Will Carry

I don't carry a light on my carry pistol od my home defense pistol. Ever since they build that stupid mall a couple of miles away, IT NEVER GETS DARK! The streetlight out front lights up the front of the house! I used to live in the country. Now I live in the suburbs. Yet I haven't moved. I envy you country boys and girls. Seriously though, I don't use a pistol mounted light for a couple of reasons.

To a six year old kid, Elvis was cool. Sandra Locke? Yeah, you got that right.

When I was a kid growing up in rural Georgia, the local movie theater was a magical place to me. This was when there were no color TVs, The TV screens were tiny. When you turned the TV on you had to wait a couple of minutes before the picture came up, the vacuum tubes had to warm up. There were only 3 channels to watch. The "picture show" was the best entertainment there was. I spent many a Saturday watching Elvis drive fast cars, get in fights, sing and get the girl. How great was that? Today I still enjoy the "cinema". I wish they made fresh popcorn today. I also need to take my ear plugs. Somehow they think that if it is really loud people will enjoy it more.

Sounds like you are looking for a truck gun. Go ahead and buy the Taurus. I have a couple of Charter Arms truck guns that I would trust my life to. The only Taurus revolver I have owned was 20 years ago and it was a POS. I understand they have made improvements in their Quality Control since then. I also know some Taurus fan boys who love them.

The TV show Myth Busters did a thing on quicksand and proved that you cannot sink in "quicksand" (theirs was just water and sand). I wanted to slap some sense in those guys. Quicksand is very real and you can sink to death in seconds if you step in it. I stepped in some while fishing on Majors Creek in Lower Alabama and the only thing that stopped me from sinking to my death, was that the Mar bottom of the creek was 4 feet under the quicksand. A Mar Bottom is a hard clay bottom. Quicksand is created when layers of leaves fall into the creek in autumn and get trapped in an eddy. Then sand piles on top of the leaves during high water events. Over the years in becomes a lasagna of leaves and sand. When the leaves break down, they create methane gas, which gets trapped between the sand layers. It's the methane that gets you. When you step in the quicksand the methane escapes and you sink in the hole it creates. I about $#!+ my pants when I stepped in this stuff. It took great effort to get out of it and if the Mar bottom was a foot deeper, I would still be there. I had to use my arms to sweep path through the quicksand and let fresh creek water flow in. That loosened the sand enough that I could belly crawl and swim out of it. I was exhausted after this and quit fishing for the day.

I bought a Moel 36 3" like this in 1980 at the Donelson Hardware Store in Nashville. I still carry it with pride. Of all the handguns I owned before the boating accident, this is the fastest to draw and fire.

I have a 1978 Model 36 3" in nickel. I can draw it quickly and shoot it accurately. It is my favorite carry gun. I carry a back up with it and two speed loaders. I bought it at Donaldson Hardware in Nashville. The advantage of this old wheel gun is the square butt grip. One of the critical parts of a fast draw is to get a good grip before you draw so you will be able to shoot accurately quickly. The square butt is easy to grip correctly. I stand in front of the living room mirror and practice drawing and dry firing, (with an empty gun). I didn't want the Chief's Special to win but it beat every handgun I own.

Every dog in my neighborhood and back then there no leash laws, stopped barking at me, at night. I only did this one time and it worked for the rest of my stay there.

Throw those barking dogs a raw hot dog. Soon they will be wagging their tails at you instead of barking. It worked for me. There was this German Shepard down the road I lived on and evey time I walked by he would bark furiously. I threw him a raw hotdog and he kept barking as I walked by. The next time I walked by at night, he came out wagging his tail and never bothered me again.

You are a good man and did the best you could. I have seen people do the same thing. It is terrible to watch.

The one that seems to be the most valuable (bottom row, second from the left) I a Winchester from the late 1800's that belonged to my wife's grandfather. I gave it to our son to pass it down. The shiny one on the top row 8th from the left is a Linder Scout. The skinning knife with the antler handle, 3rd from the right, top row, is a Silver Stag. I gave it to a friend who hunts a lot. The double edge, bottom row 4th from the right is a Kershaw diver's knife I bought to go on my life jacket for whitewater kayaking. Until I heard about a guy on the Ocoee River bleeding out when one was used to cut away the rope pinning his legs. Double knives are a no no for swift water rescue.

What a great buy! Good on you mate.

Can you guess which knife is the most valuable? Bottom row, second from the left.

I watched a you tube video of a ballistic gel test between a 45acp fmj and a 9mm fmj. The test proved that the 9mm has better penetration than the 45acp, I also noticed that when the 45 hit the gel, the gel block came off the table but the 9mm did not do so. It kind of makes you wonder about the 45acp....................just kidding.

Yard Dog I highly recommend a ceramic sharpening stick along with a good set of stones. Once you get the knife sharp you can use the ceramic stick to keep it sharp and it does remove a lot of blade. I also recommend a pocket microscope from Amazone for $15. 60-120 power. With that you can look at the edge up close.

I like my ammunition just like my women. Big, round and slow.

SOG Flash II Tanto. I always have a knife on me. This one is my favorite.

He walked up to me and said, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY YARD!". He had a nice place on Old Hickory Reservoir. He was surrounded by apple orchards. The property with the orchard was across the road from his estate. The orchard was sold and subdivided. I was working for Nashville Electric Service and we were surveying a pole line to supply power for the new subdivision. I told Mr. Cash that we were going to have to put a guy wire in his yard to hold up a pole. He said "Oh no you're not!" I said "NO we are not." and we had to resurvey the pole line to keep the guy wire off his lawn. He was very happy and I had a story I could tell.

If someone can program it, then someone can hack it. The feds will track it. Only nerds will pack it.

Great post! I have struggled with the same problem. I can draw my little Smith and Wesson model 36 3" and fire two rounds faster than any handgun I own. So that is what I carry at 3 O'clock. To deal with the 5 round capacity, I keep a P365 in a crossdraw configuration at 10 O'clock. If I had to pick just one, I would have to pick the wheel gun.

You cannot go wrong with a Glock 17. Complaining about a certain grip is a pass time of gun forums. I have read many after action reports by law enforcement. I have never read a police officers say "I sure am glad I have that custom grip or I would never have won that fight." Same thing with triggers. As a matter of fact most cops don't even know how many rounds they fired. That being said most shooters just shoot at targets and that is where a comfortable grip, nice trigger and sights come in to play. I have owned a few Glocks and still use the Glock 19 as my go to pistol.

To the original poster: Those are 4 fine weapons! I agree totally with your assessment. I presently do not owned any of those pistols but I have in the past. Thanks for posting that.

1)Can I accesses this handgun quickly and reliably. (Grab) 2) Can I draw quickly and accurately (Yank) 3) can a point and fire quickly (Fire) Of all of my carry guns one stands out. I can draw and fire faster with it than any of them. It my old Smith and Wesson model 36 3" with the square butt grip. I didn't want to admit it so I tested all my guns again and Chief's Special still won. Five shots in today's environment is just not enough and speed loading a wheel gun during a gun fight is out of the question. That's why I back up my J-frame with a Sig P365 or other semi-auto.

I recently purchased a Pitbull in 9mm short (.380). It is a 6 round revolver with a three inch barrel. I love it! I am used to a snubby in 38sp which everyone knows, it's a little snappy. The Pitbull shoots like honey, smooth and sweet. I think the trigger is better than my S&W Chief's Special. I have always wanted a Bulldog 44 special. All the cops used them as an off duty carry or a backup back in the day, but 44 special is hard to get and expensive. The Pitbull 45acp is on my list. I was going to get the Pitbull 9mm but I have a few sub-compact 9s. I like the fact that you don't need moon clips. I have never had problems ejecting the spent casing, if you do it like you mean it. Slap that puppy and all 6 will drop out. Then you have to call "time out" to stop the fight while you reload. That is why I carry a back up .380.

Has anyone had any issues with Winchester White Box 9mm 124 gr NATO ammunition having light primer strikes? My SIG P-365 has had 8 light primer strikes in 450-500 rounds. The fellow I called from SIG said I was using cheap ammo and they couldn't help me. I had purchased 1000 rounds of this WWB and none of my other 9mm had any problem with it. I have never had a light primer strike with WWB but I did switch to Federal ammo and after 200 rounds have not had any light primer strikes (one failure to reset). Has there been any issues with WWB ammo that could support SIGs comments (FYI, SIG's customer service was terrible. The guy actually said "8 failures out of 500? That's not bad." He never even asked me for the serial number, just refused to help. I wrote SIG a letter and they have never bothered to respond)