{"id":2128,"date":"2012-07-19T10:00:26","date_gmt":"2012-07-19T14:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=2128"},"modified":"2012-07-18T23:48:51","modified_gmt":"2012-07-19T03:48:51","slug":"police-back-up-revolver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=2128","title":{"rendered":"Police Back-Up Revolver"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Predominantly, I carry a back-up revolver on duty.\u00a0 I have tried auto-pistols in calibers ranging from .380 ACP up to .40 S&W cal.\u00a0 None of them quite fit my criteria is several ways.<\/p>\n

Of the autos I own or have tested, the .380\u2019s always seemed too small (in the hand) and a .40 was too much gun (a brick on the ankle).\u00a0 I want something concealed carry size, but one on which I can find sure purchase.\u00a0 Grip size and carry considerations are at the forefront of my personal selection process.<\/p>\n

Besides these, I am concerned about the functioning of a semi-automatic in a truly close quarters fight.\u00a0 Revolvers fire on each trigger pull.\u00a0 And they fire again, without the cycling of the more sensitive slide action.\u00a0 There is a near 100% probability that a small framed revolver\u2019s five bullets will blast down the barrel.<\/p>\n

True, I have practiced a ballistic vest-indexed, 45 degree cant that enables an auto pistol to run fairly uninhibited in CQB, but I don’t know that this physical position can always be achieved.\u00a0 Add in that the back-up gun may be employed with the support hand, where a higher likelihood of an incorrect grip can cause a failure to cycle with an auto-pistol.\u00a0 Advantage, revolver.<\/p>\n

If your primary goes down, you are wounded and cannot access your duty sidearm, or you need to arm another officer or citizen, the back-up gun comes into play.\u00a0 Since something has undoubtedly gone horribly wrong, simplicity in the manual of arms is necessary.\u00a0 Here, the Wheel Gun is in its Wheelhouse.<\/p>\n

A back-up gun is insurance, like AAA is for an unexpected vehicle break down.\u00a0 I want a gun with which I feel comfortable, not necessarily one some gun writer thinks is terrific on the square range.\u00a0 I am not at all dismissing the auto-pistol for back-up carry.\u00a0 A revolver just checks all the requisite boxes for me.<\/p>\n

Several years ago, a Florida sheriff\u2019s deputy had her holstered primary handgun damaged and made nonfunctional by an assailant\u2019s bullet.\u00a0 Wounded, she retreated to relative safety, but she was, from a gunfight perspective, disarmed. In an all-out fight, a reliable second firearm may be that life-saving piece of equipment one truly needs.<\/p>\n

Lately, I pack a S&W 442 no lock with department-issued Speer 135 grn. Short Barrel GDHPs.\u00a0 Crimson Trace LG-205\u2019s augment my target selection.\u00a0 A speed strip with five more rounds finds a home in my dominant side front pants pocket.\u00a0 Forty-seven rounds, two guns, two knives, two hands, and survival on my mind…\u00a0 Sounds like I mean to be home for The Glenlivet at the end of shift.<\/p>\n

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I don’t intend for my duty Sig Sauer to go down or my personal vehicle to strand me somewhere, but in either event I have a simple contingency plan.\u00a0 Two fewer things to worry about.\u00a0 Life seems less complicated.<\/p>\n

Randall<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Predominantly, I carry a back-up revolver on duty.\u00a0 I have tried auto-pistols in calibers ranging from .380 ACP up to .40 S&W cal.\u00a0 None of them quite fit my criteria is several ways. Of the autos I own or have tested, the .380\u2019s always seemed too small (in the hand) and a .40 was too much gun (a brick on the ankle).\u00a0 I want something concealed carry size, but one on which I can find sure purchase.\u00a0 Grip size and carry considerations are at the forefront of my personal selection process. Besides these, I am concerned about the functioning of a semi-automatic in a truly close quarters fight.\u00a0 Revolvers fire … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[34,6,10],"tags":[415,412,413,411,414,93],"class_list":["post-2128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-concealed-carry","category-firearms","category-street","tag-bug","tag-crimson-trace","tag-police-back-up-gun","tag-sw-442","tag-secondary-weapon","tag-smith-wesson"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t