Anybody Carry A Revolver?

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I go back and forth between my 638 and DAO SP101-357. I just picked up a 44 Bulldog, and it will become my EDC. I have a spurless hammer ordered from Charter Arms.

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Current S&W's vs. 50's& 60's

I own several S&W's from the 50's- 60's era.All have been tuned by the best 'smiths.They are proven and never a problem.But as I read TFL, I sense that current S&W's may not have the quality of my era revolvers.Could you guys give some examples? Thanks in advance. :D
 
Most of the yr I carry a gp100 only on the hottest days of summer do I carry my EEA Windicator 357. I only shoot 38sp thru that tho.
 
I've tried a few times to carry a J frame, the longest times being short lived.

I'd tried many ways, IWB, pocket holster, Hip-Grip, etc., and figured that the way that would work best for me was IWB cross draw. My S&W M-60 .357 with a 2 1/8" barrel is very easy to find holsters for that don't fit, and I never tried any x-draw IWB holsters for it, but did fool around with some leather scraps imagining how a real holster would be. I bought this gun going on 20 years ago as a ccw, but it never happened.

Until yesterday :)

Cross draw Mexican carry with a shoestring fastened to the belt with a lark's head hitch (knot?) and the end of the loop around the barrel to keep the gun from falling down your pants leg. I feel like I'm on a second honeymoon with the M-60. I've only been wearing it this way for about 24 hours, but am convinced it's the best (for me) that I've tried.

LCP isn't going far, from 1 o'clock in a RH IWB to 7-8 o'clock in a LH IWB.
 
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I've carried this 642 for over 25 years in uniform. Either in a pocket holster or ankle holster. It the only gun I have that may wear out from the outside in.

Theres other revolvers I carry pretty regualry off duty. a 3" 65 most often.
 
What have your duty weapons been over the years? I imagine, given that your LEO career started more than 25 years ago, that your primary was originally probably a K-Frame .38.
 
What have your duty weapons been over the years? I imagine, given that your LEO career started more than 25 years ago, that your primary was originally probably a K-Frame .38.
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There were alot of guys carrying revolvers when I started. The rule was that you had to carry a revolver your first two years. I skated around that. Early 80's, I got hired as a Reserve. During the academy, a fellow rookie Reserve was a world class IPSC shooter (one of Jeff Coopers first instructors at Gunsite). He wound up instructing the firearms portion of the academy so, I went through the academy with a Colt .45 auto and, that was my duty gun. I went regular a year and a half later and just kept carrying the .45. All the cool kids at our department carried either Browning High Powers or 1911's. I wanted to be a cool kid.

Things were a little more casual back then. :)

Funny story about one of my best friends on the department who started with a revolver.

We had to buy our own duty guns when I started. 1986. I carried a 1911. My buddy carried a GP100.

Me and a Sergeant were standing at the west door to the PD. A torrential Texas storm had just blown in. My buddy was in jail booking a prisoner and had just finished. So he walks to the door with us. I mean, it's raining. Like you couldn't see half way across the parking lot kind of rain.

The Sergeant and were waiting for it to subside. Nobody had a raincoat, I know mine was in the car. And, my buddy gets a priority call. We both look at him.

He steels himself up....takes a deep breath...psychs himself up and, with kind of a primordial scream bolts across the parking lot. He was very fast.

About halfway to the car, that Ruger did a triple Linsey out of his holster, hit the asphalt and started chasing him through the parking lot. The only reason there weren't any sparks was because the parking lot had about a half inch of standing water. I'm pretty sure it threw up a rooster tail though.

He had just made it to his car....slowly turned around....walked back...picked up his gun, plopped it back in his holster and, drenched, plodded to his squad car.

Didn't really hurt the gun, just a little character. But, the Sergeant and I enjoyed it immensely.
 
i have a tough time understanding how people "carry" multiple speedloaders on their person at all times....where? i can see it in the fall/winter, but where, in a pair of jeans and a t-shirt, am i gonna stuff a speedloader, and get it out of my pocket at that. speed=strip? okay i can do that....speed=loader? or are you just happy to see me

maybe this is just coming from the 24/7 fannypack crowd or eskimos, but i can't pull it off. not hating on revolvers, i too carry one in the colder times of year
 
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There were alot of guys carrying revolvers when I started. The rule was that you had to carry a revolver your first two years. I skated around that. Early 80's, I got hired as a Reserve. During the academy, a fellow rookie Reserve was a world class IPSC shooter (one of Jeff Coopers first instructors at Gunsite). He wound up instructing the firearms portion of the academy so, I went through the academy with a Colt .45 auto and, that was my duty gun. I went regular a year and a half later and just kept carrying the .45. All the cool kids at our department carried either Browning High Powers or 1911's. I wanted to be a cool kid.

Things were a little more casual back then. :)

Funny story about one of my best friends on the department who started with a revolver.

We had to buy our own duty guns when I started. 1986. I carried a 1911. My buddy carried a GP100.

Me and a Sergeant were standing at the west door to the PD. A torrential Texas storm had just blown in. My buddy was in jail booking a prisoner and had just finished. So he walks to the door with us. I mean, it's raining. Like you couldn't see half way across the parking lot kind of rain.

The Sergeant and were waiting for it to subside. Nobody had a raincoat, I know mine was in the car. And, my buddy gets a priority call. We both look at him.

He steels himself up....takes a deep breath...psychs himself up and, with kind of a primordial scream bolts across the parking lot. He was very fast.

About halfway to the car, that Ruger did a triple Linsey out of his holster, hit the asphalt and started chasing him through the parking lot. The only reason there weren't any sparks was because the parking lot had about a half inch of standing water. I'm pretty sure it threw up a rooster tail though.

He had just made it to his car....slowly turned around....walked back...picked up his gun, plopped it back in his holster and, drenched, plodded to his squad car.

Didn't really hurt the gun, just a little character. But, the Sergeant and I enjoyed it immensely.
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Did your buddy have to pay for the damage to the parking lot after that?
 
Sgt127, I've heard that story from you before. :) That's pretty funny!

What kind of GP100 was it, do you remember? I've got two of them, one a 4" and one a 6". I carry the 4" when it's cold on occasion.
 
I carry a revolver but only when I'm in the field camping/fishing/hunting and not concealed. I would really like to carry one when I'm not in the field because I think they are safer than autos but I can't seem to find a carry method I like. If I could get into the habit of wearing my shirt tail un-tucked, I could solve my problem. My concealed carry revolver would be my parkerized Colt Agent in 38 special.
 
Old "Po-lice" way of carrying a revolver off duty..

Get dressed, tuck in shirt, unbutton one button at about your navel, insert gun in waistband to the left of your belly button. Leave shirt button unbuttoned.

If you were really cool, have that button replaced with a snap or velcro and sew the botton on the outside so it looks normal.

Soft floppy IWB seude holster clipped to the waistband of your BVD's if you want.
 
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