Is six still a good count

[357smallbore]

Having a 5-6 shot revolver, are you really under gunned this day and age carrying ccw?
I have both auto and revolver. I love em equally.
But I lean to the revolver because I grew up with them and prefer the revolver.
I never frequent bad areas and avoid crowds. Been carrying a handgun for 40 years and only pulled it once, luckily I didn't need to shoot.
I'm not worried about the "what if a meth head was wired and you needed a lot of follow up shots" or things like that

 

[sgt127]

This may have been covered, recently.

 

[Bazoo]

I carry a revolver, and to top that, a single action. It's enough for me.

 

[sgt127]

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Interesting thing happen this week at the range. I was shooting with my brother and we shared a Glock 44 2L He and I had multiple jams and I had a squib load I also had double feeds 3x- with my EZ 380 BOTTOM LINE: 1) I am to tired- lack of patience - confident that I want to...

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There’s many more.

Some agree with you. Others will assure you, you will die. You will be reminded there’s no such thing as a good area. Bad guys are mobile.

 

[Armored farmer]

Carry what you are most comfortable with, like the best and most importantly, shoot the best.

 

[ksh]

Taking your turn, draw time, and shot placement are key

 

[The Night Rider]

Is six still a good count​

It's probably six more than you'll ever need

 

[Riomouse911]

It's probably six more than you'll ever need

I sure hope so. Being involved in any sort of shooting es no bueno.

Stay safe.

 

[JohnKSa]

Having a 5-6 shot revolver, are you really under gunned this day and age carrying ccw?

It depends on what you mean by "under gunned". From what I can tell, it is very common to find criminals armed with high-capacity auto pistols. One source I found suggests that Glocks are the firearm most often used in crime. Since they mostly make guns with round counts much higher than 5 or 6, then if being "under gunned" means not being able to match an opponent round for round, I would say that there's a good chance the answer to your question is yes.

What did you have in mind when you said: "under gunned"?

 

[OS/N]

6ea have worked pretty good since at least 1848 and the Walker Colt.

If you can't hit something with 6 shots you need better running shoes. If there are more than 1 or 2 armed bad guys 100 rounds won't improve your chances much. Might make you feel better but that's about it.

 

[JohnKSa]

I was thinking about this topic and had a funny thought. I wonder if criminals sit around and argue about whether they can get away with carrying 5 or 6 rounds or if they will be outgunned by their victims if they do. That would be pretty hilarious.

6ea have worked pretty good since at least 1848 and the Walker Colt.

Dontcha know back then there were probably folks arguing that 6 shots was crazy and that single shot pistols had been working pretty good for centuries.

 

[OS/N]

I was thinking about this topic and had a funny thought. I wonder if criminals sit around and argue about whether they can get away with carrying 5 or 6 rounds or if they will be outgunned by their victims if they do. That would be pretty hilarious.Dontcha know back then there were probably folks arguing that 6 shots was crazy and that single shot pistols had been working pretty good for centuries.

Yeah but they just carried more than one one shooter before that LOL.

 

[CDW4ME]

Hopefully I will not need a single round, have not yet in 30+ years of legal concealed carry.
That said, I see no reason to intentionally potentially handicap myself with 5-6 rounds and regardless of whether I'm standing in a good spot.

This is what I carried on a overnight motorcycle trip to St. Augustine this week and again yesterday (Thanksgiving) on my motorcycle 100 miles one way to relatives house.
It is the same as I'd carry going to Wal-Mart, a restaurant, picking up a pizza, wherever.
Yea, the 1911 CMD is "only" two rounds more than a 6 shot revolver but I also have a spare mag and a pocket 9mm (can put hand on it without revealing I'm carrying).
A Glock 19 could be substituted for the 1911 and I'd be just as content.
Substitute a revolver for the 1911? Absolutely not.

 

[Tallball]

It depends on where you are.

I live in an area with a lot of theft and assaults. I have to be extremely careful about street people getting close to me, especially if I'm getting out of my car, unloading groceries, taking my daily walk, etc. I much prefer a revolver. Far better at contact distance. More reliable if you're wrestling on the ground. And it's what I'm used to. That's just RL, though.

If you're trapped in a video game or action movie, a revolver couldn't possibly be enough firepower. Numerous opponents spawn out of nowhere and start shooting you from a distance for no real reason. They're not interested in your car or wallet or any other monetary goal. In those circumstances you HAVE to carry a full-sized pistol and a bunch of mags all of the time. This is the dangerous world that many of the board members live in.

 

[trackskippy]

Yeah but they just carried more than one one shooter before that LOL.

LOL, and thats still going on today with the revolver shooters who tell you to just carry a second 5 shot gun, "just in case" the first 5 weren't enough.

