Apparently, I NEED a hole in my head

[rintinglen]

Today I wandered into a gun store that I hadn't visited in a while and once again, I bought another snubby 38. This one, a pre-72 Colt Agent is very nice, not mint, but nice. I have two Colts already, both post 72 models, a Detective Special and a Cobra. I have 4 J-frame S&W's, a 60, a 640, a 342 and a M-38. What do I need another 38 snubby for?
Darned if I know, but I sure like them! Due to CA state bologna, I won't be able to pick it up until next month, but I am looking forward to running a few score 38 158 grain boolits through it.128319 These are some of its classmates. Does anybody else share this affliction?

[triggerhappy243]

I cant understand why a firearm enthusiast, would want to stay in ca.

[44 Special]

I cant understand why a firearm enthusiast, would want to stay in ca.

Or New Jersey, New York or Massachusetts

[winelover]

I have three 38 Spl. J-frames and looking for a fourth (MP-340) in .357 Magnum. LS has one in stock but they want the MSRP of $879 for it. However, I can get the Ruger LCR 357 with CT laser grips for $200 less. Decisions, decisions. Myself, like em light for comfortable carry.

Winelover

[Lefty Red]

I just don't think you can have too many snubbies!

[9.3X62AL]

I cant understand why a firearm enthusiast, would want to stay in ca.

Perhaps because California is one of few places in the world with the specialized medical care infrastructure some people require, and our health insurances won't cover us half as well if we move out of state. Californians get real tired of these smarmy questions from flyover country, and of the hostile attitude we get from residents therein when we DO leave the Worker's Paradise.

[RKJ]

Californians get real tired of these smarmy questions from flyover country. Now to make this thread even more off topic; Some of us in "Flyover country get real tired of the smarmy comment "Fly over country". I've spent a little bit of time in California and enjoyed myself, and as was said there are a lot of good things about it. Anyway I like the OP's collection, even though I don't have any small pistols.

[Charley]

Perhaps because California is one of few places in the world with the specialized medical care infrastructure some people require, and our health insurances won't cover us half as well if we move out of state. Californians get real tired of these smarmy questions from flyover country, and of the hostile attitude we get from residents therein when we DO leave the Worker's Paradise.
Good, PLEASE stay there. Way too many former Caifornios moving to Texas. trying to get away from the socialist policies. Then, they vote for the same BS here that they fled from. Again, please don't move, at least, not here.

[9.3X62AL]

Good, PLEASE stay there. Way too many former Caifornios moving to Texas. trying to get away from the socialist policies. Then, they vote for the same BS here that they fled from. Again, please don't move, at least, not here.

THIS is exactly what I'm talking about. The Pull Up The Ladder Attitude. My politics are just to the left of Attila The Hun, FWIW, and San Antonio is the LAST place in Texas I would move to. I would be trying to IMPROVE my lot and emigrate FROM socialism, after all. It would be really nice if Texas would stop hijacking our businesses and exporting their welfare recipients, also. Thanks in advance.

I responded to an off-topic insult to my home state that my family has lived in since 1851. Refrain from insults, I'll refrain from thread drift.

Oh, compact revolvers. Yes! Love the Colt D-frame 38 Specials, with an aftermarket stock set I can hit real well with the older variants. The late-series DetSpecs are (my view) the best rendition of the snubnose 38 Special ever put forth--6 shots, +P certified, and built with watch-like attention to detail. The factory wood stocks fit me well, a set of Pachmayr ComPacs might be a bit better, and they are just one fine sidearm.

Try as I might, I just cannot hit well with the snubby J-frame S&Ws. Decent grips improve things, but not greatly. Now, a Kit Gun or 4" Hand Ejector/Regulation Police/Terrier I can hit things with. I just don't do good work with the Chief's Specials. Now, a 2" Model 10 or 3" Model 13......different story! Those I can work!

"Need" or justification has little to do with it. If you like a thing--can afford to own it--and exercise care in usage, it's nobody's business how many snubguns a person might have. Cal-DOJ feels differently about that, but those fools run a whole 'nother set of chromosomes than normal people use. Can't account for 'em.

[9.3X62AL]

I have three 38 Spl. J-frames and looking for a fourth (MP-340) in .357 Magnum. LS has one in stock but they want the MSRP of $879 for it. However, I can get the Ruger LCR 357 with CT laser grips for $200 less. Decisions, decisions. Myself, like em light for comfortable carry.

Winelover

I have fired light-framed S&W J-frame 357s, and they are a handful with Magnums on board. More than I care for. Try to get a test drive with an LCR in 357 before committing to buy. There is always the SP-101, too. Those are hellacious-good 357s, and quite manageable--but a little hefty. As always, a trade-off of power for compactness.......

