I was at a local shop yesterday looking for a coat pocket gun. I had in mind the Ruger LCRx .357 3" barrel. The lenght and height are about the same as the old CZ-70 I currently carry in that pocket sometimes, and it is old and shoots .32 ACP so, every once in a while I think about upgrading it. The S&W 60 is only about 2 oz. heavier than the LCRx in the same barrel lenght in .357. The .38+P LCRx is much lighter than both, about 15 oz. so, a solid 30%ish lighter. I don't expect to shoot much if any full house .357 loads, but even shooting .38 Special +P I can't imagine that would be fun in a 15 oz Revolver. I'd like to enjoy shooting whatever I get, and I can handload to whatever recoil level I like in .38 cases or .357 cases.
I also had in mind to look at a Ruger SP101 same cartrdige and barrel lenght, goes about 2 more oz. in weight than the S&W Mod 60. The CZ weighs 24 or 25 oz. unloaded. the SP101 runs 27 oz. My assumption is the SP101 would be the most freindly to shoot hotter loads through it, however hot that might be, no idea. I've seen some videos of people shooting .357 out of firearms this size and most of it looks not fun.
Anyway, I may carry it in a shoulder holster, or OWB, never took to IWB. Unless it is summer I just put it in my front coat pocket where your right hand is on that pocket. Looks like you might have gloves or something in that pocket, so - that's fine to me. Sometimes I'll put it in the inside coat pocket depending on coat, but for the most part, I throw something in the console of the auto or just in a coat pocket. In the summer I go with a NAA mini - if shorts and tshirt weather. I might just switch to carrying this hiking OWB, maybe get something that looks like a cell phone case or something and roll with it.
Looking for input on people who've been down this path and made a pick. Yeah, yeah, I know I should get one of each. Trying to figure out the compromize between size and weight and shootability. I've fired some very small guns my friends brought to the range little 9mm this or thats, and they are not fun to shoot at all. I guess I don't want it to be too light and snappy and lose the fun factor. Guess I could just load mouse fart loads, and get the LCRx in .38 Special +P, and then carry +P, but outside of having to take out and plug that dumb lock they put on S&W revolvers, the one I looked at seemed really nice to me. Pricey, but really nice. I have an older Model 10, so - I'm kind of familiar with S&W revolvers already, well - old ones, not so much anything new.
I also had in mind to look at a Ruger SP101 same cartrdige and barrel lenght, goes about 2 more oz. in weight than the S&W Mod 60. The CZ weighs 24 or 25 oz. unloaded. the SP101 runs 27 oz. My assumption is the SP101 would be the most freindly to shoot hotter loads through it, however hot that might be, no idea. I've seen some videos of people shooting .357 out of firearms this size and most of it looks not fun.
Anyway, I may carry it in a shoulder holster, or OWB, never took to IWB. Unless it is summer I just put it in my front coat pocket where your right hand is on that pocket. Looks like you might have gloves or something in that pocket, so - that's fine to me. Sometimes I'll put it in the inside coat pocket depending on coat, but for the most part, I throw something in the console of the auto or just in a coat pocket. In the summer I go with a NAA mini - if shorts and tshirt weather. I might just switch to carrying this hiking OWB, maybe get something that looks like a cell phone case or something and roll with it.
Looking for input on people who've been down this path and made a pick. Yeah, yeah, I know I should get one of each. Trying to figure out the compromize between size and weight and shootability. I've fired some very small guns my friends brought to the range little 9mm this or thats, and they are not fun to shoot at all. I guess I don't want it to be too light and snappy and lose the fun factor. Guess I could just load mouse fart loads, and get the LCRx in .38 Special +P, and then carry +P, but outside of having to take out and plug that dumb lock they put on S&W revolvers, the one I looked at seemed really nice to me. Pricey, but really nice. I have an older Model 10, so - I'm kind of familiar with S&W revolvers already, well - old ones, not so much anything new.