Buy a few of each and practice reloading. It is EYE OPENING.
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Buy a few of each and practice reloading. It is EYE OPENING.
A trick I learned was to use the 6-round speed strips, but only load 5 rounds, loading 2, skipping a space and loading the other 3. This lets you quickly get the first 2 rounds in the cylinder.I had a LEO instructor show me one secret which is to load two at a time from the speed strip. Think about speed strips is that they are cheap and you can keep a couple stashed out of the way here and there.
Buy a few of each and practice reloading. It is EYE OPENING.
The odds were of needing a gun where most of us live and work? The odds of needing more bullets? Walter Mitty anyone?
I carried a J frame for almost 15 years and am lucky as hell that I never had to use it in a gun fight. In my opinion small revolvers while easily concealed require an expert level of skill for defensive use.
It takes a lot of practice to do combat reloads and speed loaders are the only decent way to accomplish that outside of machining the cylinder for moon clips. That being said reloading with speed loaders quickly also requires an expert level of skill.
With small revolvers you also have limited space between the frame and the cylinder due to the short crane further complicating combat reloads and grip choice.
And lets not forget dumping spent cartridges before the reload can happen. Short barrels also mean short stems therefore ensuring less reliable extraction. Stick with nickel plated ammo.
Not trying to burst anyone's bubble. Any gun is better than no gun but as a guy who now carries a full size handgun I wouldn't recommend a small revolver to anyone but the most dedicated defensive shooter and practice,practice, practice.
And yet small framed revolvers get recommended to women shooters all the time by people behind gun counters and self described gun experts...
Much better off with a Hi-Point. You can't argue with success.