Thoughts on snubbies for pocket carry?

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Never understood the wisdom that a beginner should get a small revolver. They’re hard to shoot with a lot of recoil.
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If they had the money for it, I always suggested a 22lr semi for fun cheap fundamentals practice that doesn't scare the missus when she shoots it and a compact 9mm (19 etc) for carry.
 
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I carried the incredibly light 340PD for decades, but putting it in my front pocket isn't an option for me - it's very uncomfortable to have such a bulky item there. I won't even put my small key ring in my front pocket.
 
**Had a link to a video here, but no workie**

For those of you without instagram it is me shooting at 5in plates at 15m and hitting 3 of 5 most of the time with 4 of 5 once.

Granted it is a .38 T85 with a 2in barrel and it is not a target gun by any means, but I have never felt like I was not safe with it. At 7m the game changes and I can hit about anything I aim at. So it rides in my pocket 1/2 the year, and my wife’s belt line when she is working outside.

I recently inherited my mother in laws LCR in .327mag I think that is going to be my wife’s new all around carry gun. Her mother carried it for a couple years before her cancer got bad.
 
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I love a snub nose, but they are not for everyone. It was really difficult to help someone’s older wife or an older single woman choose between a revolver or an auto for her home protection. On one hand, they had a problem with limp wristing an auto, and weren’t strong enough to pull the slide and clear it, on the other hand they had a problem with trigger pull and recoil with the revolver. The trigger pull could definitely be cured and recoil could be mitigated by Hornady Critical defense Lite loads. In the end, however, it usually boiled down to which of the two the lady was the least resistant to. Not the best way to make a choice, but that was the actual reality in many cases. I did end up with a much easier way for them to operate a slide, for those that chose that route, but it is easy to show, but impossible to explain. Most chose a snub nose revolver (in stainless) because it looked “less threatening” to them.
 
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It don't get much snubbier than this. The top one specifically. NAA Black Widow loaded up with 5 22 mags. It melts into the pocket of even my tightest jeans.

The bottom one is a little NAA CB which I don't carry. Though if I really needed to I could be persuaded to carry it 4 chambers hot with the hammer resting on the empty (black powder NAA has a different hammer type so no safety notches in the cylinder).
 
I pocket carry a j-frame or a Kimber snub nose loaded with 148gr WC in a Mika pocket holster.

I practice the Wizard drill every time I go to the range and dry fire with a snub nose quite a bit. Nothing is quicker to the draw than a hammerless snubbie for me. And in @BatteryOaksBilly words, I’m “LAZY” on drawing 😁.

For me there has been no short cut to proficiency with a snub nose. I’ve put in a good bit of practice, usually to the exclusion of other guns I own. But a j-frame is what I carry. Makes sense to me.

YMMV
 
I use a 337 as my main snubby for pocket carry. I bobbed the hammer on it years ago. I do practice with it. I carry it with +P Gold Dots or Fed HSTs most of the time.

Regarding bullet pulling, I have a 325 PD that will pull the bullets out of Blazer Brass ammo and lock up about round 3.

My Dad carried a hammer-shrouded Colt Agent. I’ve always wanted to find a vintage version to add to the collection just for nostalgia. It’s one of his guns that “got away” at some point.
 
Yup all the time...mod 60, lcr, lcrx, small frame ssa, Taurus 85, 605, 856, Rossi rp63, Colt King cobra.

Nope, regular size pockets. Don't care if it prints, with luck, them as take notice are cute ... :)
 
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