Redcoat3340
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S&W has thrown my IWB carry options into a state of total confusion. That damn Shield has fouled up everything.
For years I honed down my carry options to a few select guns: a S&W .38sp Model 442 (shrouded hammer and Performance Center tuned) for pocket carry; a 9mm Smith Chief's Special also well-tuned; a Smith and Wesson 6906 for a bit more bulk and more bullets; a Beretta PX4 9 Compact for a lot more bullets and a bit more bulk; and a Smith 4513TSW for bigger bore without a lot more heft.
Then I latched on to a .45 Smith 2.0 Shield. It shoots those 45 "flying ashtrays" with minimum recoil, as accurately as I can shoot; and it's small. As small as my Beretta .32acp model 81 Cheetah, smaller than the 4513, smaller than my Beretta 85F .380, smaller, in fact, than almost everything and it even fits nicely in the pocket of the jeans I mostly wear.
And now I'm stuck with a bunch of really good guns that I have trouble justifying for carry. I mean why consider anything of lesser caliber that's actually bigger (except I really like those other guns and I don't want them to feel lonely or neglected)?
Time for a gun safe sale? (Not really, but sometimes it just feels good to gripe.)
For years I honed down my carry options to a few select guns: a S&W .38sp Model 442 (shrouded hammer and Performance Center tuned) for pocket carry; a 9mm Smith Chief's Special also well-tuned; a Smith and Wesson 6906 for a bit more bulk and more bullets; a Beretta PX4 9 Compact for a lot more bullets and a bit more bulk; and a Smith 4513TSW for bigger bore without a lot more heft.
Then I latched on to a .45 Smith 2.0 Shield. It shoots those 45 "flying ashtrays" with minimum recoil, as accurately as I can shoot; and it's small. As small as my Beretta .32acp model 81 Cheetah, smaller than the 4513, smaller than my Beretta 85F .380, smaller, in fact, than almost everything and it even fits nicely in the pocket of the jeans I mostly wear.
And now I'm stuck with a bunch of really good guns that I have trouble justifying for carry. I mean why consider anything of lesser caliber that's actually bigger (except I really like those other guns and I don't want them to feel lonely or neglected)?
Time for a gun safe sale? (Not really, but sometimes it just feels good to gripe.)