Something to talk about on a quiet Friday evening.

by MR, Friday, May 06, 2016, 19:36 (3061 days ago)

When I was about 17 and was thinking about what would be my choice would for general side arm duty in the country in central Texas(no bears)while working on my uncles ranch/feedot - well between bouts of typical teenage hormonal thoughts anyway. I decided I liked the Model 19 Smith and the Colt Lightweight Commander. I already had my 6.5 inch .357 Ruger Blackhawk and the only thing that kept it from being ideal was partly that it was a bit long and poked me in the ribs when sitting in pick up and mostly that I already had it. Well, now I have the same Blackhawk, an Enhanced Lightweight Stainless Commander in 45, and a 4 screw Model 19 in the pile. I tried my old faithful 4 inch 629 and found it to be more weight than I care to wear for an extended period of time. It has definitely gotten heavier and much harder kicking the older it gets.

I'm going to tote the chosen one as a side arm while slowly walking to where I set up to snipe pigs on the Rocking D with the suppressed Mauser Mark X, 30-06 with the 20inch Barlein 5r, soon to be completed at the local precision riflesmith - a whole other story in itself.

Decisions Decisions. Opinions Opinions.