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It would have been hard to have not bought more than one but they only had one.

If I could change one thing about it I would have it as pinned and recessed but truthfully it doesn't do anything but add appeal.

No Dept markings, I actually wished that it did. I am weird like that.

Good things come to those who ask their wife nicely. I found and bought my dream gun today. A s&w 65-3 3" .357 mag, quite possibly the most utilitarian , practical handgun ever made. They were common on the used market about 10 years ago but then they dried up to where they do not hardly exist. The best part was I bought it at 10 years ago pricing. It was a Puerto Rican Police Trade in. I have all these 4" and 2" revolvers now that I do not have a use for because I have a 3" k frame.

I don't want to give the company's name away but my wife's former employer would only hire home schooled graduates if they had attended college afterwards. I do not remember if they actually had to have a degree though. This was at one time one if the most desired companies in the country. My wife sat in on an interview of a potential hire who she said was fantastic, quite an intellectual person. My wife did not find out until after the interview that the person did not get considered solely because of their home schooled education.

I do not see an issue with it.

You should be able to find some premium self defense .380 by hitting a few shops. The Hornady Critical Defense is ok, it is the only hollow points I have ever tried in my LCP and appears to be pretty easily found. Nothing against .380 but I wouldn't hesitate to carry reliable fmj until I found some hollow points. If you can't make a wide cavity in a threat you should be able to make a deep on with the fmj.

Having owned both, I don't know that the 40 actually recoils more. Cheaper ammo, yeah sometimes. Obviously one less round, I used to believe any caliber was fine because anything worth shooting once was worth shooting twice. However I continue to hear story after story about weak grips during self defense shootings where one round is all that you get before a malfunction. I would choose whichever Shield you find the best deal on, cheaper than $400 used or cheaper than $425 new OTD.

Yes, you gain a round with the 9mm. Here is the way I see it, you do gain about 10%momentum with the .40 but you loose more than 15% capacity.

Having owned both 9 and 40 Shields, there really isn't a whole lot of difference in the handling. I may still prefer the Shield in 9 but that has a whole lot to do with my preferring Glocks in 40. I can have all my Glocks as 40 but still have a gun chambered in 9mm. There are few claims out that the Shield .40 may not be up to the higher pressure, supposedly one or two out of several thousand blow apart. This does not worry me and I would own another .40 Shield in a heartbeat. It does appear that .40 magazines for Shields are easier to acquire.

It's really no different than killing any pest out of season as long as you are on your own property. You can kill dear on your own property without a license, you are supposed to check bucks though, right?

Until just a couple of years ago I would have said there is no such creature, but the Shield comes close! This is coming from a lifelong Glock and j frame fan.

The only reason that law was enacted was because people used to kill all snakes believing they were all venomous. It was only an attempt to save as many non venomous as they could from shovels.

I tend to pocket carry or OWB carry a Shield 90% of the time, the rest of the time it is a revolver. Before the Shields I carried mostly Glocks. I never could do the IWB holsters all day everyday.

Those wooden magmas on j frames are sexy but don't do a lot for recoil. I will agree on everything, recoil is weird. A pf9 may be the worst recoiling handgun I have ever shot, a shield may be the lightest in 9mm without getting super big. The LCR may recoil less than an airweight come to think of it.

Unfortunately what you and I both like are not too easily found. You may find a model 60 easier than a 640 or a 649. To my understanding 38spl 60/640/649 are special runs only as they are produced in heavier .357 mag versions now. Now here is something else to consider, while I prefer an all steel j frame a airweight with larger grips isn't too bad.

This may be your personal experience but I consider it some of the most accurate information posted in this thread. Even in a snub nose 38spl in 20-24oz gun is a tack driver. You sacrifice a lot to carry a 13-15 oz gun.

I have owned a cw380, it was ok. The G42 is quite a bit bigger but not in a bad way. As far as shooting the two, the Glock is probably a better shooter. The G42 and the M&P Shield honestly conceal about as well as a j frame or LCR. The G42 I have handled was a friends who has had a little bit less than 100% reliability. I can tell you though, the Shield is a lot better of a package than the G42, more powerful round with more capacity, without getting much larger. The Shield may be a better shooter as well. Call me crazy though, my Shield is the second one I own and I would trade it in a heartbeat for another good j frame, even though I own several. My complaints on the Kahr was it had an extremely tight chamber not liking any reloads and just had rough edges. I used to get cuts just handling it, I actually preferred a LCP over the Kahr.

Ok, it's just easy to assume bulged brass since it is a 40s&w. Like I mentioned earlier if you are not belling your cases enough you will buckle the case close to the rim when seating bullets. I have never had this happen on 40 cases but it is a big problem on 380 and 38 cases. I have done it a few times on 9mm cases as well.

Let me give you some more advice, 99% of the time when I go to resize a piece of brass I can feel those that are bulged because I feel resistance. When I feel that resistance I set them off to the side until I am done resizeing the group. I then unscrew my decapper and try to resize the brass once again. When the shell holder touches the die I slide the shell holder out leaving the brass in the die. I then insert a small piece of wood, a 1x1x6 between the ram and the shell pushing it further into the die. I try not to push it flush, it's unnecessary and a little harder to get push back down later. I then return the handle off the press to the rest position. Now all you have to do is tap the case out by using a little dowel rod or long screw driver lightly hammer out from the top. This essentially does the same thing as a bulge buster, completely resizing the case.

Probably has less to do with the brass head stamp and more to do with bulged brass. The bulge could be from seating(like not enough belling) or from it being previously shot from an unsupported chamber. A FCD may fix it. How many do you have loaded?

You can also modify Beretta 92 magazines for the 2022.

The finish wears off Sig barrels like they are candy coated.

I have no issue carrying a ~21oz steel j frame in a pocket.

As far as ankle carry, while sitting it is great, while standing not so much. I can't do ankle carry, I have had back injuries and I am not super flexible. The weight doesn't bother people too bad, you really get used to it. There are thousands of people carrying 23oz revolvers or 30oz Glocks on their ankles without complaints.