[SSGOldfart]

I have three 38 Spl. J-frames and looking for a fourth (MP-340) in .357 Magnum. LS has one in stock but they want the MSRP of $879 for it. However, I can get the Ruger LCR 357 with CT laser grips for $200 less. Decisions, decisions. Myself, like em light for comfortable carry.

Winelover
if you go with th LCR in 38+P without the laser you'll save about 500 I just got the LCR last week2inch barrel for carry but the LCR-x has a 3"barrel and adj stights I stayed with fix sights I don't want to catch on a pant leg getting it out of a high ankle holster shoots great with full load cast rounds I shot two factory rounds to check the sights needed to find POI,I'm almost to five hundred rounds grouping opens just a little with hot loads but closes a little with target loads, I'm pushing 2&1/2" at 50 with a two inch barrel can't really ask for much better with my old eye. yep eye I'm blind on the leftside I've also only used Ben's LL for lube with BEand most have been 158grSWC other then a few dozen 148gr WC target loads

[rintinglen]

I cant understand why a firearm enthusiast, would want to stay in ca.
For most of us, it is a case of "must" rather than "want." CA gun policies blow. Period.

But there are more facets of life than guns and shooting. I have 5 years to go before I can retire, I could move out of state and look for another job and throw away 18 years, but then I'd be working until I was 90 before I'd have a decent pension. And my wife's health issues cloud the insurance situation. So for now, I shoot what I can, endure what I must and am buying a home in Virginia for that blessed day when I can finally retire. In the meantime, when a nifty round gun comes my way, if I have the money, I buy it! And wait. Deferred gratification.

For those who like them, I say bless you, but the small frame 357's have no place in my safe. To much sturm und drang, for too little. For me, the 357 starts at 4 inches and 33 ounces and becomes friendly at about the 38 ounce mark. Even 38 plus P is painful in the ultralite guns, and as for a 16 ounce 357, yikes! Somebody else can have my turn..

[GREENCOUNTYPETE]

back on topic you have to many guns when they start taking more time to maintain than you enjoy

if you find the annual empty the safe and give everything a good wipe down to much work, then you might have to many

but 4 snubies is hardly to many you can have them all wiped down in a few minutes , and they are so convenient , one it the drawer in the kitchen one in the desk drawer , one bed side , one in drawer in the coffee table , how can you have to many

[freebullet]

Lol I once shared the snubbie affliction. Maybe it's cause they only hold 5 rounds.

I sure do like paying for a gun and walking out the door with it the same day. I like not having a mommy may I gun list to pick from. Even more so I like living in flyover country and consider it a major improvement over commie country. Each his own

[Tackleberry41]

I think alot of us have holes in ours heads when it comes to browsing thru our local gun store. I cant think of any gun I NEED. Pretty much have the categories covered, hunting pistol, yeap, compact carry, pick one. Etc, etc. Almost like women standing in the closet trying to decide which shoes to wear.

Been eyeballing a couple guns at the place near me, just been not going so I dont put one on layaway, then try to figure out how to pay for it.

[triggerhappy243]

You can never have too many.

[wrench]

I'm one of those who needs another hole in the head also...my current snubby count is five, and I'd like at least a couple more...8-)

[ejcrist]

Very nice collection! What's with the pink grips though? I don't own a snubby but want to get one. So far almost all my investment has been in single action hunting revolvers. California has a lot of good attributes such as good fly fishing and a great climate but the firearm laws and hunting regs have kept me from considering it as a place to live. Guns, hunting, and cast boolits are too much a part of my life.

[c1skout]

I somehow got 2 6-shot snubbies. Mabye I should get a 5-shot.

[9.3X62AL]

I hear ya, EJ. Then again, Nebraska is kinda short on saltwater game fish. Speaking of fly fishing......I am 5 minutes from the closest boat launch, and perhaps a 5-minute drift to bonefish angling in San Diego Bay. And halibut, sand bass......just an awful place.

Those stainless SP-101s are just the thing for repelling boarders so close to the border.

[oger]

9.3X62AL, I recently moved out of Cal. after spending my first 65years living and working there and all I can say is you are nuts. They state tries to completely control your life from restricting whether I can change the oil in my car in my own driveway to being able to water my lawn with a sprinkler. Taxes are horrible and the money is wasted on the projects of delusional politicians.

[9mmsubgun-m11]

You can never have too many.

Amen brother! I have been on a revolver kick lately and only have a "couple more" on my list.

