I bought a SMITH & WESSON!!

[HICKMAN]

442 Airweight .38 revolver that is

Been wanting a summer carry pocket pistol and found the perfect one from a fellow INGO'er.

Was wanting an LCR, but I got this 442 at a great price and had to get it.


and before you ask, he's a pic

 

[All Available]

Phew, nice 442

 

[LEaSH]

Good looking snub! Probably best looking snub out there, imo.

 

[HICKMAN]

Picked up some Hornady Critical Defense rounds for it, 110gr +P FTX.

Pretty cool video of the FTX ammo:

YouTube - Critical Defense® 2010 Product Overview from Hornady®

 

[kaforgey]

Beautiful wheel gun! I hope you enjoy...if you don't, PM me

 

[MontereyC6]

Great choice!

 

[HICKMAN]

looking for pocket and IWB holster recommendations, this thing is sooo sexy.

 

[Colt556]

Very Nice. I love the S&W wheel guns.

 

[WestSider]

Very nice! My next gun is going to be a snubbie. I'm waiting for the 357 LCR.

 

[RetDep310]

Very nice gun. You might try a DeSantis Nemesis pocket holster along with a Bianchi Speed Strip for a reload. Can get both fairly reasonable from Midway USA.

 

[dubsac]

I love it. Where did you pick that up at????

 

[HighStrung]

Very nice. I've been looking off and on for a snubby for my next purchase. This is almost exactly what I think I want.

 

[Truckerman79]

I use Critical Defense as my carry ammo (G27). Nice stuff, very accurate. Tests show that it definitely does what it's supposed to.

 

[JohnP82]

Whew! I was scared there for a second! Very nice congrats!

 

[LotsofGlocks]

very nice!

 

[Joe Williams]

Picked up some Hornady Critical Defense rounds for it, 110gr +P FTX.

Pretty cool video of the FTX ammo:

Congrats on a very nice gun! Let us know how the Critical Defense ammo works. Especially in regards to point of impact as compared to point of aim. I'd be interested in seeing if it hits low. I carry Critical Defense 115gr JHPs in the first mag of my PT92. The other mags are loaded with Speer 147 grain Gold Dots, because the Critical Defense ammo is, by design, limited in terms of penetration through barriers. This makes it perfect, to my mind, for a personal and home defense round, but I figure that if I'm still in a shooting situation after 15 rounds (HIGHLY unlikely) the bad guy will likely be behind hard cover at that point.

 

[denglazer]

Great choice. Love those S&W's.

 

[HICKMAN]

Congrats on a very nice gun! Let us know how the Critical Defense ammo works. Especially in regards to point of impact as compared to point of aim. I'd be interested in seeing if it hits low. I carry Critical Defense 115gr JHPs in the first mag of my PT92. The other mags are loaded with Speer 147 grain Gold Dots, because the Critical Defense ammo is, by design, limited in terms of penetration through barriers. This makes it perfect, to my mind, for a personal and home defense round, but I figure that if I'm still in a shooting situation after 15 rounds (HIGHLY unlikely) the bad guy will likely be behind hard cover at that point.

I'm open to all advice, I'm new to .38's.

 

[HICKMAN]

I love it. Where did you pick that up at????

classifieds, where else?

 

[Joe Williams]

I'm open to all advice, I'm new to .38's.

Most fixed sight .38s are regulated for 158 grain bullets, so light fast bullets may hit low. If you haven't yet, you'll surely want to fire your gun to see how low it it's with that ammo. I'm not really offering advice, I'm just curious to see how low they hit, if they do, because I'm VERY pleased with the accuracy of the Critical Defense ammo from my 9mm, and am considering it for .38s also instead of the PDX1s I've preferred for a while.