What it boils down to is pretty simple, if you think you can make it work with what you choose, in "all" or "any" situation you might encounter, not just the ones you "think" you'll get, or the ones you always win in your head, youre golden. We all get to live, or maybe die with our choices, and we arent usually the ones who choose the time or place.

And it doesn't matter what it is you choose, 5 shot or 50, if you arent regularly practicing in a realistic manner with it, from how you carry it, just having the gun doesn't mean youre armed, it simply means you have a gun along.

 

[Armored farmer]

I sure hope so. Being involved in any sort of shooting es no bueno.

Stay safe.

Personalmente creo que cinco es suficiente.

 

[shafter]

There have been alot of shootings that have taken more than 5 or 6 shots to resolve. There have also been plenty where that was enough.

In gunfights people move and aren't as easy to hit as a static range target. Adrenaline makes you more shaky as well. I also would not discredit the fact that bad guys often run in pairs or more and aggressors can be on weird stimulants or mental health conditions.

If you are going to bother to be prepared my recommendation is to go for the maximum you can practically carry in day to day life and not the minimum.

 

[tubeshooter]

Maybe some have a nagging worry that the "maximum" might turn into a 2-shot gun at the worst possible moment.

But point taken...

 

[jmorris]

5 is enough until you need 6 and that's only good enough until you need 7 and that is only sufficient until....

I doubt it's a new argument. I imagine the folks out there on horse back with no radio and days of ground to cover went round and round about how many pints of water a canteen needed to hold...

 

[lgjhn]

Having a 5-6 shot revolver, are you really under gunned this day and age carrying ccw?
I have both auto and revolver. I love em equally.
But I lean to the revolver because I grew up with them and prefer the revolver.
I never frequent bad areas and avoid crowds. Been carrying a handgun for 40 years and only pulled it once, luckily I didn't need to shoot.
I'm not worried about the "what if a meth head was wired and you needed a lot of follow up shots" or things like that

As you can see, you're gonna get many different opinions on this. The decision is gonna boil down to: YOU.
IF you're comfortable with a revolver, practice with it, have good shot placement with the ammo you're going to use in carry, then go for it. Actually, that also holds true for a semi-pistol.
The bottom line is protection of yourself and/or loved ones and doing that proficiently with whatever you decide to carry.
I chose a revolver for the above reasons, and it's basically the original "point and shoot" gun that goes "bang" every single time I squeeze the trigger; the kind I grew up with.
I carry a Taurus 9mm 5-shot revolver: Yep, a 9mm revolver and an extra loaded moon clip ready to go, if needed. That's 10 shots with 5 in the gun.
I not only practice shot placement with it, I also practice speed reloading it.
It's lightweight, easy to conceal and a 9mm round out of a revolver packs a pretty darn good wallop at the distance it would likely be used.
A cheap Taurus? Am I crazy??? Nope. God forbid ever having to use it, but IF one does, the likelyhood of ever getting that gun back is almost practically nil.
I'd rather lose the less-expensive, easly-replacable Taurus that I'm pretty darn good with in reliably shooting, than one of my $900 S&Ws or Colts, that I hardly ever shoot.
Again, this works for me and is just my humble opinion and experience from over 40 years of conceal carry.
My wife? LOL...she carries a 9mm CZ PO-1 with a crimson trace laser sight along with an extra mag. She's shoots ok with it, but I think she watches way too many crime shows on TV....LOL

 

[Grunt]

It is until It isn’t. Your decision.

 

[Mike J]

I remembered reading that when old west outlaws went on raids they would carry spare preloaded cylinders for their revolvers, much as a person might carry a spare magazine for a semi-auto today. One could reason they thought it good to have more available.

 

[Mike J]

Having a 5-6 shot revolver, are you really under gunned this day and age carrying ccw?
I have both auto and revolver. I love em equally.
But I lean to the revolver because I grew up with them and prefer the revolver.
I never frequent bad areas and avoid crowds. Been carrying a handgun for 40 years and only pulled it once, luckily I didn't need to shoot.
I'm not worried about the "what if a meth head was wired and you needed a lot of follow up shots" or things like that

I honestly have no idea. If we knew we were going to involved in a shooting I suspect most of us would stay home. We don't know what we might or might not encounter. Personally I choose to carry semi-autos but there are reasons for that beyond capacity. It is a personal choice.

 

[sgt127]

What it boils down to is pretty simple, if you think you can make it work with what you choose, in "all" or "any" situation you might encounter, not just the ones you "think" you'll get, or the ones you always win in your head, youre golden.

Based on that criteria, I’d carry a Glock 19. Three extra mags. An M4 and 5 extra mags attached to my plate carrier.

Now what?

 

[The Night Rider]

Yeah but they just carried more than one one shooter before that LOL.

They frequently carried more than one after that