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by Excaliber
Thu Jul 03, 2014 4:57 am
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: Looking for a pocket gun...
Replies: 34
Views: 5688

Re: Looking for a pocket gun...

getamap wrote:Well, I know it has been forever since the original post but I've now had a Ruger LCP and a Glock 33 for a few years. I've gotta say, I really dislike the LCP. I had one of the early ones and I think the fit and finish has improved since then, so maybe i'm just bitter. As small and light as it is it can be taken anywhere, but I do not enjoy shooting it at all. I have pretty big hands so that adds to why I am not a fan. But I do not feel comfortable relying on that gun for anything besides a few last ditch shots. The Glock 33... well, it's a fatty. Obviously not in the same category as the LCP. Whether you like Glocks or not, it is nice to have essentially the same grip/controls/trigger as it's larger siblings we are all used to. I'd like to get a Sig Sauer 938, but I have some other things in line first.
The S&W Bodyguard .380 is a considerable step up from the LCP in terms of ergonomics and fit and finish. Its manual of arms is Glock like if you leave the thumb safety off and ignore it. They should be more affordable now too because I understand it's also available without the built in laser.

In a good pocket holster, it makes quite a nice carry gun for times when you don't want to carry a gun you'd choose if you knew you were going into a fight, but want to have something in case a fight breaks out anyway.
by Excaliber
Wed Oct 06, 2010 8:03 am
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: Looking for a pocket gun...
Replies: 34
Views: 5688

Re: Looking for a pocket gun...

G.A. Heath wrote:I know this is a little bit outside the box but why not find a "pocket" gun along the lines you want chambered in .40S&W. Once you have it in hand you can get a custom barrel maker to set you up with a custom barrel for the .357 Sig. With .40S&W gun and .357 Sig barrel in hand you simply swap barrels and have a .357 Sig. This will leave you with a .357sig version of what ever gun you choose, so put a few hundred rounds through it to ensure it works properly and you should be good to go.
G.A. Heath gets extra credit for creative thinking on this one.

Although it meets the interchangeable ammo criterion, I don't think it has any significant practical value over carrying a small pistol in another police service caliber (e.g. 40S&W) because the duty magazines and the ones for the pocket gun will not be interchangeable.

I don't know of any instances where someone unloaded individual cartridges from one type of magazine to stuff them into another type of magazine during a reload under combat conditions, nor do I think it would be a good survival strategy to spend that much time on this process. Simply carrying a spare magazine for the second pistol would be a much more functional solution.
by Excaliber
Mon Oct 04, 2010 4:01 pm
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: Looking for a pocket gun...
Replies: 34
Views: 5688

Re: Looking for a pocket gun...

The Kahr PM40 carried in a Fist K5 pocket holster with the K5 cover option makes an outstanding discreet pocket carry package.

It's not available in .357 sig, but it delivers police duty cartridge performance in an extremely compact envelope.

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