On the topic of snub vs small auto for entangled mayhem—with the caveat that like most, I’m no Craig Douglas—I’ve become convinced that just about everything else you can do makes more difference than gun selection. So long as the gun is one-hand reliable and accessible, it will do if you do what you are told to do when you take ECQC.
Which is no mean feat under pressure, IME.
TBH, the reason I took a snub through ECQC had a lot more to do with me, and why I like snubs in the first place, and not a terrible amount to do with ECQC’s curriculum. I’ll go even further and say that the ECQC POI had literally *nothing* to do with my choice of gun the last time I took the course, I’m that gear-agnostic on it.
Now, the clinch pick is a different animal. THAT, I am a fan of. But I digress. Back to letting the experts talk.
*ECQC = ‘extreme close quarters concepts’
*IME = ‘in my experience,’ which really isn’t much
*TBH = ‘to be honest,’ which I try for… most of the time. When I’m not bullshitting somebody at a ski resort or something
*POI = (in this case) ‘program of instruction,’ which all these shivworks guys seem to have dialed in
*THAT = an emphatic endorsement of a clinch pick when someone younger, stronger, and better is on you and handing you your ass