Favorite Pocket Revolver?

[DennisE]

What's your favorite pocket revolver, ie. the revolver up like best that is small enough that you can actually put it in you pant pocket and carry it? Thanks, Dennis

 

[Rexster]

Ruger SP101, of course. I will concede that it will not fit all pockets; over the last decade or so, I have largely based pants purchases on whether the front pockets will contain an SP101.

 

[kentucky_smith]

Taurus 651 Protector

Not light at 20 oz, but easier to actually shoot than the airweights, and the .357 mag option is always there.

 

[Cosmoline]

I really like the Colt Detective Special, with the M36 as my second favorite.

 

[joe4702]

Smith J-frame

 

[Mikeo]

With an Uncle Mike's pocket holster, my Taurus 605 is perfect.

 

[jetman]

Mine is a Colt Cobra, same as the Detective Special but light with an alloy frame. Colts are 6-shooters as opposed to the Ruger and Smith 5 shot models.

 

[DMK]

S&W 642. Light, compact, no hammer to snag. It's aluminum and stainless steel so rust isn't a problem which also allows me to keep it kind of dry to prevent dust and lint from sticking to it.

 

[Vern Humphrey]

Colt Detective Special. I'd also go with the SP 101, but consider it a bit out of the "pocket revolver" category. But if I needed a snubby to shoot .357s, that would be the one.

 

[slimslam]

For the pocket...the 642. I love my SP101 hammerless too with an OWB holster .

 

[rinavy]

pocket revolver

Charter Arms Bulldog .44spl

 

[BillinNH]

Colt Cobra or Agent, with hammer shroud
Smith m38
Smith 442
Charter Arms Bulldog 44 spl

Bill

 

[Heavy Metal Hero]

Rinavy you fit that in your pocket? Do tell...

 

[mavracer]

442

 

[Glockman17366]

Taurus 85 Multi-Alloy...works for me!

I'm also real interested in a Taurus 851 Ultra-light (the titanium/alloy model) which is basically the one I own with a shrouded DA/SA hammer.

 

[ACP230]

Smith 649.
Understudy is a Smith M38.

 

[jad0110]

All of 'em.




I do like my 642 though.

 

[jt1]

 

[DMK]

I have two loyal friends: Mr. Smith and Mr. Wesson.

I have three: Mr. Smith, Mr. Wesson, and Mr. Speer.

 

[Alphazulu6]

I like to be prepared for anything... including aliens

 

[Creature]

Cosmoline wrote: I really like the Colt Detective Special, with the M36 as my second favorite.

+1...but my Colt DS is so minty that I cant bring myself to carry it. It is that mint. So, I carry my old beater S&W M36 that Mac McGraw (Mac's Shootin' Irons) did up for me with his Tuffgun-1 finish. Totally impervious to sweat and wears like iron. Like it a lot.

 

[DAdams]

Put the 642 on a diet, added a few hundred $$ and came up with a M&P 340 with CT 405s.



I still carry the 642 occassionally in a Mika pocket holster or DeSantis Nemesis.

Go the the 642 Club site and see all things snubbed.

 

[ArchAngelCD]

I carry my S&W M638 in my pocket all the time.

Here it is with the stock Uncle Mike's boot grips in a Mika's pocket holster:


Same revolver with S&W Banana grips:


Here with Pachmayr Compac grips:

 

[glockman19]

My favorite ie my 642 w/CT 405's, a close second is the 442.

 

[Ala Dan]

My favorite "pocket revolver's" have for a long time, been the Colt D-frames
such as the Detective Special, Cobra, and Agent. But, its like our friend
Creature said, "mine are too minty" for everyday carry; so in turn
I switch over to a very cherry Smith & Wesson 642-2, when occassionally
I decide to carry a .38 Special~!