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Re: If you HAD to carry a revolver as your EDC... Waders #15946992 03/28/21
Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 10,776 The Palmetto State C cra1948 Campfire Outfitter
cra1948 Campfire Outfitter C Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 10,776 The Palmetto State	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! What about an N frame with a 5" barrel that holds * .357magnums and reloads with moon clips? If I had any inkling that I were going to be in a gunfight and if I had to carry a revolver, that's the one I'd choose. I've had a Performance Center 627 for a long time. A friend came to see it soon after I got it and said he thought it would just be another "game gun" but, after seeing and handling it, he'd carry it as a duty gun (if his agency allowed.) Mathew 22: 37-39

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Re: If you HAD to carry a revolver as your EDC... Waders #15947000 03/28/21
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 15,852 MBS, MI A AJ300MAG Campfire Ranger
AJ300MAG Campfire Ranger A Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 15,852 MBS, MI	4" S&W 586 and a couple of speedloaders in my pocket.

Re: If you HAD to carry a revolver as your EDC... Waders #15947019 03/28/21
Joined: May 2017 Posts: 4,893 Sweet Home W WAM Campfire Tracker
WAM Campfire Tracker W Joined: May 2017 Posts: 4,893 Sweet Home	642 S&W loaded with HydraShoks. Life Member NRA, RMEF, American Legion, MAGA. Not necessarily in that order.

Re: If you HAD to carry a revolver as your EDC... Waders #15947022 03/28/21
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 12,192 Northern Colorado Tracks Campfire Outfitter
Tracks Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 12,192 Northern Colorado	I often carry a 3 inch 44 special. For some reason I shoot it better than the autos.

Re: If you HAD to carry a revolver as your EDC... Waders #15947030 03/28/21
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 33,663 Either Texas or Idaho E EdM Campfire 'Bwana
EdM Campfire 'Bwana E Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 33,663 Either Texas or Idaho	Conduct is the best proof of character.

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Re: If you HAD to carry a revolver as your EDC... Waders #15947031 03/28/21
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 79,321 B Bristoe Campfire Oracle
Bristoe Campfire Oracle B Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 79,321	A 4" standard barrel Model 10 loaded with 158 grain swaged SWCHPs over 7 grains of AA#5

Re: If you HAD to carry a revolver as your EDC... Waders #15947037 03/28/21
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 4,914 seattle, wa, usa O okie john Campfire Tracker
okie john Campfire Tracker O Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 4,914 seattle, wa, usa	There's a lot to like about your current choice. As much as I love older S&W revolvers and hate the lock, I keep coming back to a current adjustable-sight model. They're drilled and tapped so you can add a red-dot sight or the tritium version of these: https://www.dlsports.com/sandw_kln_frame_sights.html. I’d probably buy a Model 66 and carry hot 38s, but I wouldn’t rule out a Model 625 in 45 ACP. I’d get a 4.25” barrel for the sight radius and I’d carry in the appendix position. It sounds crazy but I’ve carried 4”, 5”, and 6” revolvers there back when we called it Mexican carry. A 4” gun is perfectly comfortable plus it actually conceals better than a shorter one. Second choice is IWB at 4 o’clock. If you stay with OWB, then get a shorter barrel so it doesn’t show below your coat. I’d go with Kydex. It’s thinner, stiffer, and more resistant to sweat, plus it’s cheaper than leather, and I’d upgrade to a proper gun belt instead of a dress belt. J-frames and SP-101s are too small for me to shoot well and handle quickly without bigger grips, which makes them as big as a K-frame, so I’ll take the bigger gun and the extra shot. Okie John Originally Posted by Brad If Montana had a standing army, a 270 Win with Federal Blue Box 130's would be the standard issue.

Re: If you HAD to carry a revolver as your EDC... goalie #15947042 03/28/21
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RicG Campfire Regular R Joined: Dec 2018 Posts: 1,368 N Ga	Originally Posted by goalie 3" SP101 in 357mag This to be sure. ^^^

Re: If you HAD to carry a revolver as your EDC... Waders #15947056 03/28/21
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viking Campfire Ranger V Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 17,094 MonDak	If a guy could find a Ruger 9mm revolver, that would be a cool option.

