wally
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IMHO best way to get good with a snubbie is to put on a set of CTC Lasergrips.
Watching the dot dance around gives very good feedback with which to improve your DA trigger work.
I've a Taurus 2" model 94 22LR ultra light snubbie with CTC lasergrips. Same size but a bit heavier than my SC360 Scandium .357 (also with CTC Lasergrips). Trigger is a bit heavier too, which is not such a bad thing for practice.
Since we have two seasons here, summer and not summer, a jacket is not practical 8-10 months of the year, and a moderately heavy coat is rarely needed more than a few weeks a year.
My carry rotation in order of preference:
Kimber Ultra Carry 45ACP with CTC Lasergrips
SC360 Scandium .357 with CTC Lasergrips
Kahr PM40 with night sights
Kel-Tec P3AT
I choose based on what I can conceal that day and try to dress to help hide the biggest, but I still endup only being able to carry the P3AT far too often.
If size didn't matter I go with a full size 1911, perhaps a hi-cap Para P14, but these are out of the question for me unless I carry it in backback or briefcase.
Other guns I used to carry until I found and could afford better (have had CHL ~8 years) include: Charter Arms Bulldog .357 (2.5" snubbie, lightest weight .357 available at that time), AMT 45ACP Backup, AMT .380 Backup, Kel-Tec 32, FIE "baby browning clone" 25ACP.
There is no single "best" choice. But "have a gun" is the first rule of a gunfight! Thankfully I've never had to be involved in any, but I'm convinced that discretely putting my hand on my piece has had some disreputable folks move on to look for easier pickings on a couple of occasions. Pre-CHL I succeeded in a bluff when some whacko pulled in front of me and slammed on the brakes to make me stop, when I reached over into the (empty, but unknown to them) glove compartment they sped away! This made me one of the fist in line to get a CHL once GW Bush signed off it.
I never miss a chance to tell my anti-Bush friends that Ann Richards might be president instead of GW has she not veto'd the CHL law!
--wally.
Watching the dot dance around gives very good feedback with which to improve your DA trigger work.
I've a Taurus 2" model 94 22LR ultra light snubbie with CTC lasergrips. Same size but a bit heavier than my SC360 Scandium .357 (also with CTC Lasergrips). Trigger is a bit heavier too, which is not such a bad thing for practice.
Since we have two seasons here, summer and not summer, a jacket is not practical 8-10 months of the year, and a moderately heavy coat is rarely needed more than a few weeks a year.
My carry rotation in order of preference:
Kimber Ultra Carry 45ACP with CTC Lasergrips
SC360 Scandium .357 with CTC Lasergrips
Kahr PM40 with night sights
Kel-Tec P3AT
I choose based on what I can conceal that day and try to dress to help hide the biggest, but I still endup only being able to carry the P3AT far too often.
If size didn't matter I go with a full size 1911, perhaps a hi-cap Para P14, but these are out of the question for me unless I carry it in backback or briefcase.
Other guns I used to carry until I found and could afford better (have had CHL ~8 years) include: Charter Arms Bulldog .357 (2.5" snubbie, lightest weight .357 available at that time), AMT 45ACP Backup, AMT .380 Backup, Kel-Tec 32, FIE "baby browning clone" 25ACP.
There is no single "best" choice. But "have a gun" is the first rule of a gunfight! Thankfully I've never had to be involved in any, but I'm convinced that discretely putting my hand on my piece has had some disreputable folks move on to look for easier pickings on a couple of occasions. Pre-CHL I succeeded in a bluff when some whacko pulled in front of me and slammed on the brakes to make me stop, when I reached over into the (empty, but unknown to them) glove compartment they sped away! This made me one of the fist in line to get a CHL once GW Bush signed off it.
I never miss a chance to tell my anti-Bush friends that Ann Richards might be president instead of GW has she not veto'd the CHL law!
--wally.