Ice,
I'm not talking about going into the woods with an injured arm.
I've come outa the woods bunged up someplace far more often than I've gone into the woods that way. It's not something you plan, it's something that happens. Nice to be able to adapt when it does.
Bear startles you, you back up two steps, trip & fall on your strong arm, you won't be getting your Mare's Leg up & running anywhere near as effectively as you could with a revolver in your non-injured hand.
If the issue is self defense, the ML simply can't handle as wide a range of scenarios as efficiently across the board as a good DA revolver can, and not all such scenarios will present either a close-up hip-firing resolution or a leisurely longer distance resolution. That board will not be filled with a sufficient number of square holes to fit the ML's square peg to make it practical.
Bears aren't the only trail threat, either. Lotta strange people wandering around far from civilization & every year DBs turn up somewhere in the wilds. Not to mention encounters with ****** off mooses, encroaching wolves, and the occasional free-range bull that objects to your presence & charges. Threats vary from region to region.
The ML is also going to be more sensitive to cartridge OALs & bullet ogives, and it certainly can't be carried as compactly or as conveniently as a four-inch .44 Mag revolver.
I have a good Mernickle holster for my Rossi, but it doesn't ride in the truck conveniently on my body like my 4-inch Smiths & Rugers do. Holstered in the 2-seater ATV, very much an uncomfortable & slow proposition to ride with or get at in a hurry if needed.
The backpack-type holsters are OK for conventional ATVs without seatbacks, and/or walking on the ground, but not so great while trying to drive the truck with the rig between your back & the seatback. (I like to keep my handguns on my body when I'm wandering the outback.)
Whereas the holstered revolver on the belt doesn't cause discomfort anywhere & can be accessed in a hurry from a seated position on just about any type of vehicle.
Even on the ground, if you should happen to fall backwards & land on the rig while something or somebody's coming at you, you won't be able to get the gun out & into action while laying on your back as quick & easy as you could a revolver from a belt holster.
I've worked with a revolver from that on-the-back on-the-ground position as part of ancient LE training. It's do-able if you can get at your sidearm, ON YOUR SIDE, but trying to squirm around to unlimber an ML from a backpack-style is much more complicated.
I'm only pointing out where & why the ML concept is a poor one, compared to better choices.
If you insist on square-pegging it, it's your choice, just make it a realistic & informed choice, and understand its limitations.
I quite like my chopped Rossi & my Chiappa is very well made, but they'd only be used for SD purposes if they were absolutely the only gun I had.
Denis
I'm not talking about going into the woods with an injured arm.
I've come outa the woods bunged up someplace far more often than I've gone into the woods that way. It's not something you plan, it's something that happens. Nice to be able to adapt when it does.
Bear startles you, you back up two steps, trip & fall on your strong arm, you won't be getting your Mare's Leg up & running anywhere near as effectively as you could with a revolver in your non-injured hand.
If the issue is self defense, the ML simply can't handle as wide a range of scenarios as efficiently across the board as a good DA revolver can, and not all such scenarios will present either a close-up hip-firing resolution or a leisurely longer distance resolution. That board will not be filled with a sufficient number of square holes to fit the ML's square peg to make it practical.
Bears aren't the only trail threat, either. Lotta strange people wandering around far from civilization & every year DBs turn up somewhere in the wilds. Not to mention encounters with ****** off mooses, encroaching wolves, and the occasional free-range bull that objects to your presence & charges. Threats vary from region to region.
The ML is also going to be more sensitive to cartridge OALs & bullet ogives, and it certainly can't be carried as compactly or as conveniently as a four-inch .44 Mag revolver.
I have a good Mernickle holster for my Rossi, but it doesn't ride in the truck conveniently on my body like my 4-inch Smiths & Rugers do. Holstered in the 2-seater ATV, very much an uncomfortable & slow proposition to ride with or get at in a hurry if needed.
The backpack-type holsters are OK for conventional ATVs without seatbacks, and/or walking on the ground, but not so great while trying to drive the truck with the rig between your back & the seatback. (I like to keep my handguns on my body when I'm wandering the outback.)
Whereas the holstered revolver on the belt doesn't cause discomfort anywhere & can be accessed in a hurry from a seated position on just about any type of vehicle.
Even on the ground, if you should happen to fall backwards & land on the rig while something or somebody's coming at you, you won't be able to get the gun out & into action while laying on your back as quick & easy as you could a revolver from a belt holster.
I've worked with a revolver from that on-the-back on-the-ground position as part of ancient LE training. It's do-able if you can get at your sidearm, ON YOUR SIDE, but trying to squirm around to unlimber an ML from a backpack-style is much more complicated.
I'm only pointing out where & why the ML concept is a poor one, compared to better choices.
If you insist on square-pegging it, it's your choice, just make it a realistic & informed choice, and understand its limitations.
I quite like my chopped Rossi & my Chiappa is very well made, but they'd only be used for SD purposes if they were absolutely the only gun I had.
Denis
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