Snub interview

[Clusterfrack]

Yes, totally agree—except in my wife’s case, she doesn’t want to pick one out. She’s not a gun person at all, but after our 3 cougar close encounter, agreed to try carrying one on our upcoming trip to AK. I think the LCR +laser with very light loads will be a good way to test the waters.

If this doesn’t work for her, I’ll probably sell it. I can’t think when I would actually carry it instead of a G43 or LCP.

(Sorry for the detour from this thread.)

[Guerrero]

General comment: ^^^^^ Don't do that. Let your wife/daughter, etc. pick out her own gun. Unless you really want the gun that you/ve picked out and you're hoping that it'll become yours someday. "Oh, honey, I know you didn't like the gun, but we'll lose a lot of money trading it in, so whyn't I just keep it and get you another?"

Best analogy I've ever read: "You wouldn't just go out and buy a pair of jeans for your wife, would you?"

ETA (humor): "Marge, I got you a bowling ball. It says 'Homer' so you always know who gave it to you."

[backtrail540]

A lot of the stuff DB said in the interview about the role of a snub in a pocket carry for sweats/lounging or in the gun hand pocket as a backup resonated with me and sounded good. Sub 1 second shots, from a position that doesn't scream gun in hand etc...sounded too good to be true. I snagged a no lock 442 this weekend and painted the front ramp orange.

Within just a few draws from a Desantis Nemesis I got several upper A zone hits sub 1 @ 3 yards. With 148 grain wadcutters it was a dream to shoot. 158 grain fmj a bit less but workable. I even went 5/5 on 1/4 scale steel @ 25 in 10 from the pocket. Not bad for a gun in the intended role. I haven't messed with a snub since I was new to guns and it was a poor version. Today was a pleasant surprise and I'm excited to get this thing vetted and use it as a bug on occasion, as well as it's intended role as a lounge/yard work gun.

I'll be getting a steel version or 43c to act as a trainer once this is vetted. I'm digging it so far. I ran my f250 drill, which is gun agnostic as it is only 5 rounds per string with no reloads. It is 5 @ 5,10,15,20,25 on a b8 with a 1 second per yard par. I use it for several things - two being comparison between guns and tracking poa/poi over those distances. I was happy with what I got out to 20. I put a couple off the b8 @ 25 but that's probably my unfamiliarity. It did seem to shoot higher the further away I got but based on one run I'm not making any assumptions. I'll get pics up in a minute with an edit from my phone.

That being said I think I'm going to dig this snub life.


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25 yards


Five 1 shot draws from the pocket @3 yards
1. 1.11
2. 1.05
3. .98
4. 1.01
5. 1.08

The next two were sub 1 and posted in the pic/vid thread.

[Hizzie]

Awesome. Sounds like a conversation I had earlier today.

[backtrail540]

Awesome. Sounds like a conversation I had earlier today.

Indeed it was good talking to you buddy

[StraitR]

I'd like to give pocket carry a try with my 638, but don't really feel like investing in a holster to do so. Can you post some pics or a basic "how to" on creating one of these milk jug holsters?

I saw a photo in another thread from (I believe) @GJM with something similar, but I've been unable to find it.

I happened to run into GJM's pic again HERE. He credits @SteveB for making it.

And so we have visual reference in this thread...

[Willard]

I happened to run into GJM's pic again HERE. He credits @SteveB for making it.

And so we have visual reference in this thread...

Obviously has worked for you without issue, but that trigger exposure would make me uncomfortable.

[nalesq]

Because of this thread, I did some impulse bidding on Gunbroker, and just wound up with this today:



It’s a Model 37 and came exactly as shown in the picture, with the T-grip and bobbed hammer. Somewhat to my surprise, it only cost me $250 ($200 winning bid, $30 shipping, and $20 transfer fee). I was actually worried something was wrong with it, because it was so inexpensive, but I’ve put 100 rounds through it so far, and it seems to work fine.


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[rainman]

Because of this thread, I did some impulse bidding on Gunbroker, and just wound up with this today:


It’s a Model 37 and came exactly as shown in the picture, with the T-grip and bobbed hammer. Somewhat to my surprise, it only cost me $250 ($200 winning bid, $30 shipping, and $20 transfer fee). I was actually worried something was wrong with it, because it was so inexpensive, but I’ve put 100 rounds through it so far, and it seems to work fine.


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That's a great find...congrats!


-Rainman

[Fordtough25]

Because of this thread, I did some impulse bidding on Gunbroker, and just wound up with this today:



It’s a Model 37 and came exactly as shown in the picture, with the T-grip and bobbed hammer. Somewhat to my surprise, it only cost me $250 ($200 winning bid, $30 shipping, and $20 transfer fee). I was actually worried something was wrong with it, because it was so inexpensive, but I’ve put 100 rounds through it so far, and it seems to work fine.


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Nice, that's a slick piece and a good price! Threads like this usually cost me money as well but I finally figured out I need a jframe at all times awhile back.