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Re: If you HAD to carry a revolver as your EDC... Waders #15946763 03/28/21
Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 47,132 south texas-Corpus Christi stxhunter Campfire 'Bwana
stxhunter Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 47,132 south texas-Corpus Christi	carry it every day almost, winter I'll carry a full size 1911. God bless Texas----------------------- Old 300 I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull Its not how you pick the booger.. but where you put it !! Roger V Hunter

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Re: If you HAD to carry a revolver as your EDC... Waders #15946776 03/28/21
Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 3,194 M MarkWV Campfire Tracker
MarkWV Campfire Tracker M Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 3,194	I’ve been known to stick a S&W M&P340 in my pocket running around town. Have a couple of Speed Strips. Using aftermarket Hogue grips gets you away from “2 fingered” grips.

Re: If you HAD to carry a revolver as your EDC... Waders #15946787 03/28/21
Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 5,192 Slavek Campfire Tracker
Slavek Campfire Tracker Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 5,192	Originally Posted by Waders If you were to pick a revolver for your full-time EDC, with the expectation that one day you might be the target of an attack directed specifically at you (not just some random mugger or crazy guy), what would you carry? I ask, because my home state is extreme enough to try to ban all semi-autos. I'm not saying such a ban would survive judicial scrutiny, but in case I have to pack a revolver for a year or so while the appeal process works, I want to own/practice with my gun in advance rather than join the rush of people all shopping at once. PLEASE - Let's NOT discuss politics or delve into a constitutional debate. Just talk revolvers you'd carry as an EDC if that were your only choice. Thanks! And if you care, currently my default choice, based on what I already own would be a pinned/recessed Smith 66-1 2.5" in an OWB holster with a speed strip in each front pocket of my suit pants. I'm thinking I might want a 4" gun for the longer sight radius (my near vision is not great), but I'm not sure. Alloy- framed six-shot Colt revolver chambered for .38 Special. S&W version is called Model 12.

Re: If you HAD to carry a revolver as your EDC... goalie #15946788 03/28/21
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rong Campfire Outfitter R Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 10,731 upstate ny	[quote=goalie]3" SP101 in 357mag (quote) Good idea,mine is a 9mm

Re: If you HAD to carry a revolver as your EDC... The_Real_Hawkeye #15946789 03/28/21
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45_100 Campfire Tracker 4 Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 4,934 SE Arizona	Originally Posted by The_Real_Hawkeye Originally Posted by 45_100 My EDC is a Cimarron Lightning in 38 special with 3 1/2" barrel. Not ideal I know because it is single action. But it is a smaller frame than the full size Colt or Ruger. The main reason I carry it is because I have to deal deal with injured livestock from time to time. I think it is adequate to deal with deranged people if necessary. I carry it in a modified Galco SAO holster which can be carried strong side or cross draw. My second choice is just what you described. With a fixed blade knife, chaps, a rope and handgun it starts to add up. The original Colt Lightning was double action. Why is yours only single action? You are correct. From what I understand the Colt Lightning was somewhat fragile and tended to break. Hard to find one in good working condition and they are highly prized if found. Cimarron has used this as a marketing gimmick and advertises the single action Lightning as " the gun Colt should have made". This gun has the firing pin in the frame but I don't think it has a hammer block so I carry five rounds. They also make the Thunderer which is a full size SA revolver with the Colt style firing pin on the hammer. I think it is all about marketing. Good question and very observent.

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Re: If you HAD to carry a revolver as your EDC... Waders #15946794 03/28/21
Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 2,697 Texas R RGK Campfire Regular
RGK Campfire Regular R Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 2,697 Texas	M10-8 in .38. Worked well in the big city This works if you have to keep a low profile. I still carry this daily in retirement. Preferable (to me) to a semi, but I'm not expecting a reinforced Haji rifle squad. Last edited by RGK; 03/28/21.

Re: If you HAD to carry a revolver as your EDC... goalie #15946818 03/28/21
Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 13,606 Middle of SD Colorado1135 Campfire Outfitter
Colorado1135 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 13,606 Middle of SD	Originally Posted by goalie 3" SP101 in 357mag nailed it right out of the gate. hands down what I would do Beware of any old man in a profession where one usually dies young. Calm seas don't make sailors.

