What is Your Perfect Carry Combination?

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MashieNiblick

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Let me preface this by saying:
- i don't drive a fancy car
- i don't wear a lot of fancy jewlery
- i don't carry a lot of flash money

My perfect carry combination is:
Primary:
- Ruger SP101 .38 special
Benefits:
- Visual firing pin inspection: Round 1 can be removed and trigger pulled prior to concealed carry- if pin pops, reload round 1, and am good to go
- .38 special ammo enough to take down any realistic self defense target and shouldn't overpenetrate like a .357mag most likely will
- SA then DA (not DA then SA like some semiautos) capability: Hammer can be first line of defense if successful in perp draw down. From than point it's just a small trigger tap for first (and hopefully only) round. If other rounds are necessary, then DA will be used
Drawbacks:
- 5 round capacity

Backup:
Ruger LCR:
Benefits:
- Lightweight: Easy for concealed carry
- Visual firing pin inspection: Round 1 can be removed and trigger pulled prior to concealed carry- if pin pops, reload round 1, and am good to go
- .38 special ammo enough to take down any realistic self defense target, and shouldn't overpenetrate like a .357mag most likely will
- DA only (light too): for backup this is all that is/will ever be needed
Drawbacks:
- 5 round capacity


What is yours?
 
What's that visual firing pin inspection?

Maybe I am misreading, but....
It sounds like you are leaving four loaded rounds in the cylinder and dry firing on the empty to check that the firing pin is working?

Why not dump all the rounds out and be safe?
 
- Visual firing pin inspection: Round 1 can be removed and trigger pulled prior to concealed carry- if pin pops, reload round 1, and am good to go

Saaaay which?:confused:

My perfect carry combination is a Model 60 loaded with BB 158 grain lswchp +P. I carry it in my strong-side (right front) pants pocket. If I feel the need for backup, I will slip a Model 36 loaded with the same ammo in my strong-side hip pocket.

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Ruger SP101 dao two inch iwb and a hard chrome P32 in front pocket. This is my EDC during the week. On the weekends in sometimes carry heavier stuff. :)
 
Wellllllllll....it's not a wheelgun, but rather a g23, loaded with hydroshoks, an extra mag, a pair of Peerless handcuffs and a Lightening Auto opener, or S&W auto opener.

I do have a SP101 in .327 I carry on occasion.
 
redlevel,

me likes the old smith's

just lookin' out for the potential yokesters 'round here. . .

i now have workbench and oldtimer envy :mad:
 
HVR,

good point, have only done it couple times, and once at a range pointing into the dirt mound

does anyone own a wheelgun that rotates clockwise????
 
mr ray,

me foregoes the handcuffs for the cell phone

don't have and wouldn't pretend to have the requisite skills


me wonders why the jimmy sticks(?)

how's the smith one?

just picked up a short 16" baton for simple carry during long dog walks- holster's crap


is the .327 a 7 shot?
 
YES!!!

good point, have only done it couple times, and once at a range pointing into the dirt mound

does anyone own a wheelgun that rotates clockwise????
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Yes,
Colts rotate opposite of smiths, so that is why your practice can lead to a bad accident.

If you forgot which gun is in your hand and left the other rounds in the chambers, and the gun rotates opposite of what you thought.......:eek:
 
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- SA then DA (not DA then SA like some semiautos) capability: Hammer can be first line of defense if successful in perp draw down. From than point it's just a small trigger tap for first (and hopefully only) round. If other rounds are necessary, then DA will be used
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I'm not quite sure what you mean by this, especially the bolded part.

Are you saying that if you have someone at gunpoint you will cock the hammer? That is very much unwise for several reasons.
 
- SA then DA (not DA then SA like some semiautos) capability: Hammer can be first line of defense if successful in perp draw down. From than point it's just a small trigger tap for first (and hopefully only) round. If other rounds are necessary, then DA will be used
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As AH.74 opined, cocking a da revolver in preparing to engage in a gunfight ("perp draw down":confused:) is almost always a bad idea.

does anyone own a wheelgun that rotates clockwise????
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I own a couple of Colts; a Cobra being my favorite pocket revolver.
 
On the rotation of revolvers...

My criminal justice teacher told us the story of a young service man that was on leave at a party; He had "been around guns his entire life". Well, somehow he got his hands on a revolver at the party, figured he'd show off his skills by popping one of the rounds out of the cylinder and shoot the empty chamber into his head. He died. More or less the thinking as to why he did it is the revolvers he grew up with operated opposite as that he shot himself with.

Moral of the story (besides guns are dangerous and respect them) was that Smith and Wesson the cylinder spins counter-clockwise, and Colts spin clockwise.

Smith and Wesson = Two Words = Counter-clockwise
Colt = One word = Clockwise.

I have never been around revolvers enough to verify this authenticity, but I've believed it to be true as he was a very knowledgable man,

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AH.74, dgludwig,

in accordance with the law

i would never draw unless in fear of my life or that of another

on the incredibly slight chance i would ever find myself having to draw, (like interjecting into an assault or something) if the assailant had no firearm and was a few paces off

situation would depend of course, but i may approach it like this:
- draw weapon
- interject with strong verbals and shouting for perp to stop


- pull hammer
- etc.


of course there are circumstances where you must pull in DA first, but i like the idea of one more catch for some scenarios followed by a cell call to 911. . . .

SP101 hammer sounds pretty intimidating, as well.
 
Kahr MK40 or Kahr P380 in a Bandara Gun Leather Co "Beltster."

On the dry firing, I don't dry fire at all but if I were to do so I would make sure it was with an empty gun.
 
Smith and Wesson = Two Words = Counter-clockwise
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Although the new S&W Bodyguard's cylinder turns clockwise. And I think some antique S&Ws predating the 1899 Hand Ejector also turned clockwise, but I"m not certain.

I'll post my ideal carry gun setup later, gotta run...
 
pull hammer
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Why? Why would you cock the hammer on a da revolver instead of relying on a da pull in the scenario you posed? Why would you deliberately put your finger on a trigger that a hair would set off if you didn't need to; when hot adrenaline is pumping through your veins and when the status of the situation can change literally in a heartbeat?
A cocked da revolver in a high stress situation is a revolver poised to fire when you don't intend for it to. Nothing is lost by keeping the revolver in the da mode when a gunfight occurs at close range. The only advantage I can see for firing a da revolver by cocking it first when involved in a shoot-out would be in the rare circumstance when you have the time to assess a relatively long range shot (say any distance much past 25 yards or so) that requires milking all the accuracy you can muster.
 
does anyone own a wheelgun that rotates clockwise????
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Dan Wesson ..............................clockwise
NAA mini revolver .......................clockwise
Russian Nagant revolver ..............clockwise
Ruger (super blackhawk at least) ..clockwise

smith 60 ...................................counter clockwise
smith 325 ThunderRanch .............counter clockwise
ruger sp101 ..............................counter clockwise

NERF n-strike ............................clockwise ........LOL
 
Benefits:
- Visual firing pin inspection: Round 1 can be removed and trigger pulled prior to concealed carry- if pin pops, reload round 1, and am good to go
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Is bad ju-ju to pull trigger of loaded gun you don't want go boom.



VERY BAD JU-JU, you Ga-vey?




Stuff happens. Make sure it does not happen to YOU. There are Four Rules. Just Four......


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