I recently noticed that my NAA .22 magnum is smaller and weighs less than the second mag I routinely carry for my regular ccw. I got me thinking, does it make more sense to carry a second smaller gun than a second mag? I know that some will say carry both, but I’ve only got so much room to carry stuff and for me, it’s going to be one or the other. Thoughts?
As a revolver-toter, I have been disenfranchised.
My only applicable poll choice is “backup gun,” and that has gotten my revolvers all riled up, as they consider themselves to be equals. None wants to play second fiddle to the other.
Your poll, and original post, as written, seem to presume that one’s “regular ccw” is a weapon that will accept a spare/backup mag. Those whose “regular ccw” is a revolving pistol will generally be relegated to replying “backup gun,” or not voting. Some revolvers can be fed individual rounds, from a magazine, and, arguably, a spare cylinder be inserted, into a revolver, but some level of disassembly is usually required, and many revolvers will require that such a spare cylinder be fitted to the individual gun, by a ‘smith or armorer.
OK, OK, I just checked checked the box for “backup gun,” based upon the principle of selecting the “best choice,” in a multiple choice situation.
The panic-demic has limited my live-fire training opportunities, and my least-perishable trigger skill is long-stroke double-action. Dry-fire is always an option, but is less-realistic with autoloaders, as they do not realistically cycle themselves. Plus, with my usual weapon hand not aging well, at the time the pandemic started, I was already becoming concerned about “numb-thumbing” causing “limp-wrist” malfunctions. A “best” gun for my right hand allows me to tuck my thumb down, firmly, when holding the grip, preferably with the tip of my thumb touching, or very near, the tip of my middle finger. That best-describes a revolver.
It is not that I have anything against auto-loaders. My first handgun, purchased for myself, at age 21, was an autoloader, a 1911. I had purchased am Uzi Carbine, earlier than that. I used to think revolvers were quaint. But, I started a police academy, in 1983, and had to learn DA sixgunning, like it or not, and was required to use DA revolvers, as my only handguns, 24/7/365, for my first year of sworn service. After diligently training with DA revolvers, with an open mind, for a year, I liked them too.
Really liked them!
Regarding an NAA mini-revolver, well, I am not so sure I would want to engage an armed opponent, with such a difficult-to-handle gadget. I consider an NAA mini to be more of an interesting gadget, than a weapon.