Posted by 2ndamd: Even with today's modern wonder super guns....the snubnose gets the nod each day by the best of the best.
Who among the "best of the best" still makes it a general practice to select a single five shot revolver for primary defensive carry when he or she has a choice?
Do you have a reason to disagree with the opinion of Ed Lovette, author of
The Snubby Revolver, The ECQ, Backup, and Concealed Carry Standard?
From Chapter 21:
Much as I love the five shot, it is at its best in a backup role to a bigger gun.
You shouldn’t carry a five shot 2 inch as your primary sidearm.
Even a most cursory thumbing through of the book will tell you that Mr. Lovette strongly preferred
6 shot revolvers.
j-frame will get you out of a fight.
One more time--what is your basis for that unsubstantiated assertion? Repeating it over and over does not support it.
Just what is it that you would want to have with you "get you out of a fight", if in fact you cannot evade and escape and a "fight" should take place?
That tends to be all the law abiding citizen is looking for...or so I thought.
Well, yeah, and most of the time that is in fact the legal obligation of anyone of anyone who is not a sworn officer.
And that really eliminates from consideration the supposed strategy of trying to "get back to your rifles".
But if you cannot prevent a fight from taking place, you will have to do something to prevent the assailants from causing you serious bodily harm. You key be able to dissuade them, or you may have to cause them serious injury. Would you really want to rely upon a single J-Fame revolver for that, considering the stakes?
Reflect upon this: based upon your training and other training and FoF simulation exercises that you have observed, how many shots would you reasonably expect to fire as quickly as you can at the outset at a fast charging violent criminal actor (think Tueller)?
What would you expect do of there were a second attacker who elected to press the attack?
Do you like the idea of having a reserve?
Do the answers to those questions give you any reasonable confidence in the strategy of relying upon a single five shot revolver?