Skipper wrote:

Harry Krause wrote:


So, which is the better *defensive* handgun, a S&W .357 mag fitted with
laser grips or a Glock auto?


I'd take a Glock 34 any day over that wheelgun. Fully legal mag on the
Glock holds 17 rounds, standard barrel is 5" long, and if you need them,
lasergrips are available. Oh, and my guess is the semi-auto mechanism is
inherently more accurate than the wheelgun's.


You have a single or double action wheelgun? If double, you keep a
chamber empty for safety's sake? If so, that means the G34 mag holds
more than three times the number of rounds.


Any auto is inherently dangerous for the occasional user *particularly*
in a stressful situation. The double action is much safer. Further, the
persuasive nature of the laser cannot be underestimated to defuse the
situation. The better *defensive* weapon is the S&W.

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Skipper

Laser sights are worthless in the daytime. They are also worthless for
a gun purchased for personal or home protection. How often do you think
you have the time to draw the weapon, turn on the laser, and fire it?
You mention a "stressful situation". To me that means you have no
time to be pointing red lights.

Laser sights project a tiny dot on the target. Unlike the movies, there
is no fog or smoke to project a beam. It's a dot and the target would
have to see it. By that time you're dead unless you are confronting an
unarmed assailant or someone with a butcher knife who is 100 feet away.

Dan