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re: Smith and Wesson airweight 642
Posted on 9/3/15 at 10:00 am to bapple
Posted on 9/3/15 at 10:00 am to bapple
bapple I love how easy this weapon is to carry. I truly don't even know I have it on me sometimes. 38+p is more than adequate for self defense.
Do you recommend any "advanced" carry courses beyonf having a CHL?
Do you recommend any "advanced" carry courses beyonf having a CHL?
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Posted on 9/3/15 at 10:11 am to LSUwag
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All a concealed carry gun is for is to buy time to get to s safe place.
I love pistols (#TeamSig), but, in all honesty, all pistols, more or less, fall into the category of "good enough gun" or "better than nothing" and are, primarily to allow you to fight your way to safety and/or to get to a "real" gun (i.e. a rifle or a shotgun).
And I am woefully short of "real" guns (buying ANOTHER pistol tomorrow, but, I swear - other than, maybe a Ruger LCR, no more pistols until I have at least 2 combat shotguns - pinky swear).
Posted on 9/3/15 at 11:06 am to beHop
quote:How many rounds has she fires through it ?
I bought one for my wife. She loves it.
quote:Not a great idea for a self-defense weapon.
i've got a performance center 642 with a ported barrel.
quote:Yep, that's a big negative.
round capacity
A 9mm Shield will hold more rounds, and a good 9mm cartridge (like Federal HST), will make bigger holes in a BG than a .38 +p. The Shield has better sights and a better trigger (will have a MUCH better trigger if you install the Apex kit).
People act like good sights and good triggers mean nothing in a CCW weapon. But self-defense handguns are puny weapons (produce ~10-15% of the energy that a .308 rifle generates) -- so we better be able to get good hits if we want to quickly stop a "dedicated" attacker (e.g. someone on heavy-duty drugs, and/or mentally ill).
Posted on 9/3/15 at 11:48 am to bapple
If the striker is under spring pressure when the gun is hot then theres something inside of the gun that can fail and allow it to hit the primer.
Or you could pull the trigger accidentally (rather easily with a good one) on the draw and shoot yourself in the leg.
Don't get me started on 1911's.
There's no debate here. The attrociously long and heavy DA trigger combined with the hammer resting against the steel frame makes AD's less likely with a revolver. Nothing can fail to make it go off, and it's a lot harder to make one go off with the trigger.
Or you could pull the trigger accidentally (rather easily with a good one) on the draw and shoot yourself in the leg.
Don't get me started on 1911's.
There's no debate here. The attrociously long and heavy DA trigger combined with the hammer resting against the steel frame makes AD's less likely with a revolver. Nothing can fail to make it go off, and it's a lot harder to make one go off with the trigger.
Posted on 9/3/15 at 12:09 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Posted on 9/3/15 at 12:29 pm to Tic44
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Do you recommend any "advanced" carry courses beyonf having a CHL?
Absolutely. I said that in my post about concealed carry from earlier this week.
Check out VATA in Slidel and Bearco in Mandeville. They teach good defensive handgun courses that will really put your skills to the test. Punching holes in paper for the CC license doesn't make you a better shooter. But shooting on the move, shooting from different positions, doing reloads, doing malfunction drills, etc. will make you a much better shooter.
Also check LAgator.org for local USPSA and IDPA handgun matches. They aren't as pointed and square as defensive handgun matches but they still help with your fundamentals.
Posted on 9/3/15 at 12:35 pm to beHop
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I bought one for my wife. She loves it.
was it pink?
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