[9.3X62AL]

Ogre, the place is nuts--I'm of pretty sound mind. I try to make the best of a situation not entirely within my control. I do understand what you are saying, the progressive mindset that insists all things not prohibited must be made mandatory. Hell, I did cop work here for 28 years--I have zero illusions about its foibles and failings. Just another of a range or hard choices I have to make daily, and not the worst of the lot by any stretch.

[rintinglen]

Very nice collection! What's with the pink grips though? I don't own a snubby but want to get one. So far almost all my investment has been in single action hunting revolvers. California has a lot of good attributes such as good fly fishing and a great climate but the firearm laws and hunting regs have kept me from considering it as a place to live. Guns, hunting, and cast boolits are too much a part of my life.

I have two daughters: I have pink grips. But my colts both wear darker grips.

[winelover]

I have fired light-framed S&W J-frame 357s, and they are a handful with Magnums on board. More than I care for. Try to get a test drive with an LCR in 357 before committing to buy. There is always the SP-101, too. Those are hellacious-good 357s, and quite manageable--but a little hefty. As always, a trade-off of power for compactness.......

One of my snubbies is a Model 60 in 38 Spl.-----too heavy----that's why I have a 642. Would be good to test drive but that's not going to happen in my neck of the woods. However, there is always the option of 38+P's or downloaded 357's.

Winelover

[winelover]

if you go with th LCR in 38+P without the laser you'll save about 500 I just got the LCR last week2inch barrel for carry but the LCR-x has a 3"barrel and adj stights I stayed with fix sights I don't want to catch on a pant leg getting it out of a high ankle holster shoots great with full load cast rounds I shot two factory rounds to check the sights needed to find POI,I'm almost to five hundred rounds grouping opens just a little with hot loads but closes a little with target loads, I'm pushing 2&1/2" at 50 with a two inch barrel can't really ask for much better with my old eye. yep eye I'm blind on the leftside I've also only used Ben's LL for lube with BEand most have been 158grSWC other then a few dozen 148gr WC target loads

Another 38 Special is not an option. Have three and still no versatility when it comes down to it. Concealed carry guns, IMO, need a low light sighting option. Either, laser grips or tritium sights. I thought about the LCR without the factory installed CT grips but it would actually cost me $120 more if purchased after market. Add another $100 for the green laser.

Winelover

[ejcrist]

9.3 - Copy that. We try to get to San Diego a couple times a year since it's well within a day's drive. I really like it there. Lots to do.

[ejcrist]

I have two daughters: I have pink grips. But my colts both wear darker grips.

Ok, gotcha. I figured it had something to do with the ladies. They are some very nice revolvers.

[No_1]

These are some of its classmates. Does anybody else share this affliction?

Yep, that's why we are here. Nice stable BTW.

[clum553946]

Great Bass fishing! Lol


I cant understand why a firearm enthusiast, would want to stay in ca.

[Lefty Red]

I really like the PD J Frame series. But not the price! I would have a 642 for each pocket if they could have their front sight replaced with a Big Dot as easy as the LCR. And no 9mm chambering in the 642.
Jerry

[Lonegun1894]

I don't have a snubby addiction, but do have a serious revolver addiction, especially those in .357 Mag, and that includes a SP101.

[9.3X62AL]

Great Bass fishing! Lol

White sea bass, barred and spotted sand bass, calico bass, and those freshwater ones too.

[rintinglen]

131343Well. I finally got it home, but haven't shot it yet, here's a crummy picture--still learning the new camera.

[michaelcj]

I use to have one of those but it hadn't been well cared for before I got it so down the road it went.

However…This Saturday I do have to qualify, for work, with the SW mdl 10 2" that I carry on duty. Don't think it's the gun but back at the 25 yard line that silhouette is getting fuzzier and fuzzier…. couldn't be my eyes… Two more years and I'll finally pull the plug with 40 in and leave it all to the young fellas.
Enjoy your Colt.. looks real nice.
Mike

[rintinglen]

Some scoundrel has been blurring the front sight of my handguns for several years now--I keep 'em locked up, but still, somehow, he keeps getting in to them and screwing with the sights.

[therealhitman]

I've spent a little bit of time in California ...there are a lot of good things about it.

Yeah. There's Disneyland, and there's... ummm...well there's...uhhhhh.....

[Lonegun1894]

There's also Camp Pendleton and 29 Stumps, and, um, uh, ok, someone else jump in here, cause I'm out of ideas....

[therealhitman]

Just remembered the other one. There's a Medieval Times in Buena Park. Guess I only like Orange County lol!