I really want to want a lightweight 9mm revolver but bullet pull worries me. It’s pretty well documented in the LCR.
I think the LCR in 357 mag is a bit larger frame than the 38 and if I recall, the 9mm uses the larger frame.
What was the 9mm equivalent of the SW 640? Was it the 940? That would probably be a slick little pistol, if a bit heavy.
I have a couple of LCRs in 9mm. I have checked them for bullet pull. I have not seen any with the ammunition I use (various standard pressure 115, 124, and 147 grain FMJ and Speer Gold Dot G2 147 grain for defense). I won't say there is none because I didn't bring calipers to the range, but I shot 50 rounds of the G2 147s, fire 4, check the 5th against a round out of the box that hadn't been loaded, and there was not a noticeable difference. The same was true with standard pressure ball ammo. I shot a cylinder full of 124 grain +P Gold Dot the last time I went to the range. I didn't check it, but I wouldn't be surprised if it had some bullet pull. The recoil on those was as unpleasant at the .357 Magnum version of the LCR with full power loads. I shoot mostly 147s in mine for practice because they shoot to the sights and recoil is more like a .38 Special.
As for pocket carry, I pocket carry either the above LCR or a .32 H&R Magnum or .38 Special J-frame on a regular basis. I have been pocket carrying a small revolver since I first got my CHP in July of 1995 when I was living in Virginia. When I pocket carry a J-frame it is in the same Kramer horsehide holster I bought for the task in 1995. It is still going strong. I have a newer version of the same holster for my LCR. I often carry a second gun AIWB, but I just about always have a small DAO revolver in my pocket.
The one time I drew down in SD was against a neighbor’s dog that was aggressive. Short cutting the details, had I had a semi auto which I was more comfortable with I may have dispatched said creature, but the k ow you’re backstop held my finger. It would have gotten the job done.
Another time, I had a .38 snub in my back pocket and went to Food Lion in Carrboro. When I was leaving a number of cop cars pulled up and the towns “finest” poured into the place. I have to wonder if some idiot libtard made an MWAG call about me, though perfectly legal.
Perhaps, but the only place I have seen anyone who wasn't obviously a LEO open carrying anytime recently was the Food Lion in Carrboro. It was a 35 YOA or so woman carrying a low end polymer striker fired 9mm (I think a Ruger LC9S, but it could have also been a Taurus, I knew at the time but I don't recall for sure now) in a cheap nylon holster. It wasn't a concealed gun that was displayed by mistake, it was clearly open carry. No one seemed to notice or care.
FWIW, the Food Lion in question (Carrboro Plaza on NC 54) was once a Roses where I bought a $79 Chinese SKS in the early 1990s.
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