Old style guns or new? Modernity has its advantages, but long-term habituation gets a vote too. Here’s a piece I wrote for Backwoods Home magazine on the topic, back in the day.
What’s your take on the matter? Your comments, as always, are welcome here.
My routine carry handgun is an S&W 686+ (7-shot) Mountain gun. I usually carry Federal 38+P, not magnums, for controllability. Old school guy, old school gun; but I can hit all 6 Bianchi plates at 35 yards. None of my modern autos give me that kind of accuracy.
Being relatively new to pistol craft the Glock platform (which I started out with) is my comfortable familiar handshake, for the same reasons you mention. Shotguns, no doubt is the modern LTT Beretta 1301T.
AR wins the rifle category, although I really did like the M-1 carbine my dad deer hunted with
After carrying a 9mm handgun for a large number of the years that I have carried concealed here in Michigan, this summer I went to a revolver in .357/.38 special, loading it with .38 special only.
I decided to do this based on a number of things, the two main ones being to simplify my whole lifestyle and in recognition of the real threat that I face in my day to day life. I simply am satisfied with 6 rounds plus another 6 in a speedstrip being able to get me through any possible trouble that I might find myself in.
We all remember the sheepdog idea that I haven’t seen as much of later, but my choice was due to knowing that I am not a sheepdog, but rather a sheep with teeth, and I don’t have to take care of the whole world, just myself and my own loved ones.