Why I Conceal Carry A

[calaverasslim]

Revolver. Yep. Sacrilegious, I know. Unlike a lot of people, I don't feel comfortable carrying "Cocked and Locked". Stuff CAN happen and occasionally does.

Heck, I don't even feel comfortable carrying a round in the chamber. So, in a pinch, I have to rack the slide before I can defend myself.

With a revolver, just pull the trigger.

There are pros and cons about which way is best and everyone can make a great argument of each way, but for me my DA revolver in 44 special is the way I want to do it.

 

[SharpsDressedMan]

A friend of mine was carrying his issue Model 19 S&W 19 .357 in a Bianchi vertical shoulder holster back in the 1970's. Remember those older storm/screen doors that had the wing type handle for opening the louvered window? Well, he was moving furniture, and managed to snag the handle in the slightly exposed trigger guard of the revolver, while in the holster, and shot himself in the thigh. Yeah, stuff happens, but had it been a 1911, cocked and locked, it MAY not have happened. It's luck of the draw, and fate of the unwary.

 

[MAG-63]

I carry a full-size 1911, but I would feel perfectly well-armed with a 3" Smith 13/65...which I think is also ideal for carry.

 

[back40]

i occasionally carry a 3" gp100 concealed, and have no qualms with it. if you like carrying revolvers, that's fine, it's rounds on target that count, not rounds in the magazine.

i'm interested to hear more about why you are so uncomfortable carrying cocked and locked, or even with a around in the chamber. both methods have been shown to be perfectly safe when user error isn't induced. not to sound harsh, but if you are that uncomfortable with your own handling of a loaded firearm, perhaps you shouldn't be carrying concealed at all.

 

[sig228]

.......Heck, I don't even feel comfortable carrying a round in the chamber.....

So...let me understand...when you carry a revolver there is an empty slot in the cylinder? 4 shots in a 5 shot revolver?

Btw, I carry a j frame...fully loaded of course....

 

[jeepnik]

Oh heck, most folks over think the ccw handgun and over complicate things. I often carry this when I begin to feel I was born in the wrong era.

 

[Jaymo]

Carry what you like. Other's opinions, including mine, are worthless.

 

[Sunray]

"...the way I want to do it..." And? What you carry is a personal thing. You should be carrying the handgun you like to shoot, so you'll practice with it. No point having it if you can't shoot it well.

 

[jpruitt]

So...let me understand...when you carry a revolver there is an empty slot in the cylinder? 4 shots in a 5 shot revolver?

I was thinking the same thing. How is carrying a (presumably double action) revolver with a full cylinder fundamentally different from carrying a semi-auto cocked and locked (aside from the fact that the revolver probably has a heavier trigger pull and no safety)?

That's actually exactly why I STARTED carrying a pistol (I was uncomfortable with it at first), once I realized it was virtually the same thing in that regard.

But yeah, carry what you are comfortable with and what you will practice with.

 

[nathan]

I carry my Makarov , a pony round for most American standard. And i dont feel undergunned.

 

[Torian]

My primary CCW is a FN hi power. It's an oldie, but a great high capacity gun with a very form fitting profile.

Tried carrying other weapons such as a 1911 or a full size Beretta, and dumped them right away.

 

[gamestalker]

The only revolver I carry on an empty cylinder is my old SBH. Older wheel guns can definitely discharge if dropped just right / wrong, or if the hammer is impacted. But with the new stuff I don't give it a second thought, as to keeping all cylinders ready for business.
But, your the one carrying, so carry on in such manner as pleases you!
GS

 

[bannockburn]

I really don't see any difference, from a safety stanpoint, between my Kahr PM-9 and my S&W Model 638. Both are designed to be safely carried with a full complement of rounds and ready to be put in action with each pull of their double action triggers.

 

[gbran]

I'm seriously thinking about a .357, 8 round S&W Model 327. It's thicker than my 1911, but lighter. I wear baggie clothes anyway.

 

[Drail]

I spent a few years building and selling match grade 1911s and am still a huge fan of the platform. I have never carried one and never will. Because I have seen enough of them stop working, even very expensive factory built guns hand built for their sponsored shooters while they were competing in National Matches. I'll take a DA revolver any day for serious business use.

 

[Warp]

Revolver. Yep. Sacrilegious, I know. Unlike a lot of people, I don't feel comfortable carrying "Cocked and Locked". Stuff CAN happen and occasionally does.

Heck, I don't even feel comfortable carrying a round in the chamber. So, in a pinch, I have to rack the slide before I can defend myself.

With a revolver, just pull the trigger.

There are pros and cons about which way is best and everyone can make a great argument of each way, but for me my DA revolver in 44 special is the way I want to do it.

So when carrying a revolver do you leave it two rounds short, so there is no round under the hammer and no round up next if the trigger should be pulled?

Plenty of semi automatic handguns are the same as with a double action revolver...just pull the trigger. Trigger pull = bang. No trigger pull = no bang.

I'm not sure I understand your reasoning here. I mean, by all means, do what you want, your decision seems reasonable, but that 'not comfortable with a chambered round thing'...that just doesn't make sense.

 

[back40]

drail, to be clear...national match style 1911s built for target competition are a world apart from 1911s built for defensive/combat use. i'm not sure how someone who has any experience building them for anything doesn't understand that.

 

[David E]

Revolver. Yep. Sacrilegious, I know. Unlike a lot of people, I don't feel comfortable carrying "Cocked and Locked". Stuff CAN happen and occasionally does.

Including with revolvers.

Heck, I don't even feel comfortable carrying a round in the chamber. So, in a pinch, I have to rack the slide before I can defend myself.

Sounds like you don't, or won't, understand how modern semi-autos work.

With a revolver, just pull the trigger.

Your cited baseless concerns don't also apply to the revolver?

but for me my DA revolver in 44 special is the way I want to do it.

Glad you found your ideal gun. But you could've left all of the other foregoing stuff out!

 

[Armored farmer]

I with you Calaverasslim.

I just like revolvers. I flirted with a Ruger 1911 at my LGS for a while, but decided she just wasn't my type.

 

[pdosh]

S&W Shield in 9mm small enough for comfortable IWB carry but a pleasure to shoot at the range.

I sometimes carry a Taurus 380 in my pocket. Easy to carry like a LCP, but no fun to shoot at all.