A blued 6-inch Python finally came to live with me in 2011. I had lusted after Colt’s famous DA revolver since 1982, when Able Team hit book stores. I grew up reading Westerns and anything military related that I could find, including Mack Bolan and the related series. Carl “Ironman” Lyons carried a Python for…
The goon tape wrapped around the Hogue Tamers that come on the LCR is always coming loose. The tape makes the rubber slick enough not to drag on clothing, but is sticky enough for good handling qualities. I have been carrying the LCR as a primary more as I work around the place. Revolvers work…
A single action revolver was very likely the first center fire handgun I ever shot. I remember going out to the pasture with my Dad and a neighbor where I shot two handguns. One was a BYF44 P38 that my Dad’s father brought back from WWII and the other was my Dad’s JP Sauer &…
My Dad bought this gun used in the mid to late-80’s. I traded him for it in the early 90’s and used it for the police academy in 1995. It was born a 4″ short shroud fixed sight gun. Before I went to the academy, I had Bob “Tootie” Miller, a former Midland PD Sergeant…
I have carried a J-frame for closing on 30 years. My 642 was the gun for the majority of it but I switched over to a 340 M&P and then the 442 UC because the sights were superior. Previously I had depended on the Crimson Trace Laser Grips for low light shooting with the 642…
The N-Frame S&W is one of those guns that I cannot seem to live without. I once owned several and decided they were something I didn’t need. It seems that I was incorrect, because I needed this one. The big guns feel good in my hands and the ones I prefer have big, jug-sized charge…
A medium frame revolver with a 3-inch barrel is my sweet spot for inside the waistband carry, whether appendix or on the hip. It doesn’t hurt that I think the 3″ K-frame is just sexy. I have a couple of 3″ Ks without locks that I will introduce, later, but I wanted to start with…