7/24/2007 6:57:07 PM
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Section 8: Handguns Subject: 9mm revolvers Msg# 475728
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I agree with all the points you make and I also would not recommend a snub-nosed revolver as the only self defense gun a person carries. If someone decided to do that, anyway, I would recommend that they pick one with that could be fired single action and become an expert with it. | ||||||
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: Regarding shooting a single action snub-nose, small-frame revolver at distance: I think that if one feels his needs are such that he may have to shoot at longer ranges he has no business carrying such a gun. But I think the reality for most of us city dwellers is that the odds against such need are astronomical. The armed private citizen simply has no reason, right, or legal justification to be engaging in long range gunfights except under the rarest occasions. But that said, yes, it always pays to be prepared, and that is why I can't in good conscience recommend these small-frame snubs as defensive pieces. If there were ever a true "expert's gun" this is it. What I mean by that is that one must practice rigorously to do well with these guns. I myself am only adequate, which is why I only carry mine under circumstances that I am betting will turn out to be ultra-low risk. With all due respect to Jan Libourel and Bob Munden, neither of them are gunfighters. Munden is a trick shooter--a very good marksman, but those long shots he makes with a J-frame Smith probably took hundreds of hours and thousands of rounds of ammo to perfect. As shooters interested in personal protection we should not take any "lessons" whatsoever away from seeing people like Munden make trick shots. Not one man in 100,000 can make shots like that and especially not under life-threatening duress. This thread started out with me telling TJ about a neat little gun--and they are neat little guns--but as defensive pieces they shouldn't be carried by anyone who doesn't understand their limitations and act to counter those limitations through regular practice. |