Re: If you HAD to carry a revolver as your EDC... Waders #15946822 03/28/21
Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 47,132 south texas-Corpus Christi stxhunter Campfire 'Bwana
stxhunter Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 47,132 south texas-Corpus Christi	Originally Posted by Waders For all those suggesting 5-shot J Frames, I appreciate your input, but is that really the gun you want for a gunfight? It's a serious question, not a criticism. Size and weight aren't going to be the deal breaker here for me (within reason--I'm probably not going to opt for an N Frame with a 8 3/8" barrel). If somebody was waiting for me in the parking lot and the fight was on, I'm thinking I'd want a real rear sight--not just a notch, and bit more grip than the typical 2 finger. How much sight radius would you want? I'm talking in terms of fighting back against a determined attacker. Thanks! I can hit clay pigeons easy at fifty yards with my sps101 and no problem hitting a chest size target at a 100 God bless Texas----------------------- Old 300 I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull Its not how you pick the booger.. but where you put it !! Roger V Hunter

Re: If you HAD to carry a revolver as your EDC... Waders #15946823 03/28/21
Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 6,454 Mountains of Central PA Terryk Campfire Tracker
Terryk Campfire Tracker Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 6,454 Mountains of Central PA	I carry a SW 360PD in 357 mag when I hike. I think it weights 12 ounces. Actually hurts to shoot 357 kinda, so a better carry than range gun for salty loads. I also have the same 329 in 44 mag, but it is pretty big. I think it weighs about 27 ounces? Anyway it is not pleasant to shoot with full loads, but a lot better than the 357. I do think the 360 is a good carry.

Re: If you HAD to carry a revolver as your EDC... Waders #15946832 03/28/21
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BillyGoatGruff Campfire Ranger B Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 19,476 MAGA	I can and do carry my 4" 586 a fair bit, but if I were in town more than the woods, it'd be a 3" mod 60. Real sights, extremely easy for me to shoot accurately. I replaced the springs and smoothed the action. With some .38 +p sjhp I don't feel undergunned in the least when I'm carrying it in town. MAGA

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Re: If you HAD to carry a revolver as your EDC... Waders #15946853 03/28/21
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 46,245 Oklahoma G gunner500 Campfire 'Bwana
gunner500 Campfire 'Bwana G Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 46,245 Oklahoma	As i've already ground that useless hump off the Hogue grips that hindered speedy speed loading on my old 1st Gen 4" 357 mag Colt Trooper as well as having 6 speedloaders for it, that would be the one, it's accurate, smother than smooth and dependable. 125gr XTP's 1450. 125gr Barnes hp's 1450. 140gr Barnes hp's 1400........................drill bit load. 158gr cast Performance hard cast, 1366. I suppose a man could get most all of it done with those loads, that 140 Barnes is ugly. Trump Won!

Re: If you HAD to carry a revolver as your EDC... Waders #15946870 03/28/21
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 25,858 West Treasure Valley, Idaho I Idaho_Shooter Campfire Ranger
Idaho_Shooter Campfire Ranger I Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 25,858 West Treasure Valley, Idaho	Originally Posted by Waders If you were to pick a revolver for your full-time EDC, with the expectation that one day you might be the target of an attack directed specifically at you (not just some random mugger or crazy guy), what would you carry? I ask, because my home state is extreme enough to try to ban all semi-autos. I'm not saying such a ban would survive judicial scrutiny, but in case I have to pack a revolver for a year or so while the appeal process works, I want to own/practice with my gun in advance rather than join the rush of people all shopping at once. PLEASE - Let's NOT discuss politics or delve into a constitutional debate. Just talk revolvers you'd carry as an EDC if that were your only choice. Thanks! And if you care, currently my default choice, based on what I already own would be a pinned/recessed Smith 66-1 2.5" in an OWB holster with a speed strip in each front pocket of my suit pants. I'm thinking I might want a 4" gun for the longer sight radius (my near vision is not great), but I'm not sure. Around here it would be a choice between a snub nose LCRx and a 4 inch SP101, each in 327 mag loaded with a powder coated 120 gr hardcast over a case full of H110. The LCR fits well in a pocket. Carrying the SP 101 requires holster. People who choose to brew up their own storms bitch loudest about the rain.

