Snub 38/357 for HD for me

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8shot357

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Why you ask?

Well, this is how I see it. It's really hard to grab from you if they go for your gun.

That's it.

If you have a bigger gun, or a rifle/shotgun, it's a big grip, and much more easier to get a hold of, not to mention getting pointed in the wrong direction, but the snubby is easier to pull away and take a shot at them if you do it correctly.

This I'm talking about would be in close contact.

If somebody was trying to get in my door and not already in my house, it's rifles all day long though. But I feel best with my snubby, and I have many other options.
 

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I've never gone for anything quite that elaborate, but the short revolver has much to recommend it. You can shove it in somebody's ribs at bad-breath distance and trigger multiple shots without fear of their apparel or personal components tying your gun up.
 
I keep my S & W .38 snub in my pocket at all times in the house. But I also have a 9 mm and a .45 strategically located at different places so one of them is also quick to hand.

When I go to bed I put the .38 on my nightstand. I do place it so the lamp is between me and the gun so I would have to deliberately reach around the lamp to get the gun.
 
My main carry gun is a snubbie. I trust it enough for that, it's convienient (don't have to switch in and out of the safe), and I'm very familiar with it. I see no good reason to change just because I'm in the house.

I once read that Bill Ruger kept a SP101 on his nightstand.
 
Well, you have a valid reason for your choice, so you're right. I'd personally pick differently. Still limited capacity, a .357 snub shot from retention indoors might take a few of your sensors out of the fight as well as the other guy. I generally keep a J-frame in my pocket, good for going off to find a bigger gun. We always talk about limited penetration, heck, what if the guy uses cover? Maybe I want to shoot through my wall! :D That's just me, I know what is outside of my house. (Not much) Everything has disadvantages. If I thought it would stay indoors a Ithaca 37 with 00 and a belt of slugs is probably my choice, if I thought it would head outdoors there are several rifles of meaningful caliber handy.

My HD situation is rather rare, It's big wide open and I could easily see someone who was no longer fond of me being a threat from 200+ yards.
 
Snub 38/357 for HD for me
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Nothing wrong with that. I actually prefer revolvers for HD
over autos. No safeties to worry with "unless we are talking
about Glocks" :D

Revolvers are idiot proof and thats what is needed when
Gremlins are in your house at 3 am...
 
Though I've got other pistols/shotguns I usually turn too, I just shot my trusted S&W .357 640-1 on Friday at the range; it's a great gun. It's only got 5 shots but I still carry it when I go hiking ... it fits great in my fanny pack.

I'm very accurate with it and it is great for close quarters situations. I purchased it in 1996 and will always keep it. As the years pass, I find it more and more difficult to get it in the rotation to carry but it is a great gun.
 
Nothing wrong there. Your thoughts are sound. Besides my wife's home gun is a 2 1/2" S&W model 66. It isn't as heavy as my other guns so she adopted it for her gun. As always pray that it is never needed but be thankful if it is.
 
Can't shoot a revolver from inside a pocket or from a close-to-the-body retention position ....... that side-blast from the cylinder/barrel gap can be nasty.:eek:
WARNING: DO NOT try this at home !!
 
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Yup, I carry a 9mm auto, sometimes with a 38 spl snubbie for a BUG. I'm beginning to think that the snubbie will be enough, night and day, here and there.

Lord help me if it isn't.
 
Your 38 snubbie is 1 1/2 inches shorter than my XD45, 2 inches shorter than my 1911.

A 5 shot .357 borders on totally unmanageable for follow-up shots, the muzzle blast borders on deafening, and the muzzle flash will blind you for at least 3 seconds after each shot in a dark room.

A 5 shot .38 puts out 5 rounds of "low end" borderline SD effective rounds.

Most revolver owners cannot reload the thing in much of anything less than one full minute, . . . when they do, . . . if they are successful, . . . the situation either should be over, . . . or they'll be dead.

My XD or 1911 start at 9 rounds, go to 14, . . . reload quickly and easily even under adverse circumstances, . . . have a track record of very effective in the rounds they deliver, . . . have only a fraction of the muzzle blast and muzzle flash of a sawed off revolver.

Quickly effective follow-up shooting is part and parcel to the breed.

I have revolvers, . . . love shooting them, . . . enjoy hunting with them, . . . but I fully realize that they are the Model "T"s of HD and SD, . . . and fully deserve to join Marshall Dillon's rig, . . . hanging on a peg somewhere.

YMMV

May God bless,
Dwight
 
A 5 shot .38 puts out 5 rounds of "low end" borderline SD effective rounds.
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A 5 shot .357 borders on totally unmanageable for follow-up shots, the muzzle blast borders on deafening, and the muzzle flash will blind you for at least 3 seconds after each shot in a dark room.
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That is not my experience at all. I can do pretty respectable double taps with my dad's Ruger SP101 with full power 158grn Magnums. Though it does get tiring after a while, two or three cylinders full isn't a problem. Also, I've fired a snub .357 in low light without hearing protection and while the muzzle blast and flash was definately noticeable, I was still able to immediately see and hear what was going on around me.

Most revolver owners cannot reload the thing in much of anything less than one full minute, . . . when they do, . . . if they are successful, . . . the situation either should be over, . . . or they'll be dead.
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I'm no Jerry Miculeck or anything, but I was practicing reloading my S&W M66 at the range on Monday and I was able to fish a Safariland Speedloader out of my coat pocket and reload in 10-15 seconds without trying particularly hard.

My XD or 1911 start at 9 rounds, go to 14, . . . reload quickly and easily even under adverse circumstances, . . . have a track record of very effective in the rounds they deliver, . . . have only a fraction of the muzzle blast and muzzle flash of a sawed off revolver.
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Capacity is, I feel, over-emphasized. A self-defense situation, particularly inside a home, is likely to happen very quickly and at very close range. I don't know about you, but I can't draw and fire more than two or three shots out of any handgun in much less than two seconds, an amount of time that would easily allow most people to cover several yards. This means that if someone is willing to brave gunfire, they're likely going to be on top of me in a grappling situation and, as has been mentioned, a revolver can be shoved into someones abdomen and fired repeatedly without malfunction.

Since we're talking about self-defense, if I've got enough time and distance for anything more than a revolver to be useful, I'm going to be reaching for a more substantial weapon than a handgun anyway (I also keep a 12ga shotgun and a .223 semi-auto rifle handy for HD).

I have revolvers, . . . love shooting them, . . . enjoy hunting with them, . . . but I fully realize that they are the Model "T"s of HD and SD, . . . and fully deserve to join Marshall Dillon's rig, . . . hanging on a peg somewhere.
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Yet you still depend on a 1911 which was developed concurrently, or in many cases before, with the majority of modern DA revolvers.
 
Works for me. I keep a 357 loaded with 38's within easy reach at home. I hope it will buy me time to get to my shotgun if I should need it.
 
Tom Givens of Rangermaster has spoken many times about the increase of mulit-member robbery teams. He advises those who carry revolvers to remember that.

And my own advice, if you pack a revolver.... carry two. 11 to 12 immediate shots should cover most situations, but 5 or six might not.

Deaf
 
Can't shoot a revolver from inside a pocket or from a close-to-the-body retention position ....... that side-blast from the cylinder/barrel gap can be nasty.

Totally and completely false.
 
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