.357 concealed carry

357

I carry a EEA Windicator .357 with a 2 inch barrel.
Loaded with 158 grain jacketed hollowpoints.

However my backup gun is a Rossi .38 snub.
Both of my speed loaders have Speer gold dots 135 grain, for short barrels.

That is so both guns can shoot he backup bullets.

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Daily carry.

.357...because they don't make a .358. Oh, wait...OK

.357, because I'm all out of bubblegum.

And because K-Frames shoot very well for me. The 2.5" round butt conceals very well.
 
Nice holster Tom

Just not to keen on the strap
But to each there own


BTW, did I mention the gun is sweet also :)
 
I carried a 2 1/4" Ruger SP101 for awhile. I know the grip is thin.. but one cannot avoid the cylinder bulk. For me a semi auto it's where it's at.. unless in the woods.
 
I carry a 2" SP101 iwb every day near abouts. The cylinder and the way the weight is distributed on a revolver makes it stay down in the holster without snaps or some other form of retention like half kydex on the holster etc. I love the benefits or the revolver as a platform. The flatness of the auto matters most in the pocket to me which is why I carry a small auto there as a backup.

I cannot speak to the sig version of the cartridge because I have no knowledge of it.
 
Nice holster Tom

Just not to keen on the strap
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It takes some getting used to, but it works well. If it's concealed, and I'm not running any marathons, I usually leave it unsnapped.

The exposed trigger guard really rankles the high-speed-low-drag crowd :)
 
My backpacking gun.

Fun to carry not fun to shoot with .357 loads.

Smith & Wesson combined a Scandium alloy frame with a Titanium cylinder to build the strongest and lightest weight 7-shot .357 Magnum revolver made. The result...maximum power in a small, lightweight, easy-to-carry package. Scandium alloy is used for small, medium and large frame revolvers. Smith & Wesson's lightest and strongest revolvers deliver dependable power every time.


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S&W 13-3 3"

Basic, but elegantly efficient. Conceals well in a high-ride Galco.

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I've stowed the original grips and hammer in its original box. I found the bobbed hammer on GunBroker. The grip is a Hogue Bantam. I've painted the top of the front sight with some reasonably high visibility gold nail polish (can be removed without harming the finish).
 
I have a 3" and a 6" gp100, the 3"er is in my carry rotation as Primary SD gun along with my other large frame pistols. In the winter i often carry my 6" gp100 in a shoulder holster. Not to mention the sp101s
 
11.6oz 340PD with Disabled Lock

Carried everyday with Speer 135gr Short Barrel .357s @ 1.000 fps.
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Another Good Alternative carried with full house 125gr 357s is this Mod 60 three inch.
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I carry a 4" gp100 either concealed or open. Don't have to worry too much about 100% concealment unless I'm going to Denver where open carry is illegal. It's not that it's impossible for me to conceal that much gun, but I'm not made of money for all sorts of different holsters just yet. I have a galco FBI cant holster and a galco vertical shoulder rig. The shoulder rig is the best way to truly conceal that much gun, although I think a strong side IWB would also work for me. Of course, being a student means that I also only have money for two guns at the time, and I thought it made more sense to get a full sized handgun and a pump shotgun, rather than a smaller handgun. The gp100 is a great gun, rugged and accurate--gets more accurate each week as a matter of fact--and could easily double as a club in a pinch. The 4" bbl allows the gun to come closer to maximizing the potential of the .357 cartridge than a 2" snubbie. I'm happy with the .357 cartridge, and I don't feel under-gunned with 6 beans in the wheel. Some of those JHP rounds can expand like all get out. If you're wondering about the SD potential of the .357, it's more about which round of ammunition you use than anything else. They say 125 grain JHP are the best SD round for the gun. I'm not arguing, but I also appreciate the extra heft of the 158 grain soft points. You can play around and see what works for you.
 
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