seanc
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I can't shoot mine w/o the boot grips.. I have used the barami as well as the little wood sw grips.. I'd rather keep the booties on and go IWB holster..
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Looking for a small lightweight revolver, your opinions please?
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I can't shoot mine w/o the boot grips.. I have used the barami as well as the little wood sw grips.. I'd rather keep the booties on and go IWB holster..
If I'm going to carry IWB, then I can carry a slim semi-auto easier than I can carry a J-frame revolver. And the semi-auto will have better sights, better trigger, higher capacity, and be faster to reload.
In my mind, a lightweight revolver like the 642/442 is a pocket gun. If I'm going to carry a gun in a holster, then there are far better choices. Carrying it in a holster simply defeats the purpose.
Depends on whose definition of "boot grip" you're using. I bought a set of
hogue boot grips for my SW640 and they were smaller than the ones the gun
came with.
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(Actually, they look like the grips on that gun in your post above... ) -Mike
seanc
NES Member
Everybody's different. And your wardrobe will dictate what is possible.
If I carried a Jframe in my pocket I would get the "Are you just happy to see me?" quite a bit.
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I certainly understand why pocket carry doesn't work for some folks. My point, though, is that if I'm going to carry in belt holster, I can just as easily carry a gun that is far easier to shoot than a lightweight, short-barreled J-frame.
Why carry a gun designed for pocket carry in a belt holster?
seanc
NES Member
Wardrobe dictates what is carried.
But, assuming a pair of business type pants and a white shirt, no jacket (what I am foced to wear most of the time). Pocket carry is way too distracting and noticable. A set of keys in the front pocket is noticable. Wearing baggy/ too loose pants is frowned upon.
A tuckable with a J hook type set up is about all I can get away with.
Constantly standing, sitting, walking, leaning over somebody's desks, etc. nothing can move, adjusting is not possible. the top of gun must sit at the belt line and extend no further than where you leg creases to sit.
consistant gun placement. If I can get away with a bigger gun, jeans and untucked shirt, etc, I will. The gun is always in the same spot.
Work around a lot of women, they notice everything.
5 Rounds of hot 357.
10000% reliable.
hammer down, uncocked status (makes me feel better).
no safeties to deal with. No ammount of moving and bumping around and shifting could take the safety off.
never any need to adjust or check for any reason.
It may be only a few ounces lighter the others but it feels more than half the weight of other options, g26, P2000sk, etc.
I just got an early '80s S&W Model 12-3.
It's a nickle K-Frame round butt with an airweight frame.
.38sp only.
I put my first box of 50 through it last weekend and the only problem I had was with the round butt service grip. I ordered a Tyler T-Grip to fill in behind the trigger gaurd.
The one I got was not shot much at all, and the the trigger (if all original) is very nice. I'm very happy with it!
It's a nickle K-Frame round butt with an airweight frame.
.38sp only.
I put my first box of 50 through it last weekend and the only problem I had was with the round butt service grip. I ordered a Tyler T-Grip to fill in behind the trigger gaurd.
The one I got was not shot much at all, and the the trigger (if all original) is very nice. I'm very happy with it!
I disagree. For many years I ran a small business (bar) in a bad part of town and carried almost 24/7. I carried many pistols in belt holsters, but found myself using a S&W Model 60 with a shrouded hammer in a hard leather IWB holster most of the time. The holster clipped on to my belt so it was easy to install and remove. This was important as I didn't carry in the club, and kept the gun in a safe while working. The IWB holster worked well and gave much more reliable access to the pistol than a pocket carry would. Pocket guns work well, but only if you have your hand on the grip before the problem arises; I have never been able to get any kind of a quick, reliable response with a pocket carry.
It seems to me that you either did not read or did not understand what I wrote, because what you are saying does not, in any way disagree with what I wrote.
1) A model 60 is not what I would call a pocket gun. It is significantly heavier than a 642 and has far better sights.
2) The type of belt holster that you use is completely orthogonal to what you are putting in it. You can use that type of holster with a lightweight 642 or with a Kahr K9.
What you are saying is that you prefer belt carry to pocket carry. Nothing that I wrote disagrees with that. What I wrote is that if you are going to carry a gun in a belt holster, you can carry a gun that is easier to shoot than a pocket gun.
1) A model 60 is not what I would call a pocket gun. It is significantly heavier than a 642 and has far better sights.
2) The type of belt holster that you use is completely orthogonal to what you are putting in it. You can use that type of holster with a lightweight 642 or with a Kahr K9.
What you are saying is that you prefer belt carry to pocket carry. Nothing that I wrote disagrees with that. What I wrote is that if you are going to carry a gun in a belt holster, you can carry a gun that is easier to shoot than a pocket gun.
