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Originally Posted by masraum
Which is, I think why this sort of thing is so much more common as a carry revolver
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Yup, absolutely. The problems with these, however, is their lack of capacity - most only hold five rounds - and lack of power - most are .38 Special. My Bulldog Pug is a .44 Special, but I decided a while back that I really want more capacity than that. That's pretty much why I stopped carrying the Peacemaker anywhere but as an "outdoors" gun - it only safely holds five rounds.
What has changed my mind on all of this is our new ability to watch and review real life armed self defense scenarios playing out right here on the internet.
Active Self Protection, John Correia's web site and YouTube channel are great examples of using footage from real life shooting incidents as training tools. Mr. Correia does an absolutely fantastic job of analyzing and deconstructing these scenarios, so we all can learn from them. One of the more resounding truths he has managed to drill into me is that one can never have too much capacity, and just how many rounds, how many even very good hits it can take to disable an attacker and take him out of the fight. It's astonishing just how many rounds some guys will soak up and continue to fight.
So, yeah, I've pretty much quit carrying a revolver just for that reason. I still very much prefer them for the outdoors but, for "social" carry, it's going to be an auto from now on.