Re: If you HAD to carry a revolver as your EDC... RockyRaab #15946873 03/28/21
Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 131,559 USA T The_Real_Hawkeye Campfire Sage
The_Real_Hawkeye Campfire Sage T Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 131,559 USA	Originally Posted by RockyRaab I wear a revolver by choice. First generation Charter Bulldog .44 Special, bull barrel. Loaded and in the pancake holster, it's less then 1.5 pounds. One speed loader and a speed strip for reloads. Summer load is 210 gr Silvertips, winter load is 240 gr SWC. I carried one of those for a while back in the 1980s. Great choice.

Re: If you HAD to carry a revolver as your EDC... MAC #15946880 03/28/21
Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 131,559 USA T The_Real_Hawkeye Campfire Sage
The_Real_Hawkeye Campfire Sage T Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 131,559 USA	Originally Posted by MAC Colt Detective Special in 38. I carried one for years and it would do anything I needed it to. For me it was a matter of what it would do at 10 feet and loaded with hollowpoints that little pistol was more than accurate enough and a 38 hollowpoint in the chest is a great equalizer. Another one that I carried daily for years, back approximately somewhere between 2005 and 2010. Another excellent choice.

Re: If you HAD to carry a revolver as your EDC... RGK #15946905 03/28/21
Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 131,559 USA T The_Real_Hawkeye Campfire Sage
The_Real_Hawkeye Campfire Sage T Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 131,559 USA	Originally Posted by RGK M10-8 in .38. Worked well in the big city [img]https://i.imgur.com/dML0IQT.jpg[/img Yep. Same appeal as the FBI configured Model 13.

Re: If you HAD to carry a revolver as your EDC... Waders #15946916 03/28/21
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shootAI Campfire Regular S Joined: May 2013 Posts: 869 Prospect creek, MT	3” for me as well. Either mdl 60 or kimber K6S DASA. Never thought I would love the kimber but I do. Very accurate for me and zero problems so far.

Re: If you HAD to carry a revolver as your EDC... Waders #15946922 03/28/21
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DMc Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 41,340 TX	Make Gitmo Great Again!! Who gave the order to stop counting votes in the swing states on the night of November 3/4, 2020?

Re: If you HAD to carry a revolver as your EDC... Waders #15946933 03/28/21
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shootAI Campfire Regular S Joined: May 2013 Posts: 869 Prospect creek, MT	Or 3 speed six

Re: If you HAD to carry a revolver as your EDC... Waders #15946934 03/28/21
Joined: Sep 2014 Posts: 21,771 Clinging to our God and Guns Dillonbuck Campfire Ranger
Dillonbuck Campfire Ranger Joined: Sep 2014 Posts: 21,771 Clinging to our God and Guns	I find many answers interesting. The question, simply, was what would you carry if you had reasonable expectation of bring attacked by an asassin? Hit man? Like you are a DA or judge in an organized crime trial? Most would say a shotgun or rifle. Hired bodyguards if practical? But limited to revolvers? So we get answers to what's the nicest revolver to carry? In the remote, off chance, you might possibly, sometime, maybe, need it? But then, I guess some would grab a small gripped, short barrel, lightweight, crappy sighted, 5 shot to go into a fight? Not in case, but into a fight? It's the difference between your walking around 223 in case you want to shoot something, and a "following a wounded Brown Bear in the pucker brush gun". Waders, I probably destroyed your thread, sorry. Parents who say they have good kids..Usually don't!

Re: If you HAD to carry a revolver as your EDC... Dillonbuck #15946988 03/28/21
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 19,503 Tip of the Mitten bruinruin Campfire Ranger
bruinruin Campfire Ranger Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 19,503 Tip of the Mitten	Originally Posted by Dillonbuck I find many answers interesting. The question, simply, was what would you carry if you had reasonable expectation of bring attacked by an asassin? Hit man? Like you are a DA or judge in an organized crime trial? Most would say a shotgun or rifle. Hired bodyguards if practical? But limited to revolvers? So we get answers to what's the nicest revolver to carry? In the remote, off chance, you might possibly, sometime, maybe, need it? But then, I guess some would grab a small gripped, short barrel, lightweight, crappy sighted, 5 shot to go into a fight? Not in case, but into a fight? It's the difference between your walking around 223 in case you want to shoot something, and a "following a wounded Brown Bear in the pucker brush gun". Waders, I probably destroyed your thread, sorry. The OP specifically asked for revolver recommendations. 4 out of 5 Great Lakes prefer Michigan.

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