Yes sir, I realized that, hope you didn't take my response the wrong way.
I also realize the chances are small of ever needing it, but when it comes to self defense, I don't play the odds and err on the side of caution. I guess I've just been pushed to my physical limits so many damn times in the Army that carrying a sidearm anywhere, up or down any moutain or canyon no matter how rugged, does not feel like a big imposition to me. That day may yet come, but to date it hasn't. If that day does come, I imagine at the minimum a Smith "air lite" something in 357 or better is in my future. I just can't imagine being out in the outdoors and not carrying.
