One in the Chamber?

[Rocketgeezer]

The Glock is the 21st century 1911

All kidding aside this sounds most likely

[One78Shovel]

moron!

Negligent Discharge at Orlando Restaurant Over Lack of Holster

-178S

[HotRod45]

If you don't feel comfortable with one in the chamber--- get a revolver! That's why any police departments require them as the sidearm of choice.

[OCCI]

its hard not to carry one in the chamber when you carry a S&W 642 in hot weather.

[coachdb18]

its hard not to carry one in the chamber when you carry a S&W 642 in hot weather.

Not trying to be a smart aleck, but can anyone tell me why the .38SP is still sold, when you can get a .357? The .357 can fire .38's, but a .38 can't fire .357's, why not have the choice at your disposal?

[jtg452]

Ever fire a Magnum out of one of those air weight J frames? My small frame snub nose (a Colt Detective Special) rips and roars more than I find comfortable with +P's and it's steel framed (and I'm not recoil shy. I own more .44 and .45 wheelguns than I do anything else. Heck, I reload 4 different .44 caliber cartridges and 3 different .45's). I've tried one of those super light .38's once and I still can't decide if shooting a Magnum out of one would do more damage on the back end or the front.

[hp-hobo]

If you don't feel comfortable with one in the chamber--- get a revolver! That's why any police departments require them as the sidearm of choice.

Since (m)any PD's require revolvers it shouldn't be hard to name some of them. Would you do that please?

[coachdb18]

Ever fire a Magnum out of one of those air weight J frames? My small frame snub nose (a Colt Detective Special) rips and roars more than I find comfortable with +P's and it's steel framed (and I'm not recoil shy. I own more .44 and .45 wheelguns than I do anything else. Heck, I reload 4 different .44 caliber cartridges and 3 different .45's). I've tried one of those super light .38's once and I still can't decide if shooting a Magnum out of one would do more damage on the back end or the front.

Don't really know as I can say what you consider to be an "airweight J frame", and perhaps that's a difference in our experience. But what I can say is that I own and routinely fire .357 Magnum rounds in my Taurus 617, and it's really no big deal. Makes a lot more noise, and it has a pretty good kick to it, but it is after all a gun. I don't know what the problem is with recoil, since I find that with a proper grip, these are fine and can be controlled to shoot a really nice 2" circle at about 25 feet. I'm having an easier time with the iron sites on my Taurus's Magnum loads, than I am with the longer barreled (4" vs 2"), but less tight sights on my 9MM Beretta Px4. Besides, if it's only rated as a .38, it isn't going to hold a .357 round, they're not going to fit (longer casing).