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Revolvers - am I going backwards?
- Thread starter AngelKing
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I say 357 mag just for options on ammo.......you may not like shooting mag loads out of a little snub but the option is there. I have a river sp101 in 357 mag and love shooting magnum loads out if it.......its my edc
The 357mag is really hard to find I'm realizing. I keep seeing the 38spl for $389 and it's tempting. But I agree with you both.
Sorry, forgot to say I'm stubborn with gun weights. SP101 is pushing 25oz, that's even more than my SR9c and XDs, the LCR is like 15oz I believe. thanks for the advice though. Plus the grips on LCR are awesome.
warwickben
bubba Kalashnikov
Get the .357 why limit what you can shoot out of it.
Think of it this way with 357 you can shoot .38 at the range and load 357 in it when carrying. If you are ever in a situation where you have to defend your life your adrenaline is gonna be pumping so much you won't even notice the recoil of the 357 magnum.
I know. It makes sense, just was hard to find locally. But a shop near me has one.
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Good point. And yep, other forums are telling me that the recoil for the hottest 357 isn't that bad. Considering it's a 16oz snub, that's impressive. Oh and I looked up the 38spl for comparison and it's only 13oz! Holy shit. But 16 is fine for me.
I have 2 different Smith Model 36's but they're heavy, so if I wanted heavy I'd just carry those.
warwickben
bubba Kalashnikov
I know. It makes sense, just was hard to find locally. But a shop near me has one.
Save the cash you have enough carry guns . Buy the fing vepr. Lol
Or lend me the xds till I get my smaller carry gun.
I will.
And no on #2. I've been carrying the XDs in a cheap holster lately and it still carries well. No ND yet ntomsw...
warwickben
bubba Kalashnikov
I wish my fing tax return will show up so I can get my smaller carry gun.
Nothing against the LCR (and I owned one, and liked it) but why are you doing this? Have you carried a snub revolver before? If not, there's a hell of a learning curve associated with snubs.
-Mike
I want a lightweight revolver for the summer and as a backup. Learning curve? I've shot snubs since my teens, up to about 20ft I'm good but after that, nope.
Please Google "The Newhall Massacre" that' was exactly the training philosophy of the CHP and hundreds if not thousands of LE agencies. That was the watershed event that changed training doctrine forever. Train and practice with the ammo you may have fight with. Four highway patrolmen died in part because they qualified with .38 and went into a firefight with .357.
warwickben
bubba Kalashnikov
That's why I think he should save the cash and buy the 54r he's been drooling over .
Funny I just read an article on this last week. I do carry a 357 mag revolver and only shoot 357 through it for practice.....158 grn full house mags only. But it is nice to have options for 38 spec.....you know.....with the current ammunition problems you don't know what you are going to be able to get ahold of.
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