Revolvers as CCW guns?

[Adam Helmer]

Very thoughtful responses guys.

kt & Tater,

I agree with you that newbies handle revolvers better than semis because most folks have shot water pistols and capguns in their youth and the knowledge is applicable to DA fire. Many semis have a confusing array of safeties, decocking levers, grip safties, etc. that a newbie will forget to overcome in gravest extreme.

I like my 2-inch M10 Smith, 2-inch Cobra (nickel) and 3-inch M65 Smith for CCW carry because I can get them into operation single handed, with either hand. I know folks who carry a M1911 with the chamber empty and thus they need two hands to get their gun into action. When we went to the Glock M17/M19 back in 1989, many old agents refused to carry the Glocks chamber loaded per regulations. I advised them that racking the slide is a noisy operation that would immediately draw hostile fire when faced with an armed assailant(s). Several old revolver-oriented agents insisted on an empty Glock chamber so management allowed them to carry revolvers until they retired.

Adam