the carry question

[usmcxd]

i guess it all depends on your focal point:

# of rounds
OR
less likelihood of malfunction

here's my choice:

[Hondarrgh]

that is sweet.
What model is that and what did it run you?
IM still nervous about keeping a revolver in a "inside the waist" holster. I have this bad habbit of thinking revolvers are just gonna snag and go off.

[einheit 13]

Any 9mm you feel comfortable with. Gives a good compromise between size, proven effectiveness, controllability, weight, and capacity.

[ks_dad2two]

Originally Posted by putt

I have a .38 SW airweight pocketgaurd. press the triger 5 times, it fires 5 times. carry it in your pocket with your favorite +P self defense loads.

LNP

I like my S&W 642 airweight [DA only] small enough to carry, easy to shoot and you don't even have to pull it out of your pocket to fire it! you look like your not a threat when you have your hands in your pockets ....but little do the bad guys know you have a gun pointed at them with your finger on the trigger! plus I like to load and carry full wad cutters loaded +P backwards loaded close up very nasty fragmentation! plus I carry a speed loader loaded with FMJ just because I don't want lead to leach off into my pocket and in my skin on my leg! I beleave what the late great Jeff Cooper[1920-2006] use to say he said "most gunfights happen in shouting range" if you can hit your mark in that range you'll be good!

[gsh341]

I like to carry an auto mainly because I can reload one with another magazine faster than I can a revolver.

[Edubya]

Originally Posted by Hondarrgh

that is sweet.
What model is that and what did it run you?
IM still nervous about keeping a revolver in a "inside the waist" holster. I have this bad habbit of thinking revolvers are just gonna snag and go off.

I carry the S&W 642-2 Airweight w/.38+P also. During the summer months it is very convenient, does not print in my front pocket. I own and operate a small retail business, the customers are not at all aware that I'm carrying.

I am much more accurate with my XD9, I carry it (IWB) during the cooler months, under a jacket or top-shirt. Due to the shorter day-light hours in Winter time, I feel more confident with the more accurate weapon.

I consider the S&W a great "OH $HIT" weapon, not a target pistol!

P.S. It only weighs 17.2oz., fully loaded!

[scooterj]

How about a little of both? Taurus 905 9mm snubbie revolver

[Bycyclist]

Originally Posted by Hondarrgh

Those are the ONLY calibers i am considering BUT, not the only guns. This will be my running, biking, camping weapon. I need to be able to shoot and do it well even when im exhausted.

Given this parameter - hands down, snubbie revolver with .357 or minimum 38+p.

I also run, mtb bike, etc., and I don't know about you, but I've crashed before while riding. Then when I got home and took my 9mm semi-auto out of my Camelbak Goblin, the mag was loose. Appears my impact engaged the mag release.

So that would've sucked if I really needed the gun *after* I crashed.

Go with the revolver for your purposes stated above. Otherwise for normal everday carry, 9mm semi-auto.

[Myk9noseknows]

a revolver is about as reliable as you can get.

I'm looking into a Ruger SP-101 in .357. However, they do make a 9mm model as well.

It's a solid gun and not uncomfortable to fire hot .357 loads in (i can't say that for an Untraweight)

[Edubya]

Originally Posted by Myk9noseknows

a revolver is about as reliable as you can get.

I'm looking into a Ruger SP-101 in .357. However, they do make a 9mm model as well.

It's a solid gun and not uncomfortable to fire hot .357 loads in (i can't say that for an Untraweight)

I went to the range at lunch time today, fired 30 rounds of my .38+P through my S&W 642, for the practice. With double taps being the normal, and as fast as a smooth draw from the pocket holster as possible, from 3yds. All thirty-rounds were inside of 8". I've had the snubbie for less than a month! How much better will I get after three months? Depends on how seriously I train. How will I react in an emergency situation? Depends on how seriously I train, and how confident I am in taking the BG out!