Twiki357
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To me, a “J” is enough. I carry three different Airweights depending the weather. A 637-2 OWB under a winter jacket; an “all black” 37-2 pocket carry in the summer; and a nickel plated Pre37 when I feel frisky.
A J frame revolver is quite capable of good accuracy out past 7 yards, I shoot them out to 25 yards and sometimes even 50 yards. It only requires more practice. I know I will probably never need to shoot a J frame out to 25 yards in a SD situation but shooting well that far out makes the shorter shots much easier to make!I carried a J for awhile. Lost confidence when I started shooting it past 7 yards. I moved to a M19 snub. I know everyone says 7 yards is SD range but I'm not buying into it. If I see it coming I'm not waiting for anyone to get close enough so we can talk about it. My J is in my night stand drawer now.
Ultimately “enough” is determined by the courage and mindset of the user, combined with his/her skill that reflects the amount of training and practice they have gone through.
A snub-nosed revolver has obvious limits, but they are relatively easy to carry and conceal. A long history of use has shown that they are more then enough to carry the day in most incidences if the user is able to take full advantage of what they offer.
+1 It's not like in the movies at all.Their are a lot of videos posted online of armed confrontations. Would suggest looking at some if you have not done so to familiarize yourself with how they look as compared to other ideas people have gotten from movies and even most training.
Then make your decision from there.
The short barrel makes it difficult to shoot. Actually, small snubbies just stink to shoot overall.
I much prefer a revolver with a four inch barrel and six to eight MAGNUM cartridges in the cylinder
It would most definitely be my rifle - but since carrying it concealed is a bit out of the question. It would still be one of my J frames.If you knew you were going to be in a gunfight at some point in your life (100% chance, no way to avoid it), but couldn't predict the day, what gun would you carry?
The odds of being in a violent situation are completely divorced from the severity of a violent situation. Should you find yourself in a violent confrontation, that the odds of it happening were 1/1 million, now have no bearing whatsoever on the best tool with which to handle it.