Just a Hairy Special Snowflake supply clerk with no field experience, shooting an Asymetric carbine as a Try Hard. Snarky and easily butt hurt. Favorite animal is the Cape Buffalo....likely indicative of a personality disorder.
"If I had a grandpa, he would look like Delbert Belton".
I had an incident this week were a fellow shot his wife in the leg clearing her pistol for her. Several witnesses, everyone agreed it was accidental. She thought she might have grabbed his magazine by mistake, he "cleared" her pistol to check, then shot her in the leg when he pulled the trigger to break down the gun.
Sorta around sometimes for some of your shitty mod needs.
My personal perspective: I don't do key fob guns. I find them harder to shoot and less capable in an overall sense. Meaning, I don't like to count on statistics and prefer a weapon that can accomplish the widest range of conceivable tasks. For years it was a 1911 with two spare mags. Now, it's a Beretta 92 with one spare mag. With that, I have reasonable confidence in my problem solving abilities.
My perspective on the big picture: it doesn't really matter. So much of what's really important occurs between the ears. To the extent that those factors far outweigh the choice of hardware. Pick your tool and leave the talisman at home, then go train.
Postscript: I think revolvers are great for amateurs, which includes the majority of the gun carrying public. Most negligent incidents occur during administrative handling and wheelguns are much more forgiving in that realm.
Last edited by Trooper224; 06-14-2019 at 12:10 PM.
We may lose and we may win, but we will never be here again.......
I carry a 642 revolver in my front pocket. It's light, 13 oz unloaded, the shape allows me to draw it with my hand wrapped around the handle(something I can't do with the semi). It's easy to carry. If I were to carry in a belt holster a 2-1/2" model 19 would fill the bill or a lightweight Commander. I am not trying to prepare for a firefight. In a firefight I want something belt fed.
Last edited by Pistol Pete 10; 06-14-2019 at 06:44 PM.
There are a lot of situations where you just can't carry a G19. If you wear any sort of tailored clothes, for instance. A j-frame with a belt clip can ALWAYS be concealed, even in running shorts and a t-shirt...or in a tailored suit...or normal casual wear in hot climates. I don't think anyone would argue a G19 isn't better (though a G17 is noticeably better than a G19) it's that not all of us can hide a G19 all the time.
You need to spend time at a public shooting range just watching people.....absolutely horrific on every level covering every age, gender and experience level. Even “experiences” shooters are terrible. Seen a bunch of guys at competition events who can jack the slide and catch a round in the air (which is a practice that pegs my meter every time I see it), but their finger is resting in the trigger guard.
Just a Hairy Special Snowflake supply clerk with no field experience, shooting an Asymetric carbine as a Try Hard. Snarky and easily butt hurt. Favorite animal is the Cape Buffalo....likely indicative of a personality disorder.
"If I had a grandpa, he would look like Delbert Belton".