RevolvingGarbage
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Do you ever carry a firearm for personal protection which others would or might consider to be obsolete or antiquated? What do you think are some of the limitations of carrying such firearms? What might be some advantages of doing so?
I have been doing some work on this H&R Young America in .32 S&W which I recently acquired to make it ready for use as a carry weapon. I replaced an iffy sear, and did a full takedown/clean/regrease, and am working on a replacement front sight blade.
To answer my own topic questions, I believe the main limitation of this tiny double action revolver is the slow speed to reload. It works just like the NAA mini's in that you remove the cylinder pin out the front of the gun, pop the cylinder out, and use the pin to poke the empties out before reloading the cylinder and popping it and the cylinder pin back into the frame. The fastest I can do this myself is between 20 and 30 seconds, which is not ideal. There are other factors that limit this handgun such as the generally anemic ammunition which generates roughly 630 fps with an 88gr bullet.
The advantages of such a gun are mostly limited to it being absolutely tiny and therefore very easy to carry in basically any clothing. It is essentially the size of the NAA mini revolvers, but with the advantage of (arguably) better caliber, and a double action mechanism.
I have been doing some work on this H&R Young America in .32 S&W which I recently acquired to make it ready for use as a carry weapon. I replaced an iffy sear, and did a full takedown/clean/regrease, and am working on a replacement front sight blade.
To answer my own topic questions, I believe the main limitation of this tiny double action revolver is the slow speed to reload. It works just like the NAA mini's in that you remove the cylinder pin out the front of the gun, pop the cylinder out, and use the pin to poke the empties out before reloading the cylinder and popping it and the cylinder pin back into the frame. The fastest I can do this myself is between 20 and 30 seconds, which is not ideal. There are other factors that limit this handgun such as the generally anemic ammunition which generates roughly 630 fps with an 88gr bullet.
The advantages of such a gun are mostly limited to it being absolutely tiny and therefore very easy to carry in basically any clothing. It is essentially the size of the NAA mini revolvers, but with the advantage of (arguably) better caliber, and a double action mechanism.
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