Quoheleth
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Watching the spring weather so far and the recent crop of tornadoes, and now the clean-up process, has me thinking ahead to the summer hurricane season down here on the Gulf Coast. I remember very well the need to be out and about, hot and sweaty, cleaning up tree limbs, trash and debris. At times like that, I don't want to be carrying my "good" guns - guns I don't really want scratched and scuffed up. I'm thinking of adding a relatively inexpensive beater to my safe for a situation like this.
What I want is a economical (~$250 or so) gun that I can wear for rough duty and not cry if it gets scuffed or a bit of rust (I sweat like a hoss) if I don't clean it right away. I'm thinking either a Smith & Wesson round-butt stainless 64 or model 10, or a CZ 82.
There are plusses and minuses both ways. The CZ is cheaper up front, but I don't reload for it so it's factory ammo only - which, thankfully, is still fairly inexpensive but not every Walmart has 9mm Mak. Not a great SD cartridge, it's not bad. It is fairly heavy for its size (28 oz) but you get a pretty good payload of 12 rounds - don't really need to carry an extra mag for that.
The Smith revolvers are great. I love my K-frames and reload for .38 special, so ammo will never be a problem. A 4" does weigh a bit more, about 36oz and with only 6 rounds, a speed strip might be handy to have. Nice thing about the revolver is I can also stuff a couple shot cartridges in them - might not be a bad thing if I wind up in brush. The 64 is stainless, which is nice.
This could also be a loaner gun to a friend should the need arise.
Any thoughts?
Q
What I want is a economical (~$250 or so) gun that I can wear for rough duty and not cry if it gets scuffed or a bit of rust (I sweat like a hoss) if I don't clean it right away. I'm thinking either a Smith & Wesson round-butt stainless 64 or model 10, or a CZ 82.
There are plusses and minuses both ways. The CZ is cheaper up front, but I don't reload for it so it's factory ammo only - which, thankfully, is still fairly inexpensive but not every Walmart has 9mm Mak. Not a great SD cartridge, it's not bad. It is fairly heavy for its size (28 oz) but you get a pretty good payload of 12 rounds - don't really need to carry an extra mag for that.
The Smith revolvers are great. I love my K-frames and reload for .38 special, so ammo will never be a problem. A 4" does weigh a bit more, about 36oz and with only 6 rounds, a speed strip might be handy to have. Nice thing about the revolver is I can also stuff a couple shot cartridges in them - might not be a bad thing if I wind up in brush. The 64 is stainless, which is nice.
This could also be a loaner gun to a friend should the need arise.
Any thoughts?
Q