the position where you have to shoot through a pocket.

hey I'll draw if I have time I HAVE THAT OPTION ALSO
Just cause I said it was an option and that it does work to shoot from the pocket,I never said it would be my first or only move.

 

[texas bulldog]

vern & mavracer...

i humbly submit that you're both going overboard and hijacking the thread. however, i have to say one thing:

brandishing laws vary widely from one jurisdiction to another. and in some places they don't exist at all. so it is patently false to suggest that placing your hand on a holstered weapon is automatically brandishing.



can you tell i dislike the "brandishing" calls during such discussions?