Those who because of profession, location or lifestyle are more likely to face a higher threat level usually pick something else to stake their lives on.
That much is a given. Nowhere here have you seen me try to talk anybody into anything. Merely explaining my choices and why.
I think our biggest issue here is a lack of perspective. Apparently those who live in or near the city, who only use an indoor 25yd range a couple times a month and who only shoot handguns more socially acceptable for self defense think everybody else lives the same way. It's painfully obvious when you see so many folks recommend Glocks for trail guns. I don't live in a major metropolis, or anywhere near one.. Been there, done that, carried a Glock when I did, ain't going back. Like I said before, and again I'm only explaining my own choices, I live in the middle of nowhere. I live alone on 100acres, at least until June. I raise cattle, chickens and apparently barn cats. Shooting is almost all I ever do. I have a legitimate
need to carry and
use a firearm nearly every day. I also shoot nearly every day. I don't carry them just in case a bad guy jumps me, I USE THEM almost daily. Whether it's coons in my feed stores, snakes in the yard on my way to get the mail, rats running out from under the tractor, a fox trotting by on the edge of the woods, coyotes in the pasture, etc., etc., ad nauseum. So it should be rather obvious that I do not have the same needs in a sidearm as your average city dweller. Because I don't. I need a revolver due to its vastly superior versatility and I choose the single action because I like them better, always have. I've got a nice selection of older S&W's that will simply never get used to the extent that my SA's do. In daily life, your average "self defense pistol" has about as much utility as chrome wheels on a tractor. They are far too limited in their practical application. I simply do not care for them and thus, I own few and shoot fewer. I shoot single actions almost daily. I am intimately famliar with them. I operate them instinctively and without thinking. So tell me, why in the hell would I strap on a completely different firearm when I go to town, than the one I am most familiar, proficient and comfortable with? Whether I'm going to a podunk local town for cattle feed or all the way to Memphis or Nashville, it matters not.
For the purpose of picking what kind of handgun to use as a current-day concealed weapon it should be clear that something introduced in 1873 might not be the best choice.
Yes because the S&W hand ejector and 1911 are sooooo much newer.
I will choose my own weaponry based on my own needs, preferences and desires. I suggest everybody else do the same.
