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S&W M38 Airweight Bodyguard .38 Special with 158 gr. +P LSWC-HP's...

Can't argue with that choice. Very high on my list, too.

My pocket wheelgun, Taurus .38 Ultra Lite.




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She did good you might see if you can borrow it sometimes.

and they're not exactly stainless steel either.

You know what? I give very little if any attention to rust prevention on my Detective Special and I carry it daily, which involves lots of handling. Maybe once a month I wipe it down. Not a speck of rust. Most people have an exaggerated concern about rust on a polished/blued steel revolver. Unless you are working in Niagara Falls, or wade through swamps on a regular basis, most folks don't need a stainless steel revolver.

PS If some owners of Detective Specials have legitimate concerns about rust, there are several excellent companies offering rust proof finishes which, for a reasonable fee, they will apply to their revolvers in short order.

I am sticking with a .38 Special in two inch revolvers. At the range they are used, it's all you need, and offers the bonus of lower recoil and muzzle blast.

Hey, we agree. It served our police well for decades, and in plus p modern configuration, it's even better at self defense ranges than it was then. The only real problems with .38 Special came from using slow moving round nosed lead bullets, and that only became a problem when cops more frequently had to deal with doped up criminals. Plus p .38 combined with hollowpoint designs does about as much as you can do in a handgun for that purpose without adversely affecting follow up shots or causing problems like excessive flash, blast and recoil.

Hawk, I concur with everything you've said. I was just doing a bit leg pulling.

Mann . . . .

With modern ammo and good marksmanship the .38 Special is pretty darned good for self-defense.

I do happen to like the short-barrel 135 grain +p JHP Gold Dot load from Speer. The Speer stock number for this round is 23921.

The various CorBon loads are all superb but kick about like a .357 mag.

FYI . . .

I have a Colt Cobra and an Agent that I carry. I love the Smith 38 but the extra round mostly makes the difference.

I carry nothing special, but I carry this little fella every now and then:



S&W "J" Frame 38Spl in a Simply Rugged Silver Pancake Holster. It's a nice little package for concealed carry.

I was confused by that holster till I realized that you were left handed.

I am in the S&W camp too - I have a Model 60 .38 and a 640-1 in 357 Mag. Both are equipped with clip draws....The Mag is a heavy best compared to the Ti units, but of course, kicks a lot less. At one point in time I had the Ti 357 mag, which was very easy to carry, but was the hardest kicking gun I've ever shot. So I sold it.

Tom

The new production S&W model 40 is a good choice,,..+P rated.. and it doesn't have the lock which has been incorporated on the other classic series.

Yep. I like it so much, I recently bought one. Well made and designed little gun, and no key lock.