if you ccw a snub nose revolver, how many speed loaders you carry?
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warningshot
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Wow! I never saw the words, 'If' and 'CCW ...Snub' all in the same sentence before.
I find it difficult to cc spare 38 Specials. The 38s tend to get mixed-up with the .45 ammo I use for my back-up 5 inch Colt 1911.
Everyone knows what a New York Reload is. But don't yourself. Plenty of LEOs & Military personel & plain old civilian GGs have been reloading revolvers successfully in the face of danger since Samuel Colt invented the single action revolver. Revolver reloading even improved later when S&W came out with the Hand-Ejector double action model.
I find it difficult to cc spare 38 Specials. The 38s tend to get mixed-up with the .45 ammo I use for my back-up 5 inch Colt 1911.
Everyone knows what a New York Reload is. But don't yourself. Plenty of LEOs & Military personel & plain old civilian GGs have been reloading revolvers successfully in the face of danger since Samuel Colt invented the single action revolver. Revolver reloading even improved later when S&W came out with the Hand-Ejector double action model.
I'll admit to CCW-ing a snub revolver and carry 1 reload in a HKS speedloader or spare ammo in a Bianchi speed strip.
There is also the New York reload approach and here is a holster for that.Bell Charter Oak has them. It's a belt holster that holds two alike snub revolvers in the same holster.
www.bellcharteroak.com/pancakes.html
Scroll down the page to near the bottom. You'll see them.
There is also the New York reload approach and here is a holster for that.Bell Charter Oak has them. It's a belt holster that holds two alike snub revolvers in the same holster.
www.bellcharteroak.com/pancakes.html
Scroll down the page to near the bottom. You'll see them.
You forgot to mention the BG's were using the same technology. Any fight I get into I plan on winning. That is why the wheelgun is a BUG. Why handicap yourselves? Are you that good that you can give up any perceived advantage?
Some of you guys don't even carry spare ammo and then when you do you carry it in a manner that precludes ever being able to use it.
Good luck with that.
Dragline45
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I disagree, say you are involved in a shooting and your gun is empty after the fact. After all is over reloading might be a good idea since you don't know if this guys friends might be around the corner. As far as a NY reload, if I am so concerned that carrying a 5 shot snub wont be sufficient enough, then carrying another isn't a solution for me. If that's the case I would be moving up to a higher capacity semi.
Never said irrelevant.
Notice the shooter loading with moon clips. Time yourself loading from an ammo wallet.
Ever seen coyotes attack? They don't come at you one at a time like the plot in a bad movie, they come all at once. If you have failed at the target selection process and are now shooting to save your life that 5 shot snubby is going to be a severe disadvantage.
We would all like to think that we will see it coming and ward off the BG with a flash of steel and a stern word. If you find yourself reacting to an attack you must seize the initiative with surprise and violence of action. That is hard to do with 5 rounds. There is a reason that fighting handguns have evolved to semi automatics.
Whether it is emotion or nostalgia, operating from your fantasy gunfight will get you hurt. A gunfight is a fight involving guns, the operative word is fight. When trouble comes looking for you, how are you going to react?
Rifleman1952
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I usually carry one speed loader for my J-frame but occasionally leave home without one. It makes sense that more rounds are better than less rounds but remember that for many years women and gamblers carried the venerable 2 shot derringers. Those 2 shot derringers did the job in a lot of self-defense scenarios. There are folks who still carry them today.
I have lived in AZ for the last ten years and I have seen lots of coyotes, but I have never seen of heard of one of them attacking an adult human. With the crash in the housing market lots of dog owners simply turned their dogs out and moved away.We now have packs of dogs roaming west of town. These packs maul livestock, pets and on occasion children. Having said that, I wouldn't go out that way without the Mossberg. If I'm in a rough part of town and five shots won't do, then ten more won't help
I thought this was a "what do you carry" thread. When threads like this become a "what do you need" or "why do you need it" discussion things tend to go downhill quickly.
What one needs to make himself feel comfortable is an individual thing. If you put your carry gun away at the end of the day without drawing it then you carried it for nothing that day. You only needed it to make you feel better.
The same goes for carrying reloads. Everyone should arm themselves to their own comfort level.
What one needs to make himself feel comfortable is an individual thing. If you put your carry gun away at the end of the day without drawing it then you carried it for nothing that day. You only needed it to make you feel better.
The same goes for carrying reloads. Everyone should arm themselves to their own comfort level.
FloridaVeteran
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OK, time to fire up the flames. Hornady's Critical Defense ammo has received decent reviews at the least, to my knowledge. Speer's Gold Dots are same-same or close behind. Other stuff is coming out at an encouraging pace.
A PMR-30 22WMR, loaded with 25 rounds of Hornady Critical Defense 45 gr. bullets with the effective poly insert, weighs 19 ounces. By rough calculation, I could carry that gun with 100 rounds at the same total weight or less as a single 1911 loaded with eight rounds of ball ammo. Sure, I'd rather shoot one bad guy with one good round from a .45, but relative to the real world, what is most likely to happen?
A druggie might get to me despite what I could insert into him with such a gun, but generally speaking, round-after-round of noisy ammo that can cause enough hurt to stop a fight ought to be considered as an option.
Like most of us, I have all of this stuff. When there is a bump in the dark, I am likely to reach for the 1911. But after comforting range time with the PMR, it at least will be in my other hand. Lots of "bangs" should not be dissed, IMO, given the "hit" rate in most confrontations. Very few perps will continue to advance under a continuous hail of fire. Otherwise, I was taught wrong in the military.
A PMR-30 22WMR, loaded with 25 rounds of Hornady Critical Defense 45 gr. bullets with the effective poly insert, weighs 19 ounces. By rough calculation, I could carry that gun with 100 rounds at the same total weight or less as a single 1911 loaded with eight rounds of ball ammo. Sure, I'd rather shoot one bad guy with one good round from a .45, but relative to the real world, what is most likely to happen?
A druggie might get to me despite what I could insert into him with such a gun, but generally speaking, round-after-round of noisy ammo that can cause enough hurt to stop a fight ought to be considered as an option.
Like most of us, I have all of this stuff. When there is a bump in the dark, I am likely to reach for the 1911. But after comforting range time with the PMR, it at least will be in my other hand. Lots of "bangs" should not be dissed, IMO, given the "hit" rate in most confrontations. Very few perps will continue to advance under a continuous hail of fire. Otherwise, I was taught wrong in the military.
stiffnecked
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I carry my S&W 642 everyday. I see know reason to carry spare ammo. If I am somehow appointed to a position as a mall ninja I may reconsider. In all my years of carrying the 642 I have fired ZERO rounds in a defensive encounter.
Funkeecowboy
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I always carry one in my offhand pocket and when I wear jeans I put another one in the watch pocket.