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Keltyke · July 18, 2008, 06:15 PM

Glad you weren't injured. The gun you should use is the one that works for you. For immediate deployment, it's hard to beat a snubbie from the pocket. Draw and shoot from the hip if they're that close. The added benefit is it will fire 999 times out of 1000 when you pull the trigger. No worrying about safeties or chambering a round. You pull and it goes BANG! If you pull and it doesn't go BANG, just pull again. And don't let anyone tell you a 5 shot .38 spcl. won't do the job. It's done the job for many years.

July 18, 2008, 06:15 PM	#2
Keltyke Junior member Join Date: April 6, 2008 Location: Spartanburg, SC Posts: 2,933	Glad you weren't injured. The gun you should use is the one that works for you. For immediate deployment, it's hard to beat a snubbie from the pocket. Draw and shoot from the hip if they're that close. The added benefit is it will fire 999 times out of 1000 when you pull the trigger. No worrying about safeties or chambering a round. You pull and it goes BANG! If you pull and it doesn't go BANG, just pull again. And don't let anyone tell you a 5 shot .38 spcl. won't do the job. It's done the job for many years.