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Need some advice

tn_writertn_writer Member Posts: 6 ✭✭
edited June 2002 in General Discussion
The misses and I would like to go to Az. for the weekend to get away. My problem is with the fight brewing between Az. and Commieforina Is it going to be safe for me or will I have to put a big sign on my truck saying I support the law and take my chances.
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  • tn_writertn_writer Member Posts: 6 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    My wife recently got her carry / conceal permit. She isn't comfortable with a semi-auto, and I was looking at something in a revolver for her, maybe a Ladysmith. She will carry it in her car mostly, but occasionally in her purse, so I thought it would be a good idea to get a hammerless revolver. The Ladysmith isn't cheap, and I was wondering if any of you guys had some other good alternatives for me. Either a .38 or a .357.

    Thanks!
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  • tn_writertn_writer Member Posts: 6 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    First a little background. Some stray cats wondered up to my house and they needed FOOD! We feed them, they hung around, they adopted us, they started a little family, darn it!! Well, now I have 4 kittens and two adults. So we put food outside for all these animals. The food has seemed to attract other animals that are not so tame. Namely a big fricken racoon AKA racacoon (my youngest). Male kitty (daddy) is trying to do his job (protection) but this is a big *! I am tired of this disease carrying sucker and need to know a good way to end his existence. Sub-sonic 22???
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  • tn_writertn_writer Member Posts: 6 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    hey you all need some advice.whats the names of some dropshippers im looking to start up my own home buissness.tried just searching dropshippers but who can you truly trust???
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  • tn_writertn_writer Member Posts: 6 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm in the process of making my scheduel for next fall. should i take 3 classes in my major and 2 gen-eds with one class on mon wens fri or should I spread them out. classes fill up here real fast and i dont have priority registration till the spring semester.its a hard choice because that is my off season for track, and i just bought six new tree stands for bow season. do I have a 2 hell days or and 3 easy days or have an even scheduel. any suggestions will be helpfull
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  • RugerNinerRugerNiner Member Posts: 12,636 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Titanium - .32 or .38
    Extremely light and recoil is lighter with a lesser caliber, which is needed or at least helpful with a gun that weighs just ounces.
    It won't weigh down her purse also.

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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    But pretty spendy! Take a look at the Taurus offerings.
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  • simonbssimonbs Member Posts: 994 ✭
    edited November -1
    Taurus makes a SS hammerless that is easy on the check book and of good quality.

    I just bought my baby Sister a Taurus M85 (has hammer spur) and its a great little shooter.
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  • kwwoodykwwoody Member Posts: 11 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    tn

    Taurus is a good idea, I had several and still own a couple. My wife preferred a revolver vs. a semi because she felt it was less completed to operate(safeties, jams etc). Since she is not one to clean her gun on a regular basis, I think the revolver was a good choice for her. .38 2" barrel, she had better control with Hogue monogrip with fingergrooves.
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  • offerorofferor Member Posts: 8,625 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Taurus is probably the number one choice in your shoes. The SP101 snubby comes immediately to mind. She could buy the .357, by the way, and still load it with .38 special if she wanted to.

    The only other name on the radar for you is Charter Arms (aka Charco or Charter 2000). They make very lightweight revolvers holding 5 or 6 rounds and some are available with a bobbed "pocket hammer," though your dealer may not have one in stock -- you may have to order. They are good guns and very light; use standard pressure ammo. I use a drop of Locktite on a loose screw now and again but otherwise they serve well and reliably.

    The third viable and reasonable choice is a USED Smith & Wesson, which would put the revolver into your price category. The possible advantage would be a lighter trigger pull. Many women would be better off with a 10 pound than a 12 pound pull if at all possible, and I believe the Ladysmith may have that advantage -- or at least a good gunsmith could get you there without risking a misfire (too light hammer drop).

    I don't like Rossis because they are not American made, they are heavier overall, and they have more sharp edges and stuff sticking out.

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  • beantolebeantole Member Posts: 1,086 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My wife had a Smith & Wesson LadySmith. We later learned we paid an extra $50. for the name "LadySmith". Boy were we suckers! Get a Taurus 38 special with an external hammer. Mr. Cooper of Guns & Ammo says hammerless revolvers are crap.
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  • offerorofferor Member Posts: 8,625 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    When the Ladysmiths first came out (in revolver only) they did have slight differences over men's guns, including weight, perhaps a couple melted edges, and I think a couple of pounds lighter double action trigger pull. Later they produced a Ladysmith semi-auto, and then reduced the designation to "LS" so that the appeal would extend to men.

    Your concern about a snag-free hammer is legit. The only wrong thing to do is have a gunsmith bob a hammer so severely that the weight becomes insufficient to reliably ignite the primer.

    There is no substitute for having your wife go in and dry fire these guns and choose one that fits. It may be a shrouded hammer, an internal hammer, or a factory pocket hammer. It should be a small frame gun with simple rear sights that don't snag -- a point shooter. It should not be difficult for her to pull the trigger in double action. The caliber should be as large as she is comfortable with. .32 mag, .38, whatever. There has even been a revolver or two chambered for the 9mm that uses full moon clips to hold the rounds in place and serve as "speed loaders" for extra reloads too. (Ask.)

    There are a million grip sizes and shapes for any revolver so that's the most versatile part to deal with. All Charter Arms guns use the same size interchangeable grips, by the way. From the tiny .38 Undercover to the .44 Bulldog. I think, though, a nice Taurus snubby with internal hammer, or a lightly used (which means just broken in) S&W with a covered hammer might be just the ticket.

    - Life NRA Member
    "If cowardly & dishonorable men shoot unarmed men with army guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary...and not by general deprivation of constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878

    Edited by - offeror on 06/18/2002 22:04:03
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