Don't like airweight snubs.

[Victor69]

Glad your OK Stainz, funny at ar15 there's always somebody claiming the get harassed each time they CC at Wally world.Beginning to wonder about all the bs people post on the internet.

 

[Warp]

I wouldn't use the gold dot short barrel to compare. The .357 load is very light

 

[Guillermo]

Beginning to wonder about all the bs people post on the internet.

some people do...for sure.

I believe Stainz. His account was realistic, he did not make himself a superhero and such things happen often.

When I was robbed at gunpoint and I had the chance to return fire (25 years ago). My performance led me to practice because I did not perform like I would have expected.

And trust me...I pray to God...on my knees...that I never have to put that training to work.

 

[iflyem1]

I have a S&W 337PD that I carry. I like it because it only weighs 10 oz's. Is this a gun I would take to the range and fire hundreds of rounds thru, NO. But I have no problem squeazing off enough to be proficient. Each type of gun has it's place. Some like revolvers for CCW some like semi-autos, some like them light some like them a bit heavier. To each his own.

 

[mavracer]

I go to the range regularly. The competent J frame shot is rare.

I go to the range at least weekly. IMHO the competent shot is rare. Too many have fallen for the 3 shots at 3 feet BS. I see so many shooters patterning their full size guns at 7 yards slow fire.

 

[Guillermo]

I have no problem squeazing off enough to be proficient

We all have our ideas of proficient.

That might be a good thread.

 

[Warp]

We all have our ideas of proficient.

That might be a good thread.

For a bit of a reality check, considier this:

Take a look around at your fellow shooters. The general ignorant shooting-public makes up the majority. How well do they shoot? How proficient are they?

Then, after that unfortunate bit of information, think about the result of the majority of defensive shooting incidents.

Finally, compare a shooting enthusiast with a lightweight snub nose vs the general shooting public with anything.

 

[Guillermo]

You made your point Warp.

I don't think I want to know.

 

[mavracer]

We all have our ideas of proficient.

Finally, compare a shooting enthusiast with a lightweight snub nose vs the general shooting public with anything

I belive this is part of the problem we have here on this thread. I'm sure that many who carry are not as proficient as they should be but it's not just guys with snubs. I find it ironic that people who need a full size all steel gun to be proficient would question the ability of anyone. What's next I can't get around town with a stick shift because they're to hard for you to drive.

 

[Guillermo]

I find it ironic that people who need a full size all steel gun to be proficient would question the ability of anyone

I find it appalling that someone would not want everyone to shoot that which they can shoot well, no matter what it is. If that is a .22LR N frame...so be it.

While I shoot my Colt Cobra well enough for me to say that I am proficient I am better with my Diamondback snub. And better that that with a 4 inch D frame. And I would have to be pretty lazy to carry the Cobra just for the sake of a few ounces.

Not being irresponsible I don't carry a .500 magnum snub made of styrofoam. I wouldn't shoot it well and collateral damage is not something that I want on my conscience.

 

[Prosser]

You can add in diminishing physical skill, eyes in particular.

Sucks when you need reading glasses to see the front site. Wonder when they are going to be able to cure aging corneas?

 

[CSA 357]

i started out packing full size 1911 and n frames then i went to k frames and mid size glocks, as i sit here now theres a mod 38 bodyguard in my pocket, shoots realy good and easy to carry, yea theres time i still carry the 1911 or 3 or 4 inch n frame smith and even then the bodyguard will be in my pocket!

 

[Inebriated]

Glad your OK Stainz, funny at ar15 there's always somebody claiming the get harassed each time they CC at Wally world.Beginning to wonder about all the bs people post on the internet.

Well that's AR15... it's 99% bs.

 

[Poor Knight]

Am I the only one who really doesn't care for the new airweight smith and wesson snub nose revolvers. I've always thought they were just too light. I have a smith and wesson model. 60 made in the late 70s and it has some weight to it but its not like its pulling your pants down when you carry it. Its heavy enough to obsorb some recoil and light enough to carry comfortably. I just never got the practical use of having something thats as light as the airweights are, does anyone else agree

Hate airweight snubs in .38 -- love them in in .32 - want to try in .327

 

[USMC8541]

I go to the range regularly. The competent J frame shot is rare. The one that can shoot a scandium well is exceptionally rare. The one that can shoot a scandium j frame .357 is a unicorn.

I know...I know. Some guys can shoot a hummingbird at 200 yards with 44 magnum made of Styrofoam clenched in your but cheeks while doing handstand pushups on the bow of an offshore racing boat at full throttle during a hurricane.

They must have private ranges or a different schedule than me.



Warp would disagree

You guys are way off base, Go to a hospital in a high crime city and talk to some of the people who have been stopped with 1 38 special round.

It doesn't matter where the 15th shot goes, I matters where the FIRST shot goes

 

[Guillermo]

It doesn't matter where the 15th shot goes, I matters where the FIRST shot goes

I totally concur.

Not sure why you would thing that I have advocated anything other than shooting well.

 

[mavracer]

While I shoot my Colt Cobra well enough for me to say that I am proficient I am better with my Diamondback snub. And better that that with a 4 inch D frame. And I would have to be pretty lazy to carry the Cobra just for the sake of a few ounces.

A: By your own admission your not proficient enough with it to feel comfortable carrying it.
B: By that logic you obviously carry a 8" Python.

 

[Guillermo]

apparently this language thing is an issue for you Mav.

I will type s l o w l y.

I s h o o t t h e C o b r a w e l l . . .b u t t h e d b b e t t e r. S o i f p o s s i b l e I c a r r y t h e d b.

a n d y e s... I c a r r y a f u l l s i z e r e v o l v e r w h e n e v e r p o s s i b l e. W h e n i n t h e f i e l d I c a r r y a r i f l e.

 

[mavracer]

apparently this language thing is an issue for you Mav.

yes we do seem to have a language barrier. Unless you can do better than this in under 2 sec from the low ready at 10 yards with a 4" you have no right tell me I'm not proficient enough to carry an airweight J frame. And for the record that with the +p Gloddots I actually carry.

 

[Guillermo]

you have no right tell me I'm not proficient enough to carry an airweight J frame

I d i d n o t s a y t h a t y o u a r e n o t p r o f i c i e n t w i t h a n a i r w e i g h t j - f r a m e.

h e r e i s a l i n k t h a t y o u m i g h t f i n d u s e f u l
http://www.hookedonphonics.com/

 

[mavracer]

Maybe if you'd get to the range instead of telling people that guy's that can shoot scandium 357s don't exist and ridiculing the ones that can. Then maybe you'd shoot well enough to carry a lighter gun.

 

[Guillermo]

Mav,

You are apparently illiterate.

I never said that it can't be done. I am quite sure that David E can do so. Jerry Michulek surely can. If you are not a liar, you can.

While I am loath to tell someone to practice less....if your shooting ability is as u say...you are a great shot. Spend some of that ammo money on reading comprehension.

 

[Diggers]

I carry a 442 some times. Its a nice carry.

The issue with snubs I see mostly is people think about using them in away they weren't meant for.

Simply put snub are meant for close in shooting. One shooting expert thinks 1 car length is about it for snubs in a combat situation.

mavracer showed his skill with one at 10 yards in his post above. I think that is pretty far out for a snub.

Shooting distances with these guns really are better measured in feet.

 

[mavracer]

You are apparently illiterate.

I never said that it can't be done. I am quite sure that David E can do so. Jerry Michulek surely can. If you are not a liar, you can.

maybe it not illiteracy on my part but alzheimers on yours.

The one that can shoot a scandium j frame .357 is a unicorn.

 

[Guillermo]

if you take it out of context you can make up whatever you want.

if you had the ability to read I was speaking of the people at the range where I go.

Try again Mav. Anyone who can shoot as well as you obviously has drive. Just put your mind to it. You can do it!!!

I go to the range regularly. The competent J frame shot is rare. The one that can shoot a scandium well is exceptionally rare. The one that can shoot a scandium j frame .357 is a unicorn.