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Armored farmer
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Without any doubt......S&W 66 2.5" .357
Yeah...
Ya… Ah hu can’t afford one of them
Do you know what that is?
And still...no better options.
Keep trying, this is fun!
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If that’s a vcomp 627 Pc , it’s probably $2500
very nice. Yet bulky and probably sits in the safe
686+ 7 shot mountain gun from the 90s
Only about 1500 made- My favorite for using and not sitting in safe.
You are rite, this is fun
very nice. Yet bulky and probably sits in the safe
686+ 7 shot mountain gun from the 90s
Only about 1500 made- My favorite for using and not sitting in safe.
You are rite, this is fun
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10,000+ rounds
2k probably 38's. Good for training the women/daughter and kids.
Great range gun.
The 627 Pro, (pictured above) much less bulky, and per the OP's scenario, no better option.
How about a "pre lock" 629 MG!?
Magna ported!
Not shot more than a couple thousand, (Magnums) still, not a safe queen!
"Friday night gun fight" I like that!
Any more requests?
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dickydalton
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No pictures, sold the gun for my wife's chemo in 1983. 29 no dash 44, 4". Needed it twice. Once when I was car-jacked by a drug addict and the second time when I aprehended 4 car thieves and gave them to the cops that wouldn't look for them. Got my car back and a permit to carry that time.
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Sticking with what's on-hand? Same as usual, I reckon. M&P .38
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4-inch S&W Model 29 or Dan Wesson loaded with +P 44 Special or a 4-inch S&W in 45 ACP.
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“…struck an excellent balance between size, power, recoil, weight, and handling ability.”
All fantastic things to have balanced in a fighting gun
A .38spl + p loaded with modern hollow points or flat nosed lead bullets is a very effective gun. Much more so than with old school lead round nose ammo. It’s primary drawback is that of all revolvers… it only holds six shots. If I could carry anything I’d rather have a belt fed .50, but if I’m limited to 6…. A 38 is going to do for me just fine. Your mileage may vary, however. maybe you can follow up as quickly with a 44 mag or 357 as I do with a 38, in which case, please, carry the 44 when going into combat.
I would choose the 4” GP100 that is shown in my avatar image, at the left side of this post. It was made in the very early Nineties, when Ruger still cared enough to machine grooves under the extractor, to accommodate some amount of unburned powder debris. The original-pattern GP100 factory grip is a perfect fit, in my hand, making the weapon “point naturally” in my hands, and the reach to the trigger face is also a perfect fit. These factors mean that a sight picture is mere confirmation of the point of aim, rather than just the beginning of an effort to align the weapon with the target.
I have fired this GP100 at much faster than the necessary speed, on a timed qual course, with scored targets. Making clanging noises on steel is fun, as is plinking at pine cones, but seeing one’s shot placement on anatomical targets, with scoring rings, is quantifiable confirmation that one can perform under time pressure.
I fired a defensive shot, into a real-life opponent, with this GP100, in the early Nineties, when this was my primary duty weapon. I do not need to depend upon what anyone has written, about the effectiveness of any particular defensive cartridge.
In 1997, I put all of my medium and large revolvers into the safe, to concentrate on the 1911 trigger system. I used 1911 pistols for police duty, and personal-time carry, and used a small-J-Frame only as a secondary weapon. My training with that J-Frame was rather minimal, and only at very short range. Then, in the year 2000, I pulled that GP100 from the safe, and fire a timed qual course, with a resulting cumulative group as good or better than anything I could fire, on a very good day, with a 1911. It is good to know that my ability to operate the GP100’s long-stroke DA trigger is not a highly-perishable skill.
To be clear, this is not about one particular weapon being some kind of talisman, or good luck charm. I have another GP100, just like this one. I have several newer GP100 revolvers, that do not have the grunge-eating grooves, but they would probably function well, through a prolonged gunfight scenario, if I use clean-burning, good-quality ammo.(Modern duty ammo really does burn quite cleanly. It is the cheap practice fodder that leaves unburned powder residue all over the place.) I could substitute a good K-/L-Frame S&W revolver, if it had suitable aftermarket grips/stocks, that fit me well. Other good revolvers, such as Colt, Dan Wesson, Manurhin, Korth, etc, would probably do nicely, if they had grips/stocks that fit. N-Frames are a bit too large, for me hold properly, and be able to reach the trigger.
Much as I love my SP101 revolvers, there is less “work space,” for reloading in a hurry, so, in a scenario that requires that I have only one weapon, the choice will not be an SP101.
I have fired this GP100 at much faster than the necessary speed, on a timed qual course, with scored targets. Making clanging noises on steel is fun, as is plinking at pine cones, but seeing one’s shot placement on anatomical targets, with scoring rings, is quantifiable confirmation that one can perform under time pressure.
I fired a defensive shot, into a real-life opponent, with this GP100, in the early Nineties, when this was my primary duty weapon. I do not need to depend upon what anyone has written, about the effectiveness of any particular defensive cartridge.
In 1997, I put all of my medium and large revolvers into the safe, to concentrate on the 1911 trigger system. I used 1911 pistols for police duty, and personal-time carry, and used a small-J-Frame only as a secondary weapon. My training with that J-Frame was rather minimal, and only at very short range. Then, in the year 2000, I pulled that GP100 from the safe, and fire a timed qual course, with a resulting cumulative group as good or better than anything I could fire, on a very good day, with a 1911. It is good to know that my ability to operate the GP100’s long-stroke DA trigger is not a highly-perishable skill.
To be clear, this is not about one particular weapon being some kind of talisman, or good luck charm. I have another GP100, just like this one. I have several newer GP100 revolvers, that do not have the grunge-eating grooves, but they would probably function well, through a prolonged gunfight scenario, if I use clean-burning, good-quality ammo.(Modern duty ammo really does burn quite cleanly. It is the cheap practice fodder that leaves unburned powder residue all over the place.) I could substitute a good K-/L-Frame S&W revolver, if it had suitable aftermarket grips/stocks, that fit me well. Other good revolvers, such as Colt, Dan Wesson, Manurhin, Korth, etc, would probably do nicely, if they had grips/stocks that fit. N-Frames are a bit too large, for me hold properly, and be able to reach the trigger.
Much as I love my SP101 revolvers, there is less “work space,” for reloading in a hurry, so, in a scenario that requires that I have only one weapon, the choice will not be an SP101.
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This Speed Six 357 is all I could ask for in a defensive revolver.
1942bull
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I am not a revolver guy, but if I were it would be a Ruger GP100 in 357 magnum with a 3 inch barrel.
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