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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: HAWKFISH on January 10, 2008, 01:52:31 PM
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I am looking for a change.. something different..for fun.. I am thinking about buying a small .38+P snubby. Something like a j-frame size. Which ones have good safety features such as transfer bar safeties or drop safety features? I know some of the small Taurus revolvers do and some don't. I went to S&W's website and didn't see anything about it. I would like to get a snubby that has an internal hammer too. The reason being that I don't want to get a snubby and at some point drop it and have the firing pin strike the primer. This happened to someone I know. But they had a older revolver. And yes I know you can leave one hole in the cylinder empty for safety. But, why? If you can now get a snubby that has a safety measure for that? Any suggestions for a safe snubby?
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Any modern double action will not fire if droped.
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I just love my S&W Bodyguard. I don't leave home without it.
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I love my 642...pre key lock and not +p rated. Fun to shoot. Carry it when I'm not carrying my Colt Officers ACP.
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Charter Arms
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Any modern double action will not fire if droped.
Which year does modern begin in?
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RUGER SP101/With Crimson Trace grips, Transfer Bar saftey.+1.
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Smith and Wesson just reintroduced the model 40, jframe, with internal hammer and grip safety. Only in.38 spl, but very nice.
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Don...last 20 years for sure. I have an S&W Airweight, a Taurus Titanium and a Charter Bulldog...when the Bulldog gets back from Mag-Na-Port, I'm thinking it's going to be my NUMBAH ONE SNUB!
Michael B
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Don...last 20 years for sure.
since 1911
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+3 Charter Arms, mine is doa, bobbed hammer, flat black.boot grips and is rated for plus P .Doug
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1911
Mine makes me feel safe:)
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go with a Ruger :)
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Take your pick. Charter Arms, Ruger, Smith & Wesson, Taurus; All of them have transfer bar safetys in their revolvers. Find which one you want and buy it. All you need to worry about is deciding which Snubby you want.
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Thanks for all the replies and advice. Seems like there are several good choices these days.
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I have a Ruger SP-101 in 357. Bobbed hammer. it is a dream to carry. It is a bit heavy, but that is a nice thing when you touch one of those defense rounds off. Really great little gun and of course the Ruger quality. Made rock solid.
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I am one of those 1911 guys with a snubby in his pocket. I will tell you what I carry and how I chose it. I carry a Rossi R461 .357 mag six shot. I chose it mostly because of the .38-.357 ability......never just get a .38, it's like getting half a gun. I also chose it for price. It wasn't cheap nor expensive at about 225. The safety is obviuos. The trigger must be all the way back before the hammer can touch the primer. I have had this gun apart, and I can tell you that there is a beefy hunk of steel blocking the full frop of the hammer until the trigger is all the way back. I bet you could hit it the hammer with something the size of my mother-in-law and the hammer would bend before hitting the primer. Yes, it has a fireing pin like the old six guns, but if it can't hit anything.....it's safe. The trigger in single action is about 1.98 lbs and a safe ton or so in double action. No... it's about 11.62lbs in double action. The Rossi is now a very good gun. I have a few of them, and I have yet to have any trouble.
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My preference is an older smith circa 1980 with a hammer mounted firing pin and a hammer block vs a transfer bar. The newer smith's are not like this, but the current Rossi's are. You might want to eyeball those as well. ;)