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Wrapping tape around the grip works.

I use hockey tape. Along with various pieces of material over the years on the backstrap to help mitigate the recoil from shooting it a bunch.



People who see it in person often comment about its unconventional looks until they handle it. Then the lightbulb comes on. Shooting it really is educational compared to a non modified one, especially during a long session.







I have over 5 K rounds through this J Frame in the last 20+ years. Only replaced a broken firing pin (so far).



I don't carry it as a primary, but it is rarely far away.

A fresh wrap of hockey tape and it is Good to Go!

Two fingers???


How do you hang on to the sonofabitching thing?

And J Frames can shoot better than people give them credit for.



At 21 feet you can drive tacks with one, with a bit of practice.

A J Frame would not be my choice of a daily carry gun. BTW. I was simply commenting in reference to the above posts.

I do okay single action....but cant do anything like that double action.

W Bill makes some cool Speed Strips carriers.

Charter Arms .44 Special Bulldog


Charter Arms .45 ACP Pitbull


The .45 is a bit bigger and heavier, and also holds five rounds. The Pitbull has a unique cylinder in that it does not require moon clips to hold the rounds at the proper depth in the cylinder. There is a spring loaded retainer, built into each round slot in the cylinder that holds the rounds in place. Pretty slick. When you push the extractor rod to eject the spent brass or unfired rounds, it releases it grip on the cartridge rim and they are easily extracted. I consider both of these excellent "truck guns" and with Buffalo Bore Hard Cast Wadcutters (@927fps) in the .44 Special it provides deep, straight line crushing action on bones, with no mushrooming. The hard cast .45ACP loads provide adequate protection against humans and black bears.






Expect about 24 inches of straight-line penetration in living mammalian tissue with this load


The two non-expanding loads are designed to shoot through large shoulder bones or the skull on a black bear.

Me either.....i can get 5 center mass hits quick DA fire at 7 or 10yds on a silhouette target with my tuned SP101, but nothing like the groups Mackay posted.

If I had to carry a revolver this is what I would do personally.

While I have 2.5" and 4" Model 19s, I don't consider either ideal, though the 4" is a bit better.

The reason being anything less than a 3" barrel and you risk not getting complete ejection of empty cases during a reload.

While the 4" can work, I would opt for a 3" barrel and high visibility, adjustable sights.

That eliminates the Model 10s and 13s.

Ruger makes a perfect candidate in the 3" GP-100 .357 Mag. They can be found in both the standard and Wiley-Clapp version with a Novak rear and a fiber optic front. It is about as perfect as you could ask for.

Loaded with some Plus P .38s, with a speedloader in your pocket, or better yet, a J Frame. One should be pretty well set.

3" K Frame with adjustable sights or a 3" GP-100. Either would do nicely.

The target shown was not fired quickly. It was simply fired standing, and taking my time stacking the DAO trigger. I literally have thousands of rounds through that 442, so I am used to it, and have practiced shooting it out to 50 yards.

That said, most any quality medium frame DA gun from Ruger or S&W can be made to have a very workable trigger, and with practice are quite accurate. The key is lots of practice. Frankly when I take months off from shooting a DA wheelgun, my skills diminish and I suck. It takes a couple hundred rounds to get things back to where they should be again. Most all of us simply don't put in the work that we should to be at the level we want to be when it comes to shooting DA revolvers these days.

Mack, is that paint on the front sight or did you have something milled into place?

Thank you for these great pictures of yours. I suppose that the front sight is the result of an aftermarket gunsmith job.

At those Buffalo Bore velocities you wouldn't get much expansion using lyman#2 or linotype either.
Nice shooting M S with the j frame I have a m60 DAO that was a NYP gun that has great DA and is easy to shoot well.
Pachmyer rubber on it gives it a solid grip. Mb

An ADDENDUM:



[quote=RGK]Nothing wrong with a 66...kinda big, though.
Bob



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My post which is Immediately before this ^^^^ was NOT interpreted For Concealed Carry.

I agree RGK that the 66 is a little too big for C C .

I have 2 semis - 9mm & 40 SW for C C or Open Carry (holstered).

IF I was choosing a revolver for CC and EDC I would choose a smaller gun too.

Again....just for show/tell. It's really hard to beat a 310/325. Compact enough that it's no bigger than a Glock 19/23. Super fast reloads, the shorter auto rounds allow full ejection. 4 reloads on the belt....with 6 in that's 30 rounds.

Those S&W 310 Models are cool revolvers! Never was able to find one I could buy for a reasonable price, unfortunately. 😜

S&W J-frame, stainless stubby in 38 speical. I can draw, point, and fire 5 rounds freaking ASAP into a 9" pie plate at 7-yards. It just points so well for me. Kind of wonder why I bother carrying a 9mm EDC sometimes.

Jerry doesn't carry this, but it's his personalized model JM that he had chambered in 9mm for thousand yard plinking. Lol

No problem. Stainless steel Charter Arms Bulldog Pug with factory bobbed hammer in 44 Special.

Yeah, I really like it. I think the 325 would be pretty cool and really efficient as well. I had a 327 Nightguard that I wish I had kept....357's would be hot, but 8 rounds of 38+p would be a pretty good SD option in it..