Re: If you HAD to carry a revolver as your EDC... Waders #15947081 03/28/21
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thumbcocker Campfire Regular T Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,537	L frame smith and wesson 357 7 shot from their custom shop/

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Re: If you HAD to carry a revolver as your EDC... Waders #15947113 03/28/21
Joined: Jun 2020 Posts: 9,450 Happy_Camper Campfire Outfitter
Happy_Camper Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2020 Posts: 9,450	Waders, I don't own one of these, but have decided if I buy one, it will be one of these. Chiappa Rhino https://www.chiappafirearms.com/family.php?id=53 OR S&W LW in Scandium. Probably in 357, unless I wanted it to double as a trail gun. Then 44 makes more sense. https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/smith-wesson-model-329pd-lightest-44-magnum-ever-made-105192

Re: If you HAD to carry a revolver as your EDC... Happy_Camper #15947122 03/28/21
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SandBilly Campfire Ranger Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 18,125 🇺🇸	Quote Chiappa Rhino https://www.chiappafirearms.com/family.php?id=53 Never shot one but I’m sure that’s the ugliest I’ve ever seen. ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~

Re: If you HAD to carry a revolver as your EDC... Waders #15947123 03/28/21
Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 17,094 MonDak V viking Campfire Ranger
viking Campfire Ranger V Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 17,094 MonDak	I had the opportunity to shoot that Rhino revolver in 6 inch. Nice. Recoil is minimized.

Re: If you HAD to carry a revolver as your EDC... bruinruin #15947124 03/28/21
Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 30,897 Colorado A antelope_sniper Campfire 'Bwana
antelope_sniper Campfire 'Bwana A Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 30,897 Colorado	Originally Posted by bruinruin 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. And for once, The Fire actually tried to stay on topic. You didn't use logic or reason to get into this opinion, I cannot use logic or reason to get you out of it. You cannot over estimate the unimportance of nearly everything. John Maxwell

Re: If you HAD to carry a revolver as your EDC... Waders #15947127 03/28/21
Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 17,094 MonDak V viking Campfire Ranger
viking Campfire Ranger V Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 17,094 MonDak	Right. It’s turning a new leaf perhaps.....

Re: If you HAD to carry a revolver as your EDC... Waders #15947133 03/28/21
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RAS Campfire Outfitter Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 13,004 In the woods...	Smith Model 638. I carry that right now. I like the option of shorting single action for accuracy and double action for follow ups. If I get a bead using single action, I am going to hit the target where I want. Practiced it for many years. "...aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one." - Paul to the church in Thessalonica.

Re: If you HAD to carry a revolver as your EDC... Waders #15947143 03/28/21
Joined: Jun 2020 Posts: 9,450 Happy_Camper Campfire Outfitter
Happy_Camper Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2020 Posts: 9,450	If you want THE top expert's opinion, go here and search "revolver." s&W even produced one of his own designs. You'll want to bookmark this channel. [video:youtube]https://m.youtube.com/channel/UChk5eyAGuO3J4rV-CiMNkNQ[/video]

Re: If you HAD to carry a revolver as your EDC... Happy_Camper #15947148 03/28/21
Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 30,897 Colorado A antelope_sniper Campfire 'Bwana
antelope_sniper Campfire 'Bwana A Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 30,897 Colorado	Originally Posted by Happy_Camper Waders, I don't own one of these, but have decided if I buy one, it will be one of these. Chiappa Rhino https://www.chiappafirearms.com/family.php?id=53 OR S&W LW in Scandium... 44 .... https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/smith-wesson-model-329pd-lightest-44-magnum-ever-made-105192 I'd like to pickup one of those in 44, with the 4" barrel, but I'd have it ported. You didn't use logic or reason to get into this opinion, I cannot use logic or reason to get you out of it. You cannot over estimate the unimportance of nearly everything. John Maxwell

Re: If you HAD to carry a revolver as your EDC... Happy_Camper #15947151 03/28/21
Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 30,897 Colorado A antelope_sniper Campfire 'Bwana
antelope_sniper Campfire 'Bwana A Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 30,897 Colorado	Originally Posted by Happy_Camper If you want THE top expert's opinion, go here and search "revolver." s&W even produced one of his own designs. You'll want to bookmark this channel. [video:youtube]https://m.youtube.com/channel/UChk5eyAGuO3J4rV-CiMNkNQ[/video] His EDC isn't a revolver. It's a S&W Shield....but's it's still a Smith. You didn't use logic or reason to get into this opinion, I cannot use logic or reason to get you out of it. You cannot over estimate the unimportance of nearly everything. John Maxwell

Re: If you HAD to carry a revolver as your EDC... Waders #15947153 03/28/21
Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 8,891 just N. of Texas O okie Campfire Outfitter
okie Campfire Outfitter O Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 8,891 just N. of Texas	I often carry a 696 3" 44 special A bobbed SP 101 is on the short list A model 28 4" A S&W 1917 with moons Two or three single action Rugers we have are never unwelcome but an early GP100 6" with full underlug may be the most accurate (with 158's) of the bunch and the calming influence of bending that heavy barrel over someones head in a pinch beats throwing rocks at least until you can reload it.... Had one of the Model 13's mentioned above but in a very weak moment it got away from me. Wish that hadn't happened.... One man with courage makes a majority.... ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~

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