On 10/1/15 1:13 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 9/30/2015 11:58 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 30 Sep 2015 19:06:45 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 9/30/15 6:36 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 30 Sep 2015 03:15:45 -0700 (PDT), "John H."
wrote:

On Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at 8:46:20 PM UTC-4, Alex wrote:
A Smith and Wesson Bodyguard .380 for the wife.

Suck it, Donnie!

Wish I'd a known!

My wife loves her P938.
http://www.sigsauer.com/CatalogProdu...8-equinox.aspx

Her sister has a Bodyguard. I sent them both to a firing course,
each with their guns. They both ended up liking the P938. Now
sister-in-law is wanting to sell hers.

I don't pack but when I did it was my old 1934 Barretta. It was a
little clunky but it fit my hand, I could hit things I could see and
it went bang every time.

The only time I packed in Fla, it was my KP90, but it was legal ;-)


I haven't "packed" since I determined Ingerfool was not on his way down
here with his lamebrained full patch buddies, but if I were still
packing, it would be a small DA revolver, like the Ruger LCR in .357
MAG. I think the small revolvers are more reliable than the more
complicated semi-autos. There's nothing you have to do with the revolver
but aim it and pull the trigger.


Revolvers, particularly 6 shooters are pretty thick. It is tougher to
conceal.

In my mind there's an additional thing about revolvers as a "carry" gun
that I don't like. It's too easy for them to accidentally fire, IMO,
especially those with an exposed hammer. The hammer can become caught
on clothing or inadvertently cocked when retrieving from a holster.
At that point it is ready to fire. I like the simplicity of a revolver
and I think it's great as a home defense firearm but not so much for carry.

For carry purposes a pistol can be made much safer with no round in the
chamber until it is racked. That's how I carry mine in the rare
instances that I have it on me. The extra half second required to rack
a round into the chamber is worth the added safety in my mind.





The Ruger LCR has no exposed hammer, and even on a carry revolver with
an external hammer, it's likely to be DA and you still have to pull the
trigger. It's only 1.3" wide.

Semi-auto pistols are more complicated, and there are more possibilities
of jams, FTFs, et cetera. Pull the trigger on a revolver and it goes BANG!

To each his own.