Two Snubbies With No Hammers

[4wd]

Everything else aside, I shoot better weak side with my Airweight snubs than with any semi-auto handgun. Even with the heavier trigger pull. There is just something about them that works for me shooting left handed.

I have two with no hammer and one with …
Given time - I like to cock it for the easy squeezy

 

[kmrinpa]

 

[Stumpy]

That is a myth. They are still mechanical devices and capable of malfunction. The biggest problem with revolvers is when they go down, they go down hard. There is no tap rack drill to clear a simple malfunction.

I have a broken Charter Arm .38 in my safe that is a paper weight due to lock up and timing issues. Not worth fixing honestly. It dispelled the myth for me that revolvers were a sure thing.

DO NOT judge revolvers by Charter Arms! They are less than desirable. They were/are so bad that I forbid them in my firearms training classes. I never had a single shooter get more than a cylinder full fired before the recoil and heat beat and heated the lock work up tight as "****'s Hatband". There is a reason Charter has been bankrupt at least 3 or 4 times! I carried Smith Airweights in an Alessi Ankle Holster or in my pants pocket(in a Ken Campbell pocket holster) for most of my 30 year LE career. Never had one fail me. Even full of pocket lint! I have seen many revolvers "out of time" so bad they shaved bullet jackets or lead but they did fire! The only ones I ever say that didn't work were the pot-metal RG's and such.

 

[ATex7239]

DO NOT judge revolvers by Charter Arms! They are less than desirable. They were/are so bad that I forbid them in my firearms training classes. I never had a single shooter get more than a cylinder full fired before the recoil and heat beat and heated the lock work up tight as "****'s Hatband". There is a reason Charter has been bankrupt at least 3 or 4 times! I carried Smith Airweights in an Alessi Ankle Holster or in my pants pocket(in a Ken Campbell pocket holster) for most of my 30 year LE career. Never had one fail me. Even full of pocket lint! I have seen many revolvers "out of time" so bad they shaved bullet jackets or lead but they did fire! The only ones I ever say that didn't work were the pot-metal RG's and such.

I am not. I’m judging revolvers based on revolvers. People often say they can “never fail.” It’s like saying manual transmissions can never fail. Yes they can. Some are more reliable than others and some are more (or less) reliable than automatics. But any mechanical device is capable of failure.

 

[Al]

Second, smaller guns have more recoil and are slower to get back on target and have slower split times.

All firearmss have parameters for use. And user experience is of course in the mix. If I am in church I typically may carry my 43X or 19 with the Green dot. You need good accuracy here. And you Probably will be expending 3 rounds or less....likely 2.
Just carrying normally (when I do) LCP Max with 12+1 is the definitive snubby. Nothing like it. You are using it close up and you will be using it probably 3 to seven yards. Getting back on target is not an issue for me after hundreds of hours of training classes. It will be for most.