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One of the reasons I packed a S&W Model 59 all fall and most of winter was because you're not going to get that from a Gun Writer™ or any current issue of a Gun Magazine.
Why?
Because the secondary market is real.
There are lots of guns that are still perfectly acceptable for carry that have not been manufactured in years, if not decades.
There are many older versions of current production guns that fit this niche as well.
It is OK to carry an old gun!
You don't need to replace them with the newest hottestness (totally a real word).
What there is an utter dearth of in the Gun Writer™ scribblings is specific holster recommendations.
While guns are expensive, the gun makers are kind of willing to send writers samples.
I don't recall much more than "There are things called holsters, you should get one." from the Gun Writers™. One specific Gun Writer spent over 400 words saying that! I guess if you're being paid by the word, you use more of them.
I have a box of holsters around here, but I tend to three kinds. Two of which were contraindicated by space constraints of The Precious and since that car is dead and gone and will not be replaced... I should go back to trying the others again.
The only thing that is not negotiable for me on using an older firearm carry is that it is drop safe.
ReplyDeleteDefine "drop safe".
DeleteBecause I've seen people claiming that it's got to fall 12 feet (or higher!) onto concrete, hammer down to be "drop safe".
To me, drop safe is "oops, butterfingers" from shoulder height or so.
The Model 59, when on safe, has a hammer block so it's plenty drop safe.
I'm with you on the what should be the normal definition.
DeleteIf I drop it from a normal carrying/usage height (ie. Between waist and shoulder height) it should not discharge.