I got this follow-up story from a dealer-gunsmith who worked in North America - in response to my piece about the merits of carrying an "old fashioned" snub-nosed revolver - when you might have a 'modern' semi-auto of similar size and shape.
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My personal
choice for a ‘carry gun’ has almost always been the .38 Special S&W
M60, here in the US. Whilst I have carried other guns such as
the M1911, 9mm S&W M469, and even a P38, my S&W Chiefs Special has been my
favourite (and I still have it). My reasons are; total reliability,
sufficiently accurate (I used to able to clean the plates at 25 metres, double
action), and adequately powerful with +P 125 grain HP’s. I am pleased to
say that in all the years I carried (here and overseas) I never once had to put my
hand on my gun in a tense situation, but knowing it was there was
comforting.
Auto pistols are OK, and some are reasonably accurate, but NONE of them compare to a good revolver for reliability, accuracy and power. In my
hands over the years I have learned that a good auto will shoot about 4-5”
groups at 50 metres when I am having a good day (and many will only do that at 25
metres). On many occasions I have double-actioned 2-3” groups at 50
metres with a revolver (and shot a few single-action, one-handed, one-hole 5 shot
groups at 25 metres) and I have also shot a 1-3/4” group at 100 metres with my
S&W M29 .44 Magnum, single action, resting